MOSCOW — Russia on Friday condemned the U.S. strike on a government-controlled air base in Syria, saying it would increase Syria’s air defenses in reaction. Russia called the attack an aggression against a sovereign state and a violation of international law under false pretenses. Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the U.S. cruise missile attack was […]
WHITE HOUSE, PENTAGON — The U.S. military fired a barrage of missiles into Syria early Friday in retaliation for a chemical weapons attack blamed on President Bashar al-Assad’s forces that killed about 100 civilians. It is the first direct U.S. assault on Syrian government forces. The 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles were launched about 4:40 a.m. local […]
Washington, D.C. – The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands today met to discuss Alaska Congressman Don Young’s legislation to facilitate a life-saving road for the isolated community of King Cove, Alaska. “When I watch lives die of my Alaska Natives, because someone has an ecosystem that will not be affected by this road […]
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called for the ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday in the aftermath of the chemical-weapons attack this week that killed nearly 100 people in a rebel-held town and sickened another 350. “The process by which Assad would leave is something that requires an international community effort, both […]