Used to bucking establishment, Gabbard eyes White House run Source: AP

One of Rep. Tulsi Gabbard's duties when she deployed to Iraq with the Hawaii Army National Guard in 2005 was to scan a list of U.S. combat casualties for names of her unit's soldiers. This daily confrontation with the cost of war helped propel the 37-year-old Hawaii Democrat on a path to Congress and now, potentially, a run for president.

US targets network backing Iran’s use of child soldiers Source: AP

The Treasury Department on Tuesday targeted a network of banks and businesses that provides financial support to a paramilitary force in Iran, which allegedly trains and deploys child soldiers to fight with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The sanctions are part of the U.S. economic campaign to pressure Iran to radically alter its policies, including developing ballistic missiles, supporting regional militant groups and violating human rights.

US pastor held for two years freed by Turkish court

His case had created a deep rift in U.S.-Turkish relations, with the Trump administration heavily committed to securing his freedom and punishing its NATO ally with economic penalties for not doing so. An evangelical Christian pastor, he had also become a rallying cry for religious freedom advocates in the U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted about his impending release Friday, saying his administration was "working very hard" on his case and adding later, "PASTOR BRUNSON JUST RELEASED.

How a CIA veteran-turned-candidate got branded with terrorism claims

Former CIA officer and Democratic candidate for the 7th district Congressional seat, Abigail Spanberger, right, speaks to supporters at a rally in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, July 18, 2018. WASHINGTON How did a former undercover CIA operative who spent more than eight years fighting terrorism get branded as a teacher at "Terror High?" The strange ordeal for Abigail Spanberger, a Democratic House candidate, began when U.S. Postal Service employees wrongly delivered her confidential personnel file to Republican operatives.

How a lauded CIA veteran-turned-candidate got branded with terrorism claims

WASHINGTON How did a former undercover CIA operative who spent more than eight years fighting terrorism get branded as a teacher at "Terror High?" The strange ordeal for Abigail Spanberger, now a Democratic House candidate, began when U.S. Postal Service employees wrongly delivered her confidential personnel file to Republican operatives. Those operatives seized on Spanberger's stint teaching Bronte and Shakespeare as one way to sink her campaign against GOP Rep. Dave Brat in Virginia.

Trump to mark 17 years since Sept. 11 at Pennsylvania field

In this file photo taken on August 24, 2018, President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump walk to Marine One prior to departing from the South Lawn of the White House. In this file photo taken on August 24, 2018, President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump walk to Marine One prior to departing from the South Lawn of the White House.

Donald Trump to mark 9/11 attacks anniversary at Pennsylvania memorial

President Donald Trump is marking 17 years since the worst terrorist attack on US soil by visiting the Pennsylvania field that became a September 11 memorial. Mr Trump and his wife Melania are to participate in Tuesday's sombre remembrance in Shanksville, where hijackers crashed a California-bound commercial airliner on September 11, 2001, after the 40 passengers and crew members learned what was happening and attempted to regain control of the aircraft.

Trump administration’s use of sanctions draws concern

One package of measures issued by the Treasury Department targeted North Korea, with dozens of ships, companies and other entities cited for shipping coal and fuel to the country in violation of previous sanctions. Before the month was over, sanctions had also been slapped on Colombian drug traffickers, smugglers of Libyan oil and individuals accused of sex abuse and recruiting child soldiers in Congo.

US-Backed Leftist Kurds Holds talks with Damascus on Future of Northeast

Between them the Damascus government and the Syrian Democratic Forces control some 90 percent of the country, after a series of Russian-backed victories over rebel groups in recent months saw the government reassert its authority over much of the south. The delegation from the SDF's political wing is discussing the future of the autonomous administrations it has set up in areas of northern and northeastern Syria under its control, the alliance official said.

Sacha Baron Cohen

Georgia state lawmaker Jason Spencer has announced his resignation from public office, after repeatedly shouting the n-word, dropping his trousers and putting on an offensive Asian accent on Sacha Baron Cohen 's new show Who is America? . In the scene, which you can watch below, Baron Cohen poses as an Israeli anti-terrorism expert named Captain Erran Morad, leading Spencer to believe he was shooting a martial arts lesson.