Trump says US took action ‘to stop a war’ in Iran

President Donald Trump spoke on Friday from Palm Beach, Florida, as he was leaving his Mar-a-Lago property to attend a rally, in his first on-camera public comments since his order to kill a powerful Iranian general. 

Iraqi official says airstrike hits cars carrying Iran-backed militia north of Baghdad, kills 5

Iran promised to seek revenge for a U.S. airstrike near Baghdad's airport that killed the mastermind of its interventions across the Middle East, and the U.S. said Friday it was sending thousands more troops to the region as tensions soared in the wake of the targeted killing.

Trump says Iranian should have been ‘taken out’ years ago

In his first comments since the strike against the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force early Friday, Trump said Soleimani was also responsible for killing and wounding “thousands” of Americans and many more in the region.

Trump orders attack that kills Iranian Gen. Soleimani, other officials in Baghdad, Pentagon says

President Trump ordered a game-changing U.S. military attack that killed Iranian Gen. Qassim Soleimani, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' elite Quds Force, among other military officials at Baghdad International Airport early Friday, the Pentagon confirmed.

Trump deploys more troops to Mideast after embassy attack

The 750 soldiers deploying immediately were in addition to 14,000 U.S. troops who had deployed to the Gulf region since May in response to concerns about Iranian aggression, including its alleged sabotage of commercial shipping in the Persian Gulf.

Videos: U.S. Marines respond to besieged embassy in Baghdad

The United States military is sending more troops to the American Embassy in Baghdad in the wake of violent protests.

Iraqi supporters of Iran-backed militia attack US Embassy compound in Baghdad

Angered by deadly airstrikes targeting an Iran-backed militia, dozens of Iraqi Shiite militiamen and their supporters broke into the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad on Tuesday, smashing a main door and setting fire to a reception area in one of the worst attacks on the embassy in recent memory.

Central Texas veteran uses donated Christmas trees to make wooden canes

So in 2016, US Army veteran Jamie Willis started the “Canes for Veterans Central Texas” effort. Since then he has made more than 200 canes using donated Christmas trees.

Iran-backed Iraqi militia vows revenge to deadly US airstrikes

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the military airstrikes send the message that the U.S. will not tolerate actions by Iran that jeopardize American lives.

US: Military strikes target militia in deadly Iraq attack

The U.S. carried out military strikes in Iraq and Syria targeting a militia blamed for an attack that killed an American contractor, a Defense Department spokesman said Sunday.

Texas man who transforms leftover Christmas trees into canes for veterans receives 1,000 donations

A central Texas man was overwhelmed by the response after he put out a call asking his local community to donate their leftover Christmas trees to him instead of throwing them out so that he could turn them into canes for veterans in need.

Pentagon says soldier from NJ killed in Afghanistan

The United States Army Special Operations Command has announced that Sgt. 1st Class Michael James Goble, of Westwood, New Jersey, was killed in combat Monday in Afghanistan.