WASHINGTON — Confronted by an intransigent Iranian government that has refused to back down in the face of a massive military campaign, President Donald Trump appears to have settled on a dual-prong approach that combines economic pressure with the potential of a devastating escalation in force. Having launched “Operation Economic Outcast” just last week to
A woman who authorities said had been plotting to bomb the New York State Capitol building because she believed laws were being passed that were an affront to Islam was caught in an FBI sting operation and is now facing a federal terrorism charge, authorities announced Thursday. Jessica Bowie, 35, of Albany, had been under
WASHINGTON– The US military has halted its airstrikes against Iran after nearly two weeks of intensified bombing, while diplomatic efforts have moved forward to try to prevent a return to all-out war. But it remains to be seen whether the United States and Iran are at a turning point in a mercurial conflict that will
A federal trial is scheduled to begin in February for a Virginia man accused of planting pipe bombs near the national headquarters of the Democratic and Republican parties in Washington on the eve of the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021. WASHINGTON– A federal trial is scheduled to begin in February for a Virginia man
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — U.S. authorities “got the wrong man” when they charged an alleged Islamic State militant in a deadly suicide bombing at a Kabul airport during the American military’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, a defense attorney said Monday at the start of the man’s trial in Virginia. Mohammad Sharifullah is accused of