Amid reports that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman personally ordered the killing of U.S. journalist Jamal Khashoggi, President Trump said Sunday he's not interested in listening to an audio tape of the killing last month inside a Saudi consulate in Turkey. Published November 18, 2018
An Air Force pilot is dead and another was hospitalized after an Air Force T-38C Talon aircraft crashed at Laughlin Air Force Base in south Texas late Tuesday, military officials said, marking the fifth incident this year involving the supersonic jet and shining on a new spotlight on an already embattled base. Published November 14, 2018
President Trump on Tuesday dismissed reports that North Korea is operating more than a dozen "undeclared" missile sites, suggesting the development won't derail a potential second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un that administration officials say they hope can occur early next year. Published November 13, 2018
President Trump's Space Force faces a much tougher launch after last week's midterm elections -- and experts say it'll be up to top generals and Defense Department officials to face down skeptical Democrats on Capitol Hill and persuade them to get on board. Published November 11, 2018
The Pentagon said late Friday the U.S. would no longer refuel planes for the Saudi Arabia-led coalition battling Houthi rebels in Yemen, suggesting the Trump administration may be taking concrete steps to end support for the controversial war amid continued reports of high civilian casualties. Published November 10, 2018
The specific motive behind Wednesday night's massacre at a packed Southern California bar, the latest mass shooting to rock the nation, remains a mystery Published November 8, 2018
By seizing control of the House, Democrats have set the stage for a power struggle with President Trump that will reverberate around the world, foreign policy experts said Wednesday. Published November 7, 2018
In a rebuke to a key ally of President Trump, voters in Kansas on Tuesday rejected Republican Kris Kobach and instead elected Democrat Laura Kelly as their next governor. Published November 6, 2018
Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin sailed to re-election Tuesday, fending off a challenge from Republican Leah Vukmir in Wisconsin and ending the GOP's hopes of picking up a seat in a state President Trump won in 2016. Published November 6, 2018
Defying the odds in heavily pro-Trump West Virginia, Democratic incumbent Sen. Joe Manchin III won re-election Tuesday, defeating Republican Patrick Morrisey and dashing the GOP's hopes of snatching a Senate seat in one of the reddest states in the nation. Published November 6, 2018
Fully defeating the Islamic State and rooting out sleeper cells that have spread across the Middle East and Africa could take years, the Defense Department's inspector general said Published November 5, 2018
The Islamic State has lost the vast majority of physical territory it once held, but fully defeating the terrorist group and rooting out sleeper cells that have spread across the Middle East and Africa "could take years," the Defense Department inspector general said in a sweeping report Monday that suggests final victory remains far off. Published November 5, 2018
From opioids to open borders to President Trump's pick for the Supreme Court, the race to represent West Virginia in the U.S. Senate turned ugly Thursday night as the two candidates traded vicious attacks on each other's credibility and made their final pitches to undecided voters in the crucial contest. Published November 1, 2018
Hours before a key debate against his Republican opponent here on Thursday night, Sen. Joe Manchin's social media accounts were hacked, his Senate office confirmed. Published November 1, 2018
Joe Manchin's disconnect from his own party reached its apex last month when he was the only Democrat to back Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court. The vote angered and bewildered liberals, though many across the state told The Washington Times this week that they will hold their noses and cast a ballot for him, anyway. Published October 31, 2018
With just one week until Election Day in a contest that could prove crucial in determining which party controls the Senate, incumbent Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin III clashed Tuesday with his Republican foe, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, as both men tried to undermine the other's credibility on health care and continued protections for preexisting conditions. Published October 30, 2018
A key U.S. senator said Sunday that if Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was involved with the apparent murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the Trump administration must fundamentally "reconsider" its relationship with Riyadh. Published October 28, 2018
At its peak, the Islamic State's online propaganda machine was one of the group's most potent weapons, a calling card that distinguished it from any other terrorist organization that the world had ever seen. Published October 25, 2018
A pair of polls released this week tell very different stories in West Virginia's Senate race, with one suggesting the GOP could be poised for a major win and another showing the incumbent Democrat is on track to trounce his challenger. Published October 25, 2018
The admitted killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi government agents is risking not only Washington's long-standing diplomatic and economic ties with Riyadh, but could also imperil one of the Pentagon's most vital military partnerships. Published October 23, 2018
