The US Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly rejected President Barack Obama’s veto of legislation allowing relatives of the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to sue Saudi Arabia’s government. The final vote was 97-1 against the veto. Democratic Minority Leader Harry Reid was the lone “no” vote. Democratic Senator Tim Kaine, ...
President Barack Obama and Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar a-Abadi have agreed to send around 600 extra US troops to Iraq to help in the upcoming Mosul offensive, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Wednesday. The leaders have “approved, and they’ve both directed that the United States increase its contingent of forces ...
