Last week saw a sharp increase in attacks on US troops occupying northeastern Syria, with a drone strike against a US base blamed on “pro-Iran” forces and a US counter-strike said to have killed at least 19 people.
Iranian proxy forces attacked a US base in Syria with rockets after the U.S. ordered retaliatory strikes on Iran-affiliated groups, killing at least eight Iranians.
Republican Iowa Senator Joni Ernst is leading a bill to overturn a Department of Defense (DOD) policy from February that funds travel for pregnant troops to other states for the purpose of obtaining an abortion.
U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Tyler Vargas-Andrews testified about being ignored and disregarded before a suicide bomber attack during the botched Afghanistan withdrawal, which resulted in the loss of American lives and has sparked outrage and condemnation towards the Biden administration.