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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military may strike more Iranian leaders if the Islamic Republic retaliates for the Trump administration’s killing of Tehran’s most powerful general last week by attacking Americans or American interests, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday. As Pompeo conducted a round of TV interviews to explain President Donald Trump’s decision to target Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the repercussions from that attack played out: The Iraqi Parliamen t called on the 5,200 U.S. forces in the country to leave; the U.S.

 Qassem Soleimani was identified in death by a silver ring with a massive red stone on the finger of his severed hand. That’s what was left of Soleimani, Iran’s top military general, after his remains were pulled from the fiery wreckage of the vehicle hit by an American missile strike outside Baghdad’s international airport on Friday morning. His death signals the vulnerability of Iran’s most senior officials and the lengths MORE is willing to go to exert force against them.

Washington and Tehran have entered uncharted territory after the United States killed Iran’s most powerful general. Iranian leadership has already threatened “harsh retaliation” over the U.S. killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who led Iran’s elite Quds Force and was considered the architect of Iran’s proxy and shadow wars. Experts say Iran might not act right away, instead playing the long game.

The Iowa caucuses are 30 days away and it’s anybody’s ballgame, with a half dozen candidates having reason to believe that the Hawkeye State will set them on the path to the nomination. The campaigns are on edge and political analysts are flying blind, as a drought of public polling has produced uncertainty about the state of the race ahead of the Feb. 3 contest. Political operatives on the ground are buzzing about Sen.

The White House has formally notified Congress of the U.S.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — could constitute a war crime. The president offered additional defense for approving the strike that killed Soleimani, a high-ranking Iranian official and the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard's Quds Force, describing him as a "terrorist leader" responsible for the deaths of many Americans. But his threat of more potential military action is certain to raise questions about the Trump administration's plans for containing the fallout of the Soleimani strike and further enflaming debate over the president's ability to engage with Iran without congressional app

President Trump leads Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in the battleground state of Florida, according to a Mason-Dixon poll  taken last month. The poll, taken December 11-16, 2019, among 625 registered Florida voters, showed the president besting both presidential hopefuls in the Sunshine State. Trump, according to the survey, beats Warren by nine percentage points, 51 percent to 42 percent.

Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) wants to end the circulation of the state-run China Daily to members of Congress, a vehicle used to spread propaganda about the country’s communist regime and its ongoing human rights abuses. “Xi Jinping hopes China Daily will muddy American lawmakers’ understanding of his policies,” Banks told Breitbart News.

President Donald Trump’s new immigration judges are far more likely to reject migrants’ requests for asylum than are the judges prior presidents picked. Four Trump immigration judges in Memphis, Tennessee, denied more than 90 percent of claims from migrants, while the prior judges granted roughly half of the requests, according to a study by immigration lawyer Lily Axelrod. There are 465 immigration judges, some of whom stay on the bench for decades.

Joe Biden (D) told reporters on Friday that he would not respond to Sen.