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It also acknowledges that the Assad government probably retained some ability to again attack with chemical agents.  The US ambassador to the United Nations told the Security Council on Saturday that the United States is ‘‘locked and loaded.”   Vice President Mike Pence said the US-led airstrikes on Syria “degraded and crippled” the country’s chemical weapons capability.  “Could not have had a better result,” President Trump wrote.   ‘‘What is happening now is not normal,’’ Comey writes in his book, which comes out on Tuesday. ‘‘It is not fake news.

It also acknowledges that the Assad government probably retained some ability to again attack with chemical agents.  The US ambassador to the United Nations told the Security Council on Saturday that the United States is ‘‘locked and loaded.”   Vice President Mike Pence said the US-led airstrikes on Syria “degraded and crippled” the country’s chemical weapons capability.  “Could not have had a better result,” President Trump wrote.   ‘‘What is happening now is not normal,’’ Comey writes in his book, which comes out on Tuesday. ‘‘It is not fake news.

It also acknowledges that the Assad government probably retained some ability to again attack with chemical agents.  The US ambassador to the United Nations told the Security Council on Saturday that the United States is ‘‘locked and loaded.”   Vice President Mike Pence said the US-led airstrikes on Syria “degraded and crippled” the country’s chemical weapons capability.  “Could not have had a better result,” President Trump wrote.   ‘‘What is happening now is not normal,’’ Comey writes in his book, which comes out on Tuesday. ‘‘It is not fake news.

The Department of Justice’s inspector general concluded that fired FBI Deputy Director MORE made a leak to the media “designed to advance his personal interests at the expense of Department leadership,” according to a copy of the report obtained by The Hill.  The report from Inspector General Michael Horowitz makes the case that McCabe authorized disclosures to the media that were designed to combat the perception that he had a conflict of interest in

Defense Secretary Trump announced that the U.S., in concert with France and the United Kingdom, had launched "precision strikes" on Syria in retaliation for a deadly chemical attack in a Damascus suburb last weekend. The strike, announced in the early morning hours local time in Damascus, was the second authorized by Trump against Syria in the span of roughly a year. In April 2017, he ordered a missile strike on a Syrian air base in response to a chemical weapons attack in the country's northern Idlib province. That attack dealt only modest damage.

Several lawmakers reacted quickly on Friday to President Trump's decision to launch a military strike on Syria by criticizing him for failing to obtain congressional authorization for the move. At least one GOP representative, Rep.

The United States used its de-confliction phone line with Russia prior to Friday’s airstrikes in Syria, but did not tell the Russians what the United States was targeting, the U.S. military’s top general said Friday night. “We specifically identified these targets to mitigate the risk of Russian forces being involved, and we used our normal de-confliction channels -- those were active this week -- to work through the airspace issues and so forth,” Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford said at a Pentagon briefing.

MORE announced Friday he has ordered “precision strikes” against Syria in retaliation for an apparent chemical weapons attack by the forces of Syrian leader Bashar Assad. During a televised address at the White House, Trump said France and the United Kingdom had joined in the strikes, which he said are targeting sites related to Syria’s chemical weapons program. Loud explosions were reportedly heard in the Syrian capital of Damascus as Trump announced the strikes just after 4 a.m. local time in the Middle East.  Trump called last weekend’s chemical attack a "signific

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Sources tell ABC News President Donald Trump spoke Friday with his personal attorney Michael Cohen who, according to court documents, has been under criminal investigation for months, largely centered on his business dealings.