An oil field in northern Syria, which fell to militants during the country’s insurgency crisis. The United States military has ramped up its offensives against the Daesh (ISIS/ISIL) terrorist group in Syria, taking out scores of militant trucks during an aerial raid in the Arab country’s east, according to the New York Times. The US daily said Monday that American warplanes for the first time... 

Donald Trump says the tough gun control laws in Paris contributed to the high death toll during a series of terrorist attacks on Friday. The attacks, he added, also reveal the danger in allowing Syrian refugees into the country. “You can say what you want, but if they had guns — if our people had guns, if they were allowed to carry — it would have been a much, much different situation,” Trump... 

Love him or hate him, businessman, TV personality and presidential candidate Donald Trump knows how to fill the seats, proving so once again on Saturday when he gave comedy program Saturday Night Live the much-needed ratings boost its been looking for. NBC estimated its Nielsen rating score for Trump’s appearance at a 6.6, translating to as many as 10 million viewers nationwide. This handily... 

Jeb Bush’s numbers are in the single digits. Jeb Bush, who was the early frontrunner for the Republican nomination, has plummeted to the low single digits in a latest national poll. The Quinnipiac University survey released on Wednesday found Bush taking only 4 percent support, down from 10 percent in September. Meanwhile, Donald Trump and Ben Carson continued to lead the crowded Republican field,... 

Donald Trump’s team made a big error by not trademarking his famous “Make America Great Again” slogan, and learned their lesson the hard way when a radio host went behind their back and did it himself. The trademark has been transferred over to the candidate, but it came at a hefty price: $100,000 — in donations to the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The radio host, Bobby Estell,... 

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says a lot of weird things, but he got one issue right on Monday, Russian airstrikes against ISIL in Syria are a good thing. When asked about his vision of US foreign policy, Trump said that he’d make the US military so big and strong that no one would “mess with [the United States].” “If Russia wants to go into Syria and bomb... 

If Middle East strongmen Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi were still in this world, it would have been a better place, because what came instead is much worse, US presidential candidate Donald Trump said. Asked by CNN’s Jake Tapper on his State of the Union show whether the world would have been better off with Hussein and Gaddafi still ruling in Iraq and Syria, Trump said “100 percent.” “I... 

“…If you wear red, white or blue to the [football] game you will not be admitted to the stadium.” A high school is banning pro-Donald Trump and patriotic clothing at an upcoming football game because the clothing is “racist.” School officials at Corona del Sol High School in Tempe, Arizona, also rejected the planned “USA” theme at the game because of its “negative connotations.” “The... 

The truth about the September 11, 2001 terror attacks would not only destabilize the American political system but it would also take down the US as a global empire, an American scholar says. Dr. Kevin Barrett, a founding member of the Scientific Panel for the Investigation of 9/11, made the remarks in an interview with Press TV on Tuesday, while commenting on the ongoing feud between Republican presidential... 

Governor Jeb Bush participates in the North Texas Presidential Forum at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas. Republican US presidential candidate Jeb Bush says his brother, former President George W. Bush, is not responsible for the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States. “Look, my brother responded to a crisis, and he did it as you would hope a president would do,”... 

Leading Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says the United States should not blame Russia or anti-Kiev fighters for last year’s downing of a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine. Trump made the remarks in an interview with MSNBC on Wednesday while commenting on a new report from Dutch investigators which claims Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down by a Russian-made rocket and warhead. Trump... 

During an appearance at a Jon Huntsman / The Hill “No Labels” event, a female audience member named Lauren Batchelder played the role of a female antagonist toward candidate Donald Trump. However, Ms. Batchelder is not just an average audience member. She’s a paid political operative of the GOP and a paid staff member of Team Jeb Bush: Within minutes of her scripted performance at the event,... 

The Israeli news website has come out in support of Donald Trump’s recent claim that the Middle East would be a lot more stable, had Iraq’s and Libya’s leaders remained in power and President Assad was stronger. Over a week ago, the US Republican presidential front-runner said in an interview with NBC’s Chuck Todd that the Middle East would be more stable if Muammar Gaddafi and Saddam... 

“She’s being protected by the Democrats.” Donald Trump voiced his concern about Democratic front runner Hillary Clinton and her growing server scandal. Trump told Hannity: “She shouldn’t be a candidate. What she has done is very, very serious and anyone who has done what she’s done has either gone to jail or had certain problems like you wouldn’t believe like general Petraeus…... 

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump Sunday criticised Germany’s commitment to take in millions of Muslim refugees and illegal immigrants this year, including some displaced from the ongoing civil war in Syria. The US Republican presidential candidate has now cast his eye on Europe and labelled German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s immigration policy as ‘insane.’ “I...