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US military assembles largest force of warships, aircraft in Middle East in decades
The U.S. Navy will have at least 16 ships in the region, dwarfing the 11-ship fleet that was, until the Ford’s departure, positioned in the Caribbean Sea.
US seizes sixth sanctioned tanker it says has ties to Venezuela
The U.S. Coast Guard boarded the tanker, named Veronica, early Thursday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wrote on social media.
What to know about the militants targeted by US airstrikes in Nigeria
President Donald Trump said on social media that the “powerful and deadly” strikes in the Nigerian state of Sokoto were carried out against IS gunmen.
How America observed Christmas — at home and abroad — during WWII
Amid shortages, rationing, separation and grief, Americans fought to keep the yuletide spirit alive.
By Stanley Weintraub
The real story of how NORAD began tracking Santa Claus
Seventy years ago, a wrong number prompted the U.S. Air Force to begin issuing reports of St. Nick’s progress on Christmas Eve.
By Dave Kindy