1 day ago- As of Wednesday, May 7, 2008, at least 4,073 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
1 day ago- The House could vote as early as Thursday on a $195 billion Democratic bill to fund military and diplomatic operations in Iraq and Afghanistan into next spring. Lawmakers will cast separate votes on three components: war funding, Iraq war policy restrictions, and unrelated domestic add-ons.
2 days ago- As of Tuesday, May 6, 2008, at least 4,072 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
3 days ago- Robert H. Reid, a veteran foreign correspondent who has covered conflicts in the Middle East, Asia, and Europe over the past three decades, has been appointed bureau chief of The Associated Press in Iraq.
4 days ago- Funeral services are set for an Iraq war veteran who died when his car crashed on an upstate road while he headed to work on what was supposed to be his day off.
6 days ago- Republican John McCain was forced to clarify his comments Friday suggesting the Iraq war involved U.S. reliance on foreign oil. He said he was talking about the first Gulf War and not the current conflict.
6 days ago- President Bush sent lawmakers a $70 billion request Friday to fund U.S. operations in Iraq and Afghanistan into next spring, which would give the next president breathing room to make his or her own war policy.
6 days ago- The U.S. military on Friday blamed al-Qaida in Iraq for a double suicide bombing that killed at least 36 people during a wedding procession through a crowd of people cheering the bride and groom in a town northeast of Baghdad.
7 days ago- Hundreds of mourners are gathering at a church in a Buffalo suburb to remember Jonathon Cote (KOH'-tay), the upstate Army veteran kidnapped and killed while working as a security contractor in Iraq.
7 days ago- Several thousand immigration rights demonstrators marched through downtown Seattle on Thursday evening, while the number of demonstrators Yakima decreased significantly from past years.
7 days ago- Federal authorities declared the West Coast ocean salmon fishery a failure Thursday, opening the way for Congress to appropriate economic disaster assistance for coastal communities in California, Oregon and Washington.