Army misses 2018 recruiting goal, which hasn’t happened since 2005
WASHINGTON – The Army fell short of its recruiting goal for 2018, missing its mark for the first time since 2005 as it looks to grow its force strength in the face of growing threats from competing world powers such as Russia and China.
The Army has launched a large-scale review of its recruiting practices, senior service officials said Friday. The service will pour millions of dollars into revamping recruiting facilities and bolster its recruiting force after falling about 6,500 recruits short of its goal for fiscal year 2018, which will end Sept. 30. The Army had hoped to enlist 76,500 recruits in 2018, a goal that was lowered from 80,000 in April after more soldiers than expected elected to remain in the service.
Despite the shortfall, Maj. Gen. Joe Calloway, the Army’s military personnel management director, said the 70,000 recruits who did enlist this year is the most the service has attracted since 2010. He said the Army chose to focus on taking in high-quality recruits instead of ensuring it met its goal with borderline applicants.
Missing the recruiting goal “is not devastating,” Calloway said. “It still has an impact, because that is 6,500 soldiers that are not filling a critical specialty or a foxhole somewhere.”
He blamed the shortfall largely on a strengthening U.S. economy in which fewer potential recruits are looking for jobs. Nonetheless, the Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy all reached their recruiting goals for 2018, though they were less ambitious than the Army’s.
Only about 30 percent of 17- to 24-year-olds can meet the mandatory requirements for consideration for military service – a combination of physical, mental and background attributes. More so, only about 13 percent of that population is interested in military service, according to the Pentagon.
The shortfall comes as the Army looks to increase its active force from about 476,000 soldiers to about 500,000 by 2024, a number Pentagon officials have said is necessary if a major war with a near-peer adversary were to break out.
The Army had aimed to increase its force strength to 483,500 by the beginning of October. It aims to build to 487,500 in 2019, Calloway said. The service has set a 73,000 recruit goal for next year.
In the meantime, Army Gen. Stephen Townsend, the chief of Training and Doctrine Command, has been leading a complete review of how the service recruits potential soldiers, Calloway said. Townsend is slated to brief the Army Secretary Mark Esper on his findings next week, and the Army will look to implement changes quickly.
“The intent of that is to change our approach and methodology of what we’re doing to recruit,” Calloway said. “We’ve obviously got to change what we’re doing to reach a pretty limited audience.”
Calloway said some changes to recruiting efforts have already been implemented, including a new focus on reaching potential recruits through social media, interactive gaming, and in locations where recruiting has typically been weak such as major metropolitan areas.
Last year, the Army added about 500 recruiters to its ranks and intends to add another 500, said Marshall Williams, the Army’s principle deputy assistant secretary for manpower and reserve affairs.
The service has also poured more than $50 million into upgrading its recruiting facilities and recruiters’ internet service across the nation, recognizing that instead of reaching potential recruits or their parents by phone that they prefer to connect online, Calloway said.
“Secretary [Esper’s] guidance is we have to try new things, and if they don’t work, fine, move on to something else,” the general said. “But it’s not sitting around doing what we’ve always done. We have to do something different.”
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Army recruits practice patrol tactics while marching during U.S. Army basic training at Fort Jackson, S.C., Dec. 6, 2006.
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Pack of seven gray wolves missing in California
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Media overhype yet another hate crime story in rush to connect it to Trump, GOP
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VIDEO: Dem official curses, accosts gay signature gatherers on Pride weekend
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Union outraged after NWA's 'F— Tha Police' sung to dining officers
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Report: Harward turned down NSA job after watching Trump presser
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'I'D BE YOUR PRESIDENT' Clinton pins election loss to Trump on FBI's Comey, WikiLeaks
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Ryan, Pence met to hammer out GOP agenda
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Colorado teen dies after falling from roof of school building during game
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Customers freak over haunted house 'mock rape'…
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Truck carrying radioactive material stolen in Mexico
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Obama on anti-Trump protestors: 'I wouldn't advise them to be silent'
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Chris Matthews compares Ivanka, Jared Kushner to Saddam Hussein's sons
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Global Warming Increases the Price of…Wine!
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Miranda Kerr hands over $8.1M in jewelry to DOJ
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School: Cincinnati boy who killed himself never said he was bullied
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'Outraged' Democrats not conceding on Gorsuch
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RAPE LIAR GUILTY Woman convicted of making up 15 fake claims
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14 bodies found in mass grave in Mexican resort of Los Cabos
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Cruz, Sanders find common ground on drug prices
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Ship hijacked off Yemen coast is freed
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Couple climbs Mount Everest for spectacular wedding
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Cosmonaut shows space station hole to calm public…
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ISIS fighters fleeing Syria hide bombs in TVs, fridges and teddy bears
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UNIVERSITY OUTRAGE Professor under fire for holding mock slave auction
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Lightning kills at least 11 during monsoon season in eastern India
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Det. Mark Fuhrman: 'Fix was in' for parole of 'classic sociopath' OJ – OJ Simpson gets parole, eligible for release October 1 – OPINION: Why should a man many call a killer walk free? – Rivera: 'Sadly, we have not heard the last of O.J.'
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Jennifer Lawrence OK after plane reportedly makes emergency landing
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Mass. sheriff: State rep's Facebook post warning of ICE raid 'irresponsible,' 'underhanded'
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Senate Dems could filibuster Mattis over Trump's 'Dr. Strangelove foreign policy'
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SEARCH CALLED OFF US Navy ends hunt for 7 missing sailors as bodies are found in the ship
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White House postpones travel ban order until next week
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Goldman Sachs executive, Gov. Christie deputy win New Jersey primaries
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UK prime minister faults Kerry calling Israeli government 'right wing'
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British girl left in tears after being fined for selling lemonade
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Amanda Knox unveils bizarre ‘little red riding hood’ photoshoot with boyfriend dressed as wolf
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Tucker responds to Maxine Waters calling his show racist
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Residents take cover as massive hail pounds Missouri – VIDEO: Massive hail and tornadoes strike Missouri
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926-POUND MONSTER Fishing crew reels in shark that could set a record
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'TUCKER TONIGHT' Ex-Dem pollster: Surveys don't do Trump justice
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The DREAMer narrative gets old
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Criminal probe opened into DoD purchase of Afghan Army camouflage that didn't blend in
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Sheryl 'sad' for Trump voters
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‘Moon temple’ plan revealed
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Is Christie back? Governor has lunch with Trump Tuesday
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Wall Street Journal reporter released by Turkish authorities
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A Virginia man accused of beheading his 5-year-old son is set to be released from a mental institution and will ...
GOP gov in deep-blue Maryland becomes top Dem target
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Duterte pledges to reassess US-Philippines relationship when Trump takes office
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Top Obamacare official delivers farewell address
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SEAL Team 6 joins South Korea war drill for the first time – VIDEO: Is North Korea practicing for nuclear war?
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Obama: Facebook torture video was 'despicable'
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Harvey's wife tells all
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Limo torched in DC protests belongs to Muslim immigrant, may cost $70,000 in damages
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Trump closes companies with ties to Saudi Arabia business venture
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Armed inmate killed, hostage rescued at Illinois hospital
Officers fatally shot an armed jail inmate and freed his hostage at hospital in northern Illinois on Saturday, several hours ...
CHANGING ROLE Spicer to oversee entire WH comm operation
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Famous New York law firm Cellino and Barnes to dissolve
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Jill Stein serves Trump 'hump pie' for his New Year's Eve tweet
Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein served up some “humble pie” to Donald Trump after the president-elect sent out a ...
A 2nd Amendment Thought Experiment
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McConnell backs Tillerson
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WATCH: Crowd cheers Trump saying Time magazine should use "Man of the Year" again
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OVERCOMING ADVERSITY Scholars rise above MS-13 violence in New York town
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Fallen officer's son gets heartfelt support at graduation
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KIM’S NUCLEAR OPTION Defector says North Korea strongman could attack US
North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un is reportedly growing “desperate” and is ready to strike the United States with a ...
Cancer patient speaks out on Samantha Bee's 'inconsiderate' mocking of his 'Nazi hair'
A man with brain cancer who was unwittingly mocked by Samantha Bee for having “Nazi hair” said this morning that ...
Mom's harrowing addiction pics
A mother’s bid to help others struggling with addiction has gone viral, after she shared harrowing before and after photos ...
Tiger Woods 'receiving professional help' to manage meds after DUI arrest
JUPITER, Fla. – Tiger Woods is receiving help to manage his medications. “I’m currently receiving professional help to manage my ...
Trump: UN just a 'club' for people to 'have a good time'
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Can We Make the Internet of Things Secure?
In the simplest terms, Internet of Things (IoT) is the addition of some internet connectivity to everyday objects. Security cameras, ...
Where Are Social Conservatives to Go?
The recent defeat in Wisconsin of a conservative state Supreme Court candidate and the warning issued by Governor Walker ought ...
Portugal forest fires: At least 61 killed, many in cars overrun by blaze
At least 61 people have been killed in several raging forest fires in central Portugal, many of them trapped in ...
What I Saw in the Floodwaters of Houston
The response of Texans, and Americans from all across the country, to the catastrophic Houston flooding proves the power and ...
Tell the truth about fracking
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Iran's Shaky Foundations
Current U.S. 5th Fleet exercises designed to ensure freedom of navigation in the Persian Gulf and Red Sea are a ...
Search for Secret Service Leader Intensifies as White House Security Tested…
Critics of the agency have seized on the most recent cases to amplify calls for the White House to recruit ...
Chuck's new trucks
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Virginia illegal immigrant charged in sex abuse involving 12-year-old girl
A 40-year-old illegal immigrant from Mexico who had been deported from the U.S. was arrested Friday in Virginia on sex ...
Jill Stein's running mate not a fan of recounts
Former Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein’s running mate is concerned about how the well-funded effort to initiate recounts in ...
Text alert: You have a leak!
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Why the Academic Left Fears and Loathes Dr. Jordan Peterson
Who is this man, this Jordan Peterson, academic clinical psychologist, tenured at the University of Toronto with hundreds of thousands ...
DeVos responds to protesters: 'I will not be deterred'
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos said Friday she would not be deterred from working for the country’s children after being ...
UK attacker taught in Saudi Arabia for 2 years, embassy confirms – Cops sift through 2,500 items to assemble killer's profile
LONDON – The man who killed four people outside Britain’s Parliament was in Saudi Arabia three times and taught English ...
Iraqi detained in German soccer team bus blasts is suspected of being an ISIS member
BERLIN – German prosecutors said Thursday that a 26-year-old Iraqi detained following an attack on a top soccer club is ...
Trump to announce Court pick within two weeks of inauguration
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'Stand your ground' defense rejected in Florida theater-shooting case
A retired Florida police captain who is accused of shooting and killing another man during an argument over texting in ...
Pelosi challenger: Dems 'got off message' in election
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Indianapolis 500: Takuma Sato holds off Helio Castroneves for first Brickyard win – Indianapolis 500 crash rips off rear of Scott Dixon's car
Takuma Sato passed Helio Castroneves with five laps to go Sunday to win the Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor ...
Dog saves wedding party from bomber in Nigeria
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – Officials say a dog at a Nigerian wedding party grappled with a suicide bomber until her explosives ...
Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke rescinds acceptance of Homeland Security post
Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke, a tough-on-crime conservative Democrat, will not accept a post with the Department of Homeland Security. ...
Turkish paper's chief editor stabbed to death in family row
ISTANBUL – Turkey’s state-run news agency says the chief editor of a pro-Islamic Yeni Akit newspaper has died after being ...
Ignorance: The Greatest Threat to Black Americans
Turning 65, my relative is about to retire from her job as a Baltimore City transit bus-driver. She said she ...
Senator reveals that the FBI paid $900,000 to hack into San Bernardino killer's phone
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Senate committee that oversees the FBI, said publicly this week that the ...
Obama: 'I'll examine it when it comes' if I need to speak out during Trump's presidency
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Galaxy S8 prices leaked?
The Galaxy S8 will likely raise the bar for phone design, but will the premium be too high? Based on ...
Understanding Russia
Russia is an easy country to enter. Procedures at Moscow’s airport including passport control allow passengers a speedy departure from ...
Trump denies campaign trail comments on nuclear weapons
President-elect Trump on Sunday walked back comments made on the campaign trail about more countries getting nuclear weapons. “The @nytimes ...
Secret spacecraft sonic boom
A classified U.S. Air Force spaceplane spent 718 days in orbit before coming down at Kennedy Space Center on May ...
TERROR ALLIANCE? ISIS and Al Qaeda may join forces, Iraq's VP claims
Iraq’s vice president said rival terror groups ISIS and Al Qaeda are exchanging ideas on ways to join forces. Vice ...
Democratic senator doesn't expect to defeat DeVos
A Democratic senator thinks the 24-hour Senate-floor speechifying against President Trump’s nomination to lead the Department of Education won’t end ...
Fuel gushes from United flight's wing
Clearer video of the #united #gasleak. How not one crew member saw this is beyond me. Thank god we were ...
Pennsylvania coal mine, first in Trump era, praised as lifeline for local economy
Around 200 miners, business leaders and local politicians stood around tables covered in mining headgear and tablecloths labeled “Make Coal ...
Jerry Brown Vetoes 'Fake News Advisory Group'…
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – California will not create a “fake news” advisory group in order to monitor information posted and spread ...
The Left's Strategy: When All Else Fails, Return to Race Hatred
In the 1960s and ’70s, under cover of peace and love propaganda, the radical left “marched through the institutions” (their ...
Two NYPD cops assigned to the same precinct discover they are sisters
Two newly graduated police officers were assigned to the same precinct, had the same last name – Molina – and ...
What Woodward Saw in the Clinton White House – and What He Missed
“It’s very depressing. You want to read a depressing book, this is it,” said one critic of a book by Bob ...
NYC hospital hit with $2.5M lawsuit after allegedly faxing man's HIV diagnosis to his workplace
Mt. Sinai St. Luke’s Hospital has been sued by a man whose HIV status was disclosed to his employer via ...
Two kinds of truth: actual and political
“…there are two kinds of truth in this world. The truth that is the unalterable bedrock of one’s life and ...
GOP: 'Nationalize' the Midterms if You Want to Win
We’ve seen this movie before. In the 2006 midterm elections, then-Democratic Party chairman John Dean and Senate and House Democrats, ...
WATCH: Trump-Romney 'dinner date summit'
President-elect Trump went on a “dinner date summit” with Mitt Romney Tuesday evening in New York City, and were greeted ...
Oregon high school apologizes after teacher distributes paper on rape culture to students, staff
An Oregon high school is receiving some blowback after one of its teachers wrote a three-page opinion piece on rape ...
Midterm election weighs heavily on debate over ObamaCare repeal – FOX NEWS POLL: 34% of voters favor GOP health care plan – READ THE FULL POLL RESULTS
The debate on Capitol Hill now focuses on health care. But it’s really about 2018. Major, electoral tidal waves sometimes ...
Michael Moore pans Trump Cabinet pick Betsy DeVos
President-elect Trump’s pick for education secretary, Betsy DeVos, is an “awful, awful” choice, said progressive filmmaker Michael Moore on Wednesday. ...
COLLISION AT SEA Navy warship rams cargo ship off coast of Japan
The USS Fitzgerald was under its own power but had limited propulsion after being involved in a collision with a ...
Son of former Braves player on life support after getting hit in face by baseball
The son of former Atlanta Braves infielder Keith Lockhart is on a ventilator after taking a ball to the face ...
Afghanistan forces fighting ISIS take a slow-and-steady approach
KABUL, Afghanistan — While a labyrinth of underground tunnels and the lives of almost 100 of its fighters were wiped away ...
'FAKE NEWS' Trump blasts MSNBC after $36.5M income tax 'scoop'
Hours after a much-touted MSNBC “scoop” revealed part of President Trump’s 2005 tax returns — and in the process, undermined ...
'THE O'REILLY FACTOR' Rove: Trump's Obama jabs 'will become tiresome'
President Donald Trump has repeatedly criticized his predecessor’s foreign policy record since taking office, but former White House senior adviser ...
GOP scrambles to save Trump's labor nominee
Senate Republican leaders are scrambling to salvage the confirmation of Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Labor Department in the ...
Trump finance agenda shaping up to be more friendly to banks
Early indications suggest that Donald Trump’s administration may be more friendly to Wall Street and less populist than suggested on ...
'THIS IS WAR' Fla. sheriff urges citizens to get armed in case of attack
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – A Florida sheriff’s office posted a controversial message on social media, urging citizens to arm themselves ...
Liberal columnist Dana Milbank unloads on Obama for praising Trump
Liberal Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank hit President Obama for painting a hopeful picture of the Trump administration that will ...
'LOOKING LIKE FOOLS': After failure of health care bill, Trump demands major change in how Senate votes
In the aftermath of the Senate’s failed ObamaCare votes, President Trump on Saturday urged leaders of the GOP-controlled chamber to ...
Pakistan military: Officials foil 'major terrorist attack' on Easter Sunday
Pakistan’s military said on Saturday that security forces foiled a “major terrorist attack” on Christians after killing a militant and ...
Allen: 'I'm not the same guy'
“Home Improvement” star Tim Allen says he’s come a long way since his arrest in 1978 for drug trafficking and the ...
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Liberals always stake their claim to the moral high ground, or to put it another way, they believe they own ...
Pennsylvania dad locked 2-year-old son in cage, left toddler and newborn home alone, police say
Pennsylvania state troopers arrested a man after they found his son locked in a wooden cage, and left home alone ...
So Where Are the Podesta Indictments?
If Paul Manafort is guilty of failing to register as an agent of a foreign government, something that occurred when ...
Report: New Jersey lawmakers reach budget deal – Christie pic furor is just the beginning: States enter summer of budget pain – SLIDESHOW: New Jersey government shutdown closes some vacation spots – WATCH: Vittert challenges Christie spox on gov's controversial beach trip
New Jersey lawmakers have reportedly reached a tentative deal in the state budget impasse. State lawmakers are being summoned to ...
Concealed carry to be lawful on Kansas college campuses
Concealed carry will be allowed on Kansas college and university campuses beginning Saturday, July 1. Concealed weapons will be permitted ...
NTSB heads to site of New Jersey plane crash
Federal investigators will be at the site of a deadly jet crash near a small airport outside New York City ...
Finishing the Job: Military Action in the Postwar Era
The destiny of modern civilized society has been shaped more by one single factor in the last 70 or so ...
White House uses Rand Paul as a foil against Republicans
Republican Sen. Rand Paul drew rare praise from the Obama administration on Wednesday for suggesting that America’s healthcare system will ...
Trump, NATO, and the Burden of the Past
With the collapse of the Soviet Union and the disintegration of the Warsaw Pact, NATO found itself without a mission. ...
DeMint officially ousted as Heritage Foundation president – Heritage Foundation statement on DeMint resignation
Jim DeMint has resigned as leader of the conservative Heritage Foundation think tank, the group’s board of trustees announced Tuesday ...
'OUR BRAVEST' Trump gives Purple Heart to soldier injured overseas
President Trump on Saturday presented a Purple Heart medal to an Army sergeant during a visit to nearby Walter Reed ...
In Search of Justice in France
In one of his, essays Henry James remarked that “[l]ife is, in fact, a battle. Evil is insolent and strong … goodness ...
Music sales skyrocket for singer Joy Villa who wore pro-Trump dress to Grammys
By Red Alert Politics • 2/13/17 1:18 PM The Washington Examiner In less than 24 hours after setting social media ...
Walter Scott shooting: SC ex-cop to plead guilty to civil rights violation
A former South Carolina police officer accused of fatally shooting an unarmed black man pleaded guilty Tuesday to violating the ...
ObamaCare program awarded hospitals thousands in bonuses even if they had low-quality scores
An Obamacare program awarded hospitals thousands of dollars in bonuses even if they had low-quality scores, according to a report from the ...
Perception Is Reality
“Perception is reality” is a truism in most areas of human experience, but perhaps more so in politics than any ...
Clearing the Cobwebs
Lately, when I check the news, I feel like I’m fighting my way through a room full of cobwebs, like ...
Tech to revive frozen organs
Frozen organs could be brought back to life safely one day with the aid of nanotechnology, a new study finds. ...
HEALTH CARE PUSH ObamaCare 'skinny repeal' bill makes way to Senate
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., introduced a pared-down version of legislation to repeal ObamaCare late Thursday as lawmakers prepared ...
America’s New Political World
Let’s start with Trump’s successes in capturing the GOP’s presidential nomination and then emerging victorious on November 8th, 2016. Since ...
It's Spring — Time for Secession
The Constitutional Court of Spain overturned a ban against bullfighting on Thursday that had been approved by lawmakers in ...
Samsung just unveiled its new Galaxy S8 smartphone
After a tumultuous twelve months which saw exploding phones, a plummeting stock price and executive turnover, Samsung hopes to turn ...
The Golden Key to Social Mobility
On February 7, 2017 Betsy DeVos was confirmed as U.S. Secretary of Education by a vote of 51-50 with Vice ...
After Harvey and Al and Charlie, the Left Still Does Not Get It
There’s a lot of people wagging their fingers just now at the 1990s. If you want to understand the 2010s ...
The Texas Transgender 'Bathroom Bill': A Last Chance for Sanity
On May 22, the Texas House of Representatives approved an amendment to a school hazard preparedness bill, which would require ...
Imperial Obsession and the War on Terror
That after 16 years of counterinsurgency, we resorted to deploying the largest conventional bomb in our inventory to kill only ...
Cuba deal rollback: Trump says he’s nixing Obama’s ‘one-sided’ pact – Rubio slams Obama for Cuba 'regime' outreach
President Trump, speaking at a Miami theater associated with Cuban exiles, announced Friday he is nixing his predecessor’s “one-sided deal” ...
Adviser to Paul Ryan being considered for HUD secretary
By Anna Giaritelli (@anna_giaritelli) • 11/18/16 10:55 PM Anna Giaritelli Breaking News Reporter The Washington Examiner http://s3.amazonaws.com/content.washingtonexaminer.biz/images/static/authors/AnnaGiaritelliHeadshot1.jpg A top adviser ...
Liver transplant recipient left homeless after Colorado hailstorm
A Colorado woman just released from the hospital after a life-saving liver transplant has been left homeless after a massive ...
Russia rejects allegation it bombed US-backed fighters in Syria
A Russian military spokesperson pushed back on allegations that a Russian airstrike hit U.S.-backed opposition fighters in Syria. The Syrian ...
American found dead in Congo: Haley says group 'killed senselessly'
The American and Swedish United Nations investigators whose bodies turned up in a shallow grave in the Democratic Republic of ...
Humpbacks stun scientists
Humpback whales, which humans have long observed to be solitary creatures, are gathering in large groups to feed, and it’s ...
FCC chair on Colbert's Trump bash: Will apply obscenity law if needed
Stephen Colbert has come under fire and backlash following his Monday night monologue on his show “Late Night with Stephen ...
Dem rep paid sister's law firm $80,000 from campaign funds this year
Democratic Rep. William Lacy Clay (Mo.) has paid a law firm owned by his sister more than $80,000 from his ...
Times Square crash: Suspect allegedly said he wanted to 'kill them all' – Suspected Times Square driver tackled by Planet Hollywood security guard – SLIDESHOW: Car plows into Times Square crowd
The man accused of steering his car onto one of the busiest sidewalks in Times Square and mowing down pedestrians ...
Reports: Flynn's son forced off transition team
Michael G. Flynn, the 33-year-old son of President-elect Trump’s incoming national security adviser, has been forced off the transition team, ...
Georgia race: GOP vows to unite, beat Ossoff after forcing runoff – VIDEO: Handel on Georgia race: I will prevail – OPINION: 'Resist Trump' is not a winning strategy
Democrats put their hope in political upstart Jon Ossoff to deliver a rebuke to President Trump in Tuesday night’s Georgia ...
UK lawmakers overwhelmingly vote to support snap election
Prime Minister Theresa May got the overwhelming support of British lawmakers on Wednesday when they voted by a resounding 522 ...
'Flip' star has moved on
Things appear to be heating up between Christina El Moussa and her new boyfriend. The “Flip or Flop” star brought ...
Charlie Sheen: 'C'mon, Ted Cruz, in 4 years we can unseat' Trump
By Madeleine Morgenstern (@MadeleineinDC) • 12/30/16 4:49 PM •Updated: 12/30/16 8:44 PM Madeleine Morgenstern Digital Editor The Washington Examiner http://s3.amazonaws.com/content.washingtonexaminer.biz/images/static/authors/HeadshotMorgensterne_Madeleine.jpg ...
Twin explosions kill at least 40 near religious sites in Syria's capital
BEIRUT – Twin explosions Saturday near religious shrines frequented by Shiite pilgrims in the Syrian capital Damascus killed at least ...
After Paris Accord: Doesn't the Ruling Class Have Something Better to Do?
With all the wailing and the gnashing of teeth, can President Trump’s exit from Paris be anything less than the ...
Pelosi hangs on…
Nancy Pelosi stopped caring about what people think of her a long time ago, so she has no qualms about ...
Police officer gets desk duty for wearing allegedly racist shirt
A Washington police officer is under investigation for wearing a T-shirt to court that an advocacy group said has a racist symbol ...
US State Dept. warns college students against spring break travel to Mexico
The U.S. State Department is warning college students across the country not to spend spring break in certain parts of ...
Trump, Pence meet with Ryan in Washington
By Mariana Barillas • 11/10/16 9:01 AM Mariana Barillas The Washington Examiner President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence ...
Treasury's Mnuchin makes rare Canada visit amid tensions
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will travel Friday morning to Ottawa, Canada to meet with Canadian Finance Minister Bill Morneau. It’s ...
'RECKLESS PROVOCATIONS' N. Korea criticizes US after Air Force runs bombing practice near DMZ
North Korean state media sharply criticized the U.S. on Sunday for a recent practice bombing run on the Korean peninsula, ...