National Security

National Security Adviser John Bolton asked the Pentagon last fall to develop military options for a strike against Iran following a mortar attack in Baghdad by a Tehran-backed militant group, a request one former official said "shocked" some in the meeting. 

During a visit to Israel, President Trump's national security adviser John Bolton appears to have put the brakes on any immediate pull out of U.S. forces in Syria; national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin reports from the Pentagon.

White House senior adviser for strategic communications Mercedes Schlapp tells 'America's Newsroom' that the administration has given Democrats an extensive list of the 'massive resources' Border Patrol agents need.

The White House lays out President Trump's priorities in a letter to the House Appropriations Committee as the shutdown continues in Washington; Kevin Corke reports.

President of the group Brandon Judd appeared with President Trump at the White House press briefing to make the case for a wall at the southern border.

President Trump agrees to slow down the withdrawal timeline after warnings from the president's military advisers and foreign counterparts that a swift pullout of U.S. forces from Syria could create opportunities for rapid Iranian expansion in the region; Trey Yingst reports from Jerusalem.

President Trump took swipes Monday at outgoing Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and diplomat Brett McGurk, both of whom resigned in large part over the president's decision to pull troops from Syria. 

Two senior lawmakers – one a Republican, the other a Democrat – condemned President Trump’s announced withdrawal of troops from Syria and Afghanistan and bemoaned the departure of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis from the White House.

Trump says funding bill must include border security; chief White House correspondent John Roberts reports.

Illinois Republican Rep. Adam Kninzinger reacts to Trump’s decision to pull troops out of Syria.