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A Navy SEAL who was killed in an operation against terrorist group al-Shabaab in Somalia earlier this week has been identified by the Department of Defense as Kyle Milliken, 38, of Falmouth, Maine..

The slow pace of nominations in the Tillerson State Department is making what a typically a chaotic transition process even more drawn out.

President Donald Trump's choice for Army secretary announced Friday that he is withdrawing his name from consideration.

Pulling out of the Paris Agreement on climate change would do "enormous damage to the standing of the United States in the world," says the man who negotiated the deal on behalf of the country.

There is a quiet effort underway to tone down any military rhetoric that could lead to North Korea viewing the Pentagon as warmongering, several US military officials have told CNN.

Ahead of a possibly historic decision by President Donald Trump, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke will travel to Bears Ears National Monument next week to meet with interest groups and tour the national monument at the heart of the President's effort to curb federal protection of land.

Rep. Marsha Blackburn, a Tennessee Republican, repeatedly dodged questions about whether the new GOP health care bill will weaken protections for those with pre-existing conditions conditions.

Just hours after House Republicans managed to pass a bill to repeal and replace Obamacare, the Senate is signaling it will write its own proposal -- announcing a group of 13 Republican members who will be responsible for crafting the Senate's plan.

Governors on both sides of the aisle are warily watching the Republican health care bill move through Congress, anxious over potentially significant cuts to Medicaid funding.

Days before his swearing in, President-elect Donald Trump made a bold promise on his plans for health care reform.

It took seconds for the House passage of the Republican health care bill to have a crushing impact on the Virginia governor's race. Literally.

Former President John F. Kennedy's grandson Jack Schlossberg gave his first live interview Friday, discussing why he thinks former President Barack Obama is courageous and also his favorite JFK speech.

President Donald Trump pledged throughout the 2016 campaign to fight opioid abuse, but a draft memo on his 2018 budget virtually eliminates an office within the White House aimed at doing just that.

The ad above comes from Tom Perriello, a former Democratic member of Congress running for governor this year in Virginia. And it's a blueprint for Democrats -- and a possible omen for Republicans -- as to how Thursday's vote on their American Health Care Act may well play out in the campaign to come.

White House deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Friday while the White House expects changes to be made to the health care bill that passed the House Thursday, they expect the "main pillars" to remain the same.

Sen. Bill Cassidy on Friday set a new standard for measuring health care, coining what he called "the Jimmy Kimmel test."

A US military member was killed and two others were wounded in Somalia Friday when they were attacked while on a mission advising Somali National Army forces, a US defense official confirmed to CNN.