The Iranian-backed Houthi militants have seized a key island in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a strategic maritime chokepoint linking the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden, as the group expands its control along Yemen’s western coastline. Officials with Yemen’s Saudi-backed government confirmed that Houthi forces reached Perim Island, also known as Mayyun, and seized […]

Inflation held at a 3.4% rate for the year ending in August, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday, adding to signs that price pressures may have topped out over the summer. While it has improved in recent months, inflation is still too high for the Kevin Warsh-led Federal Reserve, which is expected to raise […]

President Donald Trump is set to join Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin at the Pentagon at 9:30 a.m. for a memorial to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The president was initially slated to attend a ceremony in New York, but then shifted plans to deliver an address at the U.S. […]

Twenty-five years after Sept. 11, 2001, Washington Examiner photographer Graeme Jennings, who was in New York City at the time of the terrorist attacks, shares images he captured in the aftermath of the devastation. The photos, shown in black and white, show scenes ranging from the rubble surrounding the World Trade Center to notes honoring the […]