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The administration touts Fatima, a Pakistani firm, after Indiana Gov. Mike Pence (R) blocked the company's proposed fertilizer plant. 

Washington and Japan have reached a deal to significantly drawdown the U.S. presence in Okinawa, Japan, but congressional lawmakers are threatening to scuttle the deal if the Defense Department cannot provide a price tag for the effort. 

A case of friendly fire by NATO forces in Afghanistan Thursday ended with the deaths of four Afghan police officers, reigniting the debate between U.S. commanders and Kabul over the use of allied air power in the country. 

The North Korean Uriminzokkiri site’s Twitter and Flickr accounts appeared to have been hacked on Thursday.

The Korean People's Army said they would notify Washington that any provocations would invite a "nuclear strike."

A battery of American anti-missile systems are en route to Guam as Washington continues to position its forces against a possible conflict with North Korea. 

The U.S. military deployed F-22 stealth fighters to South Korea on Sunday amid heightened tensions with North Korea.

Harvard professor Linda Bilmes said the war expenses "will dominate future federal budgets for decades to come."

North Korea put its missile units on standby on Friday and threatened to "settle accounts" with the United States. 

The number of furlough days will be reduced from 22 to 14, thanks to legislation passed by Congress.