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Florida man accused of threatening Trump via Facebook over airstrike that killed Iranian general

An Oakland Park security guard accused of posting a threatening Facebook video against the president remains in custody. Shortly after Trump announced last week that a U.S. airstrike had killed Qassem Soleimani in Iraq in retaliation for plotting numerous terrorist attacks, Chauncy Lump under the name “BlackMan vs. America” began livestreaming a seven-minute video. During […]

Trump: Aim of killing Iranian general was to ‘stop a war’

President Donald Trump said Friday he ordered the killing of a top Iranian general “to stop a war,” not start one, but in the tense aftermath the Pentagon braced for retaliation by sending more troops to the Middle East. Democrats complained that Trump hadn’t consulted Congress, and some worried that the strike made war more […]