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Next week, one of the first movies to debut as theaters reopen will be The Outpost, an adaptation of Jake Tapper’s book that tells the true story of the U.S. soldiers who battled a Taliban attack on their camp in a mountainous remote area of northeastern Afghanistan. The project, directed by Rod Lurie, tells of the…

President Donald Trump made a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Thanksgiving to address the troops at Bagram Air Field, his first visit to the war-torn country. The President also made news on another front, saying that peace talks with the Taliban have been re-ignited. “I just want to say that we thank god for your…

Because President Donald Trump’s Phoenix rally did not begin until well after The Daily Show had taped Tuesday’s edition, Trevor Noah focused on previous night’s “Book Report Trump” who  unveiled his 180 on Afghanistan. Trump acknowledged he’d steadfastly campaigned on the promise of pulling out of the country “and…

An estimated 28 million people watched Donald Trump deliver his speech about plans to maintain troops in Afghanistan. That includes 17.4M viewers ages 55 and older, 7.1M ages 35-54 and 2.1M ageds18-34, according to Nielsen stats. Nielsen tracked viewing on ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, Fox Business Network, Fox News Channel…

Fox News Channel clocked 4.725M viewers from 9-10 PM ET covering President Donald Trump’s  speech about the ongoing war in Afghanistan, putting it on top of the cable news ratings race in the hour. Trump spoke about his about-face on the topic and plans to maintain troops in the region from 9-9:30 PM, followed by half…

UPDATE, 9:22 AM: NBC logged 6.184 million viewers in the 9:30 PM ET half hour Monday night when President Donald Trump delivered his address about Afghanistan, putting it well ahead of ABC's 4.719, CBS's 4.142M and Fox Broadcast's 2.456M. But, as even NBC noted, Trump's address aired live across the country on those…

American strategy in Afghanistan and South Asia will change dramatically, President Donald Trump vowed tonight in his first major policy address to the nation since his address to the joint session of Congress in February. Trump said his strategy to move the country forward in its longest war marks a shift from a…

The broadcast networks are adjusting their Monday night programming for President Donald Trump’s primetime address to the nation about Afghanistan: CBS, NBC and Fox are all broadcasting the POTUS address live at 9 PM ET. The Tiffany network will air the speech as a CBS News Special Report, anchored by Anthony Mason…