The U.S. House defeated a resolution that could have brought home U.S. servicemembers stationed in Iraq home in as little as a month from now.
U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said that the U.S. is falling short of its recruitment goals in Iraq.
Militants are claiming they downed a fighter jet near Ramadi. No independent verification has been made of the claim.
Sergeant Lawrence Hutchins III of the U.S. Marines was found guilty of murdering a disabled Iraqi civilian, among other crimes, at a hearing in California.
At least 195 were killed and 58 were wounded:
In Baghdad, a bomb killed seven and wounded 16 more at a checkpoint in Kadhimiya.