The state commission investigating the Parkland school shooting agreed Thursday to strengthen its criticism of the Broward Sheriff’s Office’s weak initial response to the massacre. The commission, meeting in Tallahassee, spent the morning going through its draft report on the law enforcement response and agreed to further highlight the Sheriff’s Office failures in command, training […]
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo U.N. Press Conference (Video and Transcript)…
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers remarks to the media following his presentation to the U.N. surrounding ongoing issues with Iran, the failed JCPOA and the updated U.S. sanction policy. SECRETARY POMPEO: Good afternoon, everyone. We had a productive Security Council meeting where the United States made clear that Iran’s ballistic missile activity is out […]
Senate Votes to Withdraw Support for Saudi War in Yemen in Rebuke to Trump…
The Senate passed a resolution Thursday withdrawing congressional support for the continued U.S. backing of a Saudi-led coalition’s ongoing proxy war against Iranian-funded rebel forces in Yemen, in a strong rebuke to the Trump administration. A bipartisan coalition of Senators, motivated largely by opposition to Saudi Arabia’s extrajudicial killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul […]
Maria Butina: Russian Activist Pleads Guilty. Cooperating with Prosecutors…
A Russian woman accused in the US of acting as an agent for the Kremlin to infiltrate political groups has pleaded guilty in a deal with prosecutors. Gun rights activist Maria Butina, 30, admitted a single count of conspiracy at a court in Washington DC. She allegedly tried to infiltrate the National Rifle Association (NRA) […]
DEA Agent Arrested for Participating in Decade-Long Narcotics Conspiracy and Providing Firearms to Drug Trafficking Organization…
Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Philip R. Bartlett, Inspector in Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS”), Ari C. Shapira, Special Agent in Charge of the Miami Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF”), and […]
CHARLOTTESVILLE: Jury Recommends Life Sentence for Fields…
A Charlottesville jury on Tuesday recommended that James Alex Fields, Jr spend the rest of his life in prison for the Aug. 12, 2017 killing of Heather Heyer in a car attack that injured 35 others. The jury recommended a life sentence and a $100,000 fine for the first-degree murder conviction in Heyer’s death, plus […]
Russia Deploys Nuclear-Capable Tu-160 Bombers to Venezuela…
Previously US defense officials warned that Russia was preparing to deploy nuclear-capable Tu-160 Blackjack bombers to Venezuela this week in continuation of scheduled training, but which Pentagon leaders see as a provocation, given both countries are under sanction and seen as “rogue” states. This comes as President Nicolas Maduro, who is overseeing one of Venezuela’s […]
Trump Names State Spokeswoman Nauert for UN Ambassador…
President Donald Trump announced on Dec. 7, he’s nominating State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. “Heather Nauert will be nominated,” Trump said Friday before departing the White House on Marine One for an event in Kansas City. “She’s very talented, very smart, very quick, and I […]
Supreme Court Turns Down Challenge to the Border Wall…
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up a challenge to President Donald Trump’s border wall Monday, which asserted that the administration violated the Constitution when it exempted border barrier projects from environmental regulations. The plaintiffs warn of adverse effects to local ecosystems should the administration raise a wall along the border with Mexico. It’s […]
Why Can the CIA Assassinate People?…
Given that we have all been born and raised under a regime that has the CIA, hardly anyone questions the power of the CIA to assassinate people. The CIA’s power of assassination has become a deeply established part of American life. Yet, the Constitution, which called the federal government into existence and established its powers, […]
Over 400 Migrants Cross Border, Surrender to Border Patrol in Texas…
More than 400 people illegally crossed the U.S.-Mexico border into Texas on Dec. 3 and surrendered to U.S. Border Patrol agents in El Paso. Agent Fidel Baca, a spokesman for the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP), told the El Paso Times that a group of men, women, and children turned themselves in to the […]
Hide, Deny, Spin, Threaten: How the School District Tried to Mask Failures That Led to Parkland High School Shooting…
Immediately after 17 people were murdered inside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the school district launched a persistent effort to keep people from finding out what went wrong. For months, Broward schools delayed or withheld records, refused to publicly assess the role of employees, spread misinformation and even sought to jail reporters who published the […]
Retired Anti-Gun Justice Reveals Attempts to Thwart Landmark Heller Decision…
Few Supreme Court justices have been as avowedly opposed to the Second Amendment as John Paul Stevens, who retired from the high court in June 2010. Stevens wrote a lengthy dissent to the landmark decision of District of Columbia v. Heller and to its follow-up, McDonald v. Chicago. He then continued to advocate against those […]
U.S. to Leave Nuclear Accord Unless Russia Complies in 60 Days…
President Trump will suspend U.S. obligations under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty in 60 days unless Russia comes back into compliance with the agreement, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Tuesday afternoon following meetings with NATO allies. “Russia is responsible for the demise of the treaty,” Pompeo told reporters at his press conference following the […]
DHS Secretary Issues Statement, Correcting False Media Accounts at Southern U.S. Border…
“Given the activities of the last 24 hours at the San Ysidro Port of Entry, I want to provide an update on what occurred and attempt to dispel many of the rumors and much of the misinformation circulating. “First, the violence we saw at the border was entirely predictable. This caravan, unlike previous caravans, had […]
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Defending America First Foreign Policy…
President Trump’s statement this week in defense of an America First foreign policy has united what otherwise appears to be a divided foreign policy establishment. While Washington demands Mr. Trump punish Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, or MBS, for the murder of Saudi national Jamal Khashoggi, Mr. Trump defended his decision to prioritize […]
OPINION: Why Not Build a Border Barrier? It’s the Law by Byron York…
The news is filled with images of migrants massing at the U.S-Mexico border near the San Ysidro crossing in California. Why haven’t they been able to enter the United States? Because a physical barrier prevents them from doing so. It is just another example of a barrier — a fence, a wall, whatever — providing […]
Broward Sheriff’s Captain Who Allegedly Told Responders to ‘Stage’ Instead of ‘Enter’ Parkland High School Resigns…
The Broward County sheriff’s captain who allegedly ordered first responders to “stage” outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas on Feb. 14 — rather than rush into the building — has resigned. Jan Jordan submitted her resignation to Sheriff Scott Israel on Monday night, noting it would be effective on Tuesday, according to a news release from the […]
DHS Secretary Nielsen Holds Press Briefing on Border Initiatives and “Migrant Caravan”…
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen holds a press availability on border security, enhancements to the border zone, and the current status of the migrant caravan. According to DHS Secretary Nielsen there are currently 6,200 Central American migrants in Tijuana with more than 2,000 in Mexico City, and thousands more in various stages of norther travel […]
Obama Appointed Judge Bars U.S. from Enforcing Trump Administration’s Asylum Ban…
Late last night another activist judge, U.S. District Judge Jon Steven Tigar in San Francisco (Obama appointee), issued a temporary restraining order against the Trump administration’s modified emergency asylum policy which barred asylum for aliens who enter the country illegally. [Read Court Ruling HERE] Setting up, yet again, another likely higher court appeal/decision. While a […]