In the year after US authorities shut down sex ad website Backpage.com, the online prostitution market has scattered across the internet with several players still trying to -ahem, literally – fill the void. The breakdown of this quasi monopoly, and the resulting scattering of websites, means that the landmark package of sex trafficking laws passed […]
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The Bloody Truth: Inside America’s Most Violent Prison System…
I thought they were photos from a battlefield of war. Bodies torn open by wounds, crude and jagged. Splattered blood, gushing red streams flowing from ripped skin, a panicked triage underway. The faces of the victims appear vacant, in shock, but a few contort in agony. Some of them are dead now. These are not […]
Trump Administration Turns Over Massive Collection of Intelligence Records on Human Rights and Argentina…
47,000 Pages of CIA, FBI, NSC, DOD and State Dept. Records Touted as “Largest” Government-to-Government Transfer of Declassified Documentation…Documents Spotlight Buenos Aires Base for International Death Squad Operations sponsored by Condor States; Record Ruthless Repression by Argentine Security Forces during Military Dictatorship, 1976-1983…National Security Archive Commends Completion of U.S. Government’s Special Argentina Project as ‘Model […]
Man Arrested in Killing of Jersey City Nanny Was in U.S. Illegally and Deported Twice…
The man arrested in connection to the sexual assault and murder of a Jersey City nanny was in the U.S. illegally and had been deported twice before, ICE told PIX11 Thursday. Jorge Rios-Doblado, 33, is a citizen of Honduras who was in the U.S. illegally was deported in 2003 and 2004, ICE-ERO Newark said in […]
McCain Institute Cozies Up to Qatar Front Groups…
Cindy McCain, the widow of deceased Republican Sen. John McCain, and the McCain Institute have continued to cozy up to two shadowy front groups that work to advance the interests of a theocratic Middle Eastern regime. Over the past few years, Mrs. McCain and the McCain Institute have ramped up partnerships on many fronts with […]
Motel 6 to Pay $12 Million for Sharing Guest Info with ICE…
The Motel 6 hotel chain agreed to pay a $12 million settlement on April 4 for routinely cooperating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. Washington state sued the hotel chain for complying with requests from ICE to share guest lists, according to Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson. The $12 million will go to […]
Pentagon Awards $976 Million in Border Wall Contracts…
The Department of Defense awarded two contracts worth nearly $1 billion on April 9 for the construction of border walls in New Mexico and Arizona. The department awarded $789 million to SLSCO Ltd., a builder based in Galveston, Texas, to replace a border wall in Santa Teresa, New Mexico. The department also awarded $187 million […]
Steve Bannon Accuses U.S. Firms of Selling Out Amid ‘Enslavement of the Chinese People’…
US President Donald Trump’s former adviser Steve Bannon has issued a blistering condemnation of McKinsey & Company, Goldman Sachs and an advocacy group representing some of the most prominent Chinese Americans, as he stepped up his rhetoric about the need for Washington to confront China. Speaking on Tuesday at a Washington event organised by the […]
Kris Kobach to Trump: End Remittances to Mexico to Stop Illegal Immigration, Boost U.S. Economy…
In an exclusive interview with SiriusXM Patriot’s Breitbart News Tonight, Kobach said Trump should replace his prolonged threat to Mexico — where he said he will wait a year before he puts pressure on the country — with an executive regulation that threatens to end all remittances by illegal aliens in the U.S. back to […]
Teen ‘Lone Wolf’ Gets 20 Years in Prison for Terrorism Plot…
A former Plano high school student was sentenced Monday to 20 years in state prison after pleading guilty to an ISIS-inspired plot to commit mass murder at a Collin County mall. Matin Azizi-Yarand, 18, discussed his plans with an undercover FBI employee to “run and gun” with firearms blazing at the Stonebriar Centre Mall in […]
Navy Cybersecurity Faulted…
An internal Navy study has faulted the sea service’s failure to prevent the leaking of secrets and technology to foreign adversaries, including China and Russia. The cyber-readiness review produced for Navy Secretary Richard Spencer presents a scathing indictment of poor cybersecurity in Navy computer networks. “Competitors and potential adversaries have exploited [Department of Navy] information […]
Grassley Sends the White House a Warning on Immigration…
Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley warned the Trump administration to end its purge of top immigration officials, arguing that the changes risk destabilizing the Department of Homeland Security. “The president has to have some stability and particularly with the number one issue that he’s made for his campaign, throughout his two and a half years […]
Judge Blocks Trump’s Asylum Policy but Delays Enforcement…
A U.S. judge decided Monday to block the Trump administration’s policy of returning asylum seekers to Mexico as they wait for an immigration court to hear their cases, but the ruling is on hold for several days. Judge Richard Seeborg in San Francisco granted a request on behalf of 11 asylum seekers from Central America […]
U.S. Withdraws Troops from Libya Amid Rival Militias Fighting Near Capital…
The United States said Sunday it has temporarily withdrawn some of its forces from Libya due to “security conditions on the ground,” as a Libyan military commander’s forces advanced toward the capital, Tripoli, clashing with rival militias. A small contingent of American troops has been in Libya in recent years helping local forces combat Islamic […]
Car Bomb Kills Three U.S. Servicemembers, One Contractor Outside Bagram Air Field…
A bomb blast outside America’s largest military base in Afghanistan killed three American servicemembers and a civilian contractor on Monday, the U.S. military said. Three other American servicemembers were wounded in the attack, which occurred late Monday near one of the Bagram Air Field’s gates, the military’s Resolute Support command said in a statement. The […]
Kirstjen Nielsen Resigns as DHS Secretary in Midst of Border Surge…
Kirstjen Nielsen has resigned as Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary in the midst of soaring illegal immigration levels and an expanded Catch and Release policy under her direction. On Sunday, President Trump wrote online that Nielsen would be leaving her position as head of DHS – “Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen will be […]
Trump Removes Secret Service Director…
A little backstory… Long-time CTH readers will note we have been recommending since candidate Trump first announced, when Donald Trump won the presidency one of the priorities should be to put the Secret Service back into the U.S. Treasury Department. The reasoning for our recommendations beginning in 2015 was simple: the scale of opposition to […]
‘That’s Leadership’: ICE Employees Cheer Trump’s Move to Dump Agency Chief…
President Trump’s move to dump his pick to lead ICE surprised lawmakers on Capitol Hill and some officials at Homeland Security but it’s drawing glowing praise from a key group of employees, who say the president’s decision showed “courage.” The National ICE Council, the labor union that represents 6,000 of ICE deportation officers, had tried […]
SHOT: Trump Designates Iran’s Guard as Terrorist Organization…
President Trump on Monday designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization, saying its sponsorship of terror in Iraq and elsewhere is unacceptable and that he needed to send an “unprecedented” message that it won’t be tolerated. It is the first time the U.S. government has designed a segment of a foreign government […]
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Maryland Man Accused of Plotting to Run Van Into Baltimore’s National Harbor Crowd…
A Maryland man inspired by the Islamic State terror network allegedly planned to ram a truck into “disbelievers” at a popular tourist spot and keep “driving and driving and driving” nonstop, U.S. officials said Monday. Rondell Henry, 28, of Germantown, was charged by federal prosecutors with interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle — but officials […]
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