A former FBI agent hired to investigate Eric Greitens, a Navy SEAL veteran who was Missouri governor, has been indicted on perjury charges. William Tisaby was charged with six counts of perjury and one count of tampering with physical evidence in the indictment, which was unsealed Monday. He had been under investigation by a special […]
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Boeing CEO Admits “Mistakes” Were Made Before 2 Crashes Killed 346 People…
Speaking on the eve of the Paris airshow, Boeing CEO, Dennis Muilenburg, admitted to reporters that the company made a “mistake” in handling a problematic cockpit warning system in its 737 Max jets before two crashes of the top-selling plane killed 346 people, and he promised transparency as the U.S. aircraft maker tries to get […]
UAE Enlisted Businessman to Spy on Trump White House…
In January 2017, three days before President Donald Trump’s inauguration, a businessman from the United Arab Emirates was invited to a lavish dinner planned by Trump’s longtime ally Thomas J. Barrack Jr., who was chair of the president’s inaugural committee. The guest list placed Rashid al-Malik, a onetime business associate of Barrack’s, amid more than […]
House Passes Dreamers-Plus-Plus…
President Trump has signaled his desire to see immigration legislation introduced into Congress, and his administration has articulated the key points that he wishes to see covered in any such legislation. Whether and how the president would consider legislative initiatives that encompass additional issues, or ideas at odds with his own, is anybody’s guess, but […]
THIS HAS A STENCH: Former Secretary Mattis $10B Deal with Amazon Being Reviewed by IG for Potential ‘Conflict of Interest’…
James Mattis, 68, former U.S. Marine Corps general who was widely revered by rank-and-file Marines for his blunt talk and leadership, was recruited by President Trump into his administration as Secretary of Defense, to the roaring approval of conservatives and patriots. Mattis was defense secretary for only two years, from January 20, 2017 to December […]
Authorities Find 16.5 Tons of Cocaine on Ship at Port of Philadelphia…
Federal authorities have seized approximately 16.5 tons of cocaine from a ship at the Port of Philadelphia, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania tweeted Tuesday. The drugs were seized on a ship at the Packer Marine Terminal on the Delaware River. The U.S. Attorney’s office said the drug bust marks the […]
Trump Places Army Secretary in Charge of Pentagon After Shanahan Withdraws from Consideration…
President Donald Trump announced that Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan has withdrawn from consideration for the permanent job and revealed his replacement. Trump took to Twitter on June 18, writing: “Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan, who has done a wonderful job, has decided not to go forward with his confirmation process so that […]
U.S. Releases Photos to Bolster Claim Iran Attacked Tankers as 1,000 Additional Troops Are Deployed to the Middle East…
In an effort to bolster its public case against Iran, the Pentagon on Monday released new photos that officials said show that members of Tehran’s Revolutionary Guard were responsible for attacks last week on two oil tankers near the Persian Gulf. The images, many taken from a Navy helicopter, show what the Pentagon said were […]
“You have to know how to hit a curveball”: Trump’s Pentagon Choice Fights to Win Over Doubters…
The knocks on President Donald Trump’s defense-secretary-in-waiting have been circulating for months behind closed doors in the Pentagon and on Capitol Hill. Pat Shanahan is the “Boeing guy” who is still doing the bidding of his former employer, his critics inside and outside the administration say. He allows White House appointees, including National Security Adviser […]
Border Patrol Agents Fall Prey to Illnesses Plaguing Migrant Holding Centers…
Some Border Patrol agents in Texas are concerned about exposure to Ebola by a migrant fleeing the Democratic Republic of the Congo for the United States. But more of them are worried about other illnesses frequently popping up among detainees at stations across the southern border, according to union representatives. Border Patrol’s holding facilities in […]
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President Trump Introduces Second Chance Hiring and Workforce Initiative – (Video and Transcript)…
Earlier today President Donald Trump delivered remarks introducing a ‘Second Chance’ hiring and workforce development initiative. The ‘Second Chance’ program is the follow-up initiative to complement the ‘First Step Act’ which the President signed last year. ‘Second Chance’ is a way to give everyone an opportunity to reestablish themselves economically and support their family financially. […]
U.S. Wipes Out Afghan Security Forces Unit in Major Friendly Fire Incident…
For the second time in less than a month, US forces carried out airstrikes “in self defense” in Afghanistan, only to discover that they were actually attacking Afghan security forces. The Wednesday strike ended up wiping out an entire unit, though officials have yet to disclose the exact number of deaths, beyond it apparently being […]
She Died Defenseless: Virginia Beach Victim Wanted to Carry Gun But Was Barred by City Law…
The night before Kate Nixon and 11 others were murdered by a disgruntled co-worker, the decade-long Virginia Beach city employee talked with her husband about bringing a gun to work for self-defense — a decision that was taken out of her hands by the city’s ban on employees carrying firearms at work, a Nixon family […]
GULF OF OMAN ATTACKS: JAPANESE COMPANY AND U.S. OFFER DIFFERING NARRATIVES…
Differing narratives over an attack on two tankers in the Gulf of Oman emerged on Friday, as the Japanese company that owned one of the ships said it was hit by two “flying objects”, while the US released a video suggesting the vessel had been mined. The United States has laid the blame for the […]
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Outrage on Capitol Hill Over ‘Completely Unacceptable’ U.S. Funded Scheme to Shape Iran Debate…
United States officials say they are outraged by a government-funded troll campaign that has targeted American citizens critical of the administration’s hardline Iran policy and accused critics of being loyal to the Tehran regime. State Department officials admitted to Congressional staff in a closed-door meeting on Monday that a project they had funded to counter […]
Secrecy and Lies: Chernobyl and the U.S. Government…
The five-part series documents the catastrophic nuclear explosion that took place at a nuclear power plant in the Soviet Union in the 1980s, an event that threatened the lives and health of millions of people, not only in the Soviet Union but also in Europe. The series documents the heroic life-endangering efforts of thousands of […]
Mexico-U.S. Migration Accord Will Bring 50k Asylum-Seekers from U.S….
A senior government official has predicted that the United States will return as many as 50,000 asylum seekers to Mexico in the coming months, a figure that would represent a nearly fivefold increase on the number of migrants already returned under the Trump administration’s “Remain in Mexico” policy. With the number of migrants seeking asylum […]
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Obama White House Deleted Online Speeches About the Immigration Crisis Hours Before Trump Entered Office…
The Obama administration deleted hundreds of speeches and statements on the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) website just hours before President Donald Trump officially entered office, according to research released Tuesday. A collection of 190 transcripts of speeches on ICE’s website was deleted on Jan. 18 and late in the evening on Jan. 19, 2017, […]
Justice Breyer Has a Message for the Supreme Court About Guantanamo Bay
The Supreme Court rejected a challenge Monday to the indefinite detention of enemy combatants at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp in Cuba, as one justice warned that similar disputes will inevitably return to the high court. Monday’s case involved a Yemeni national called Moath Hamza Ahmed Al-Alwi who has been held at Guantanamo Bay since […]
U.S. Coast Guard Beefs Up Pacific Fleet to Counter China…
The U.S. Coast Guard is touting increased operations in the Western Pacific, thousands of miles from American shores, as China’s coast guard and civilian fishing militias increasingly assert the country’s territorial claims. A presence in the South China Sea and elsewhere will help enforce the sovereignty of partner nations in the disputed waters, U.S. Coast […]
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