For more than a decade, the United States had a problem: three Rwandan men, sitting in jail in Virginia, who had stood accused of brutally murdering tourists in Africa—but now had a chance of winning release onto American streets. The three had been rounded up after a bloody 1999 attack that made headlines across three […]
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U.S. Pulls Nonessential Staff from Iraq Amid Mideast Tensions…
The U.S. on Wednesday ordered all nonessential government staff to leave Iraq, and Germany and the Netherlands both suspended their military assistance programs in the country in the latest sign of tensions sweeping the Persian Gulf region over still-unspecified threats that the Trump administration says are linked to Iran. Recent days have seen allegations of […]
The Lunacy of Waging a War on Iran Which China and Russia Will Win…
The scare mongering about an attack on Iran continues. Bolton must be laughing his ass off how easy he can play the issue based on nothing. He simply counters any debunking of the alleged ‘thread from Iran’ by upping the ante. Yesterday a British general denied that any such threat exists in the area of […]
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White House to Unveil Sweeping Overhaul of Immigration System, Including Merit-Based Admissions…
The White House is set to unveil a sweeping new plan that would radically transform the makeup of immigrants in the United States, ending the visa lottery program and implementing a comprehensive merit-based admissions procedure, three senior administration officials told Fox News on Wednesday. The move would more than quadruple the number of immigrants admitted […]
Lavrov & Pompeo Agree to Work on Nukes Control But Clash on Venezuela, Election Interference (VIDEO)…
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov concluded the Sochi talks by agreeing to cooperate on nuclear arms control. The two diplomats, however, could not reach agreement on Venezuela. After emerging from a sit-down in the Russian Black Sea resort on Tuesday, Pompeo and Lavrov both talked of their governments’ […]
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Prosecutors in Navy War Crimes Case Accused of Spying on Defense Attorneys and Navy Times Reporter…
Military prosecutors in the case of a Navy SEAL charged with killing an Islamic State prisoner in Iraq in 2017 installed tracking software in emails sent to defense lawyers and a reporter in an apparent attempt to discover who was leaking information to the media, according to lawyers who told The Associated Press that they […]
Guarding the Noblest Acre in America by Sen Tom Cotton…
Easy 40 and Easy 71 had just landed at Camp Taji north of Baghdad to refuel and to drop off and pick up passengers. These two Black Hawk helicopters were moving troops around Baghdad-area bases on Jan. 20, 2007. As they took off, Easy 40 had a four-man crew and eight passengers, soldiers with little […]
Inside the Close Naval Encounters in the South China Sea…
The voice on the radio in the middle of the South China Sea follows a familiar script for Captain Eric Anduze, who helms the USS Blue Ridge. It’s China on the phone. “They’ll contact us and they’ll go — ‘U.S. government vessel, this is Chinese Navy vessel’ number whatever — ‘we will maintain five miles […]
Border Patrol Flies Migrants from South Texas to Reduce Overcrowding…
U.S. Border Patrol officials are now using air transportation to move migrants from overcrowded processing centers to lesser-impacted facilities, particularly from the Rio Grande Valley Sector. On Friday, officials in the Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol Sector began flying migrants from McAllen, Texas, to Del Rio, Texas, the Washington Post reported. The flights are operated […]
Navy SEAL Rejected by FDNY Receives Multiple Offers from Across the U.S….
The decorated Navy SEAL rejected by the FDNY — for being six months and 25 days too old — has received invitations across the country to work for other fire departments. Firefighters from more than a dozen departments nationwide have told Shaun Donovan, who is still fighting to join the FDNY, that he is welcome […]
Pro-American Lawyers Ask Judges to Block ‘Deep State’ Cheap Labor Pipeline…
Pro-American lawyers are pressuring federal appeals court judges to kill a covert legal claim used by government officials to sneak at least two million salary-cutting foreign workers into U.S. workplaces. The three judges at the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit have three broad options when interpreting section 1324a of the immigration […]
13,000 People Are Waiting at Mexican Border to Claim Asylum…
Thousands of foreign nationals are waiting south of the U.S.-Mexico border to claim asylum. The backlog is a direct result of the Trump administration’s efforts to clamp down on burgeoning asylum claims. Approximately 13,000 people are on waiting lists to claim asylum in the U.S., an Associated Press investigation found. The AP determined the amount […]
U.S. Security Experts Raise Questions About China’s Fentanyl Promise…
China has pledged to stem a flood of the synthetic opioid fentanyl onto America’s streets, where it kills thousands of people a month, but U.S. security experts are skeptical about whether Beijing is willing, or even able, to follow through. Ten current and former U.S. officials, congressional sources and China and trade experts told Reuters […]
Pompeo to Meet with Putin, Lavrov During Russia Visit…
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during a trip to Russia next week, according to the US State Department. They are set to discuss the “the full range of bilateral and multilateral challenges” while meeting in the southern city of Sochi on May 14. […]
Boeing Didn’t Tell Airlines That Safety Alert Didn’t Work…
Boeing said Sunday that it discovered after airlines had been flying its 737 Max plane for several months that a safety alert in the cockpit was not working as intended, yet it did not disclose that fact to airlines or federal regulators until after one of the planes crashed. The feature was designed to warn […]
Admiral, I Am NOT Ready For War by Captain John Konrad…
“It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.” -John F Kennedy – As has been the case before every major world conflict a majority of citizens believe that peace will persist indefinitely and, as a civilian myself, I tend to agree that a large scale war with a […]
Intelligence Analyst Charged with Leaking Top Secret Information to The Intercept…
A former intelligence analyst and Afghanistan veteran has been charged with leaking classified information to the media. Daniel Everette Hale, 31, of Nashville, Tennessee, was arrested on Thursday federal charges. The reporter that Hale leaked this information to is not named in the indictment but the charging document identifies him as Jeremy Scahill of The […]
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U.S. Seizes North Korean Coal Ship, Accuses Pyongyang of Violating Sanctions…
U.S. authorities have seized a North Korean ship used to sell coal in alleged violation of international sanctions, Justice Department officials said Thursday. Justice Department officials confirmed the ship, the “Wise Honest,” is approaching U.S. territorial waters, with coordination of the U.S. Marshals and the Coast Guard. Officials said it was the first time the […]
Ninth Circuit Appellate Court Allows ‘Return to Mexico’ Policy to Remain In Force…
A win for the Trump administration in the ongoing effort to stem the influx of migrants crossing the U.S-Mexico border seeking asylum. The ninth circuit federal appeals court ruled (full pdf below) that the Trump administration can continue returning Central American migrants to Mexico while their requests for asylum in the U.S. are adjudicated. The […]
Trump Pardons Ex-Army Lieutenant Convicted of Killing Suspected Al Qaeda Terrorist in 2009…
President Trump has pardoned a former Army lieutenant who was convicted in 2009 of killing an Iraqi prisoner suspected of being an Al Qaeda terrorist, the White House announced Monday evening. White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders cited “broad support” for Michael Behenna, of Edmond, Okla., “from the military, Oklahoma elected officials, and the public” […]
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