At 10:30 a.m. on Oct. 9, 2016, a 64-year-old master spy and known scourge of the Kremlin ambled into a Walmart in Florida and acquired a recreational fishing license. For the right to fish along the saltwater shoreline, Alexander Poteyev disclosed his real name and date of birth, as well as a phone number, email, […]
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Obama-Era Mistreatment of Veteran Entrepreneurs Gaining Attention in Washington…
The Trump administration and members of Congress are taking notice of how the previous administration mistreated veteran entrepreneurs. Helping veterans is not simple, but the American people have long supported the men and women who return home after military service. Many need immediate assistance recovering from life-changing injuries. Many more need reasonable support of career […]
U.S. Terminates 1955 Treaty with Iran After UN Court Ruling…
In response to a U.N. court order that the U.S. lift sanctions on Iran, the Trump administration said Wednesday it was terminating a decades-old treaty affirming friendly relations between the two countries. The largely symbolic gesture highlights deteriorating relations between Washington and Tehran. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said withdrawing from the 1955 Treaty of […]
Former CEO of Gun Rights Group Pleads Guilty to Gun Trafficking…
A former CEO of a gun rights organization in Southern California pleaded guilty this week to felony gun trafficking, prosecutors said. According to court documents, San Diego resident Chad Clay Kipper, 34, lied about being an Arizona resident when he purchased 14 guns in that state in 2016. Prosecutors said Kipper brought the guns back […]
Two Envelopes Containing Ricin Addressed to James Mattis and Navy Chief John Richardson Are Intercepted at the Pentagon…
Two envelopes addressed Secretary of Defense James Mattis and Chief of Naval Operations John Richardson have tested positive for ricin after being intercepted at the Pentagon, according to officials. The two envelopes triggered alarms during screening at a mail facility which is not inside the main building but is nearby, defense officials said. They have […]
Rising Tensions with China: Jim Mattis Cancels Visit and U.S. Warship Has ‘Unsafe’ Encounter at Sea…
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has canceled a planned visit to China this month, a sign of the rising tensions between Washington and Beijing over trade and China’s expansive maritime claims in the South China Sea. The word from the Pentagon comes one day after a U.S. warship had an “unsafe” encounter with a Chinese destroyer […]
Orlando Paramedics Didn’t Go in to Save Victims of the Pulse Shooting. Here’s Why…
“I need the hospital! Please, why does someone not want to help?” The man’s screams inside the Pulse nightclub pierced the chaos in the minutes after the shooting stopped on June 12, 2016. With the shooter barricaded in a bathroom and victims piled on top of one another, Orlando police commanders began asking the Fire […]
DEA Chief Warns Mexican Cartel Opioids Single Biggest Criminal Threat to America…
Uttam Dhillon, the acting director of the Drug Enforcement Administration, warns that Mexican drug cartels pose the “biggest” threat to the national security and health of U.S. citizens. “Mexican drug trafficking organizations are the biggest criminal threat the United States faces today,” Dhillon, told Hill.TV co-hosts Krystal Ball and Buck Sexton on “Rising” during an […]
DHS Watchdog Says CBP’s Drone Program Is an Insecure, Possibly Rights-Violating Mess…
The CBP has drones. How many, it’s not really sure. It depends on when you ask. Or how you ask. The EFF’s FOIA lawsuit against the agency caused it to suddenly “remember” it had deployed drones 200 more times than it had previously disclosed. The CBP’s drones are a lending library for US law enforcement […]
Las Vegas Shooting: Memorial Events Mark 1-Year Anniversary As Massacre Motive Still Shrouded in Mystery…
One year ago today, something compelled Stephen Paddock to grab a gun and start firing out of his room at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip, killing 58 people and wounding hundreds more in the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history. Police investigating the shooting have released hundreds of […]
U.S. Diplomat Found Dead in Home in Madagascar, Suspect in Custody…
An American diplomat serving in Madagascar was found dead at home, the Department of State said in a statement. “We are deeply saddened to confirm that a U.S. Foreign Service Officer was found dead in their residence in the overnight hours of Friday, September 21,” spokeswoman Heather Hauert stated. “Our deepest sympathies go out to […]
U.N. Bilat – President Trump and President Moon Jae-in: Key Topic North Korea and Chairman Kim Jong-un…
President Trump has empowered South Korean President Moon Jae-in to be the tip-of-the-spear for friendship-based face-to-face negotiations with North Korea with the goal of a denuclearized peninsula. Though it was a very unconventional approach, President Trump created the foundation for stability and amicable regional relationships by fracturing the controlling influence of Beijing, China over Chairman […]
Prosecuting Parents — and Separating Families — Was Meant to Deter Migration, Signed Memo Confirms…
On April 23, the heads of the three major immigration agencies wrote to their boss, Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen, to present her with three options for how to step up immigration enforcement at the border. They recommended “Option 3” — prosecuting every adult who crossed the border illegally, including those who came with […]
Kim Asks for 2nd Summit With Trump, Promises Swift Surrender of Nuclear Arsenal…
Even though North Korea has reneged on similar promises in the past, Kim Jong Un’s promise to allow international observers into the isolated country to monitor the dismantling of the North’s Yongbyon nuclear reactor and several missile-launching sites has apparently persuaded the US to restart negotiations to drop sanctions against the regime after they stalled […]
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Sessions Tells Chicago: “If You Want More Shootings, More Death, Listen To ACLU, Antifa, Black Lives Matter”…
Attorney General Jeff Sessions told a Chicago audience that groups like Black Lives Matter, Antifa and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) are responsible for increased violence in Chicago. Speaking at a conference in North Chicago, Sessions said “There’s a clear lesson here: if you want more shootings, more death, listen to the ACLU, Antifa, […]
Las Vegas Bump Stock Class Action Dismissed…
A federal judge dismissed a class action lawsuit against bump stock manufacturer Slide Fire yesterday, finding that it couldn’t be held liable for casualties in the massacre at last year’s Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas. U.S. District Judge Gloria M. Navarro’s ruling defined bump stocks as a component part of the rifle, not […]
Why the U.S. Seeks to Hem in Russia, China and Iran by Patrick Lawrence…
The Trump administration has brought U.S. foreign policy to the brink of crisis, if it has not already tipped into one. There is little room to argue otherwise. In Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, and in Washington’s ever-fraught relations with Russia, U.S. strategy, as reviewed in my previous column, amounts to little more than […]
Days After 9/11 Tulsi Gabbard Slams “Betrayal of American People” Over Syria…
In a rare and unprecedented speech delivered on the House floor just two days after the nation memorialized 9/11, Democratic Hawaiian Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard on Thursday slammed Washington’s longtime support to anti-Assad jihadists in Syria, while also sounding the alarm over the current build-up of tensions between the US and Russia over the Syria crisis. […]
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French Foreign Minister Warns: Assault on Syria’s Idlib Risks “Scattering Terrorists” Abroad…
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian warned this week in a surprisingly frank statement that a Syrian government offensive on anti-Assad insurgent held Idlib could scatter thousands of foreign militants abroad, posing a security threat to the West. His comments were made on Tuesday, after France previously pledged it would join any potential US coalition […]
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Inside the FBI’s Bomb Lab: Unprecedented Access to Elite Forensic Team and the IEDs That Shaped Global Security…
In a highly classified lab, protected by many layers of security within the sprawling Redstone Arsenal Army post southwest of Huntsville, the FBI’s chief explosive scientist is surrounded by powerful reminders of the ever-evolving threat posed by terrorist bomb makers plotting the next 9/11. The 2001 shoe bomb worn by Al Qaeda terrorist Richard Reid. […]
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