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 […]
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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 […]
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Key Biscayne Businessman Orchestrated $200 Million Rip-Off Against Foreign Investors Seeking Green Cards…
For eight years, Ariel Quiros lorded over a slate of Vermont real estate projects that raked in more than $350 million in capital from rich foreigners aiming to obtain green cards for themselves and their family members through the U.S. government’s EB-5 visa program. Now the Key Biscayne-based entrepreneur is set to relinquish what’s left […]
Saudis Agree to Yemen Peace Talks – Ceasefire in Effect for First Time Since War’s Start…
The prospect for peace – or at least a lasting ceasefire – is advancing rapidly following a surprise weekend proposal by Yemen’s Houghis to halt all attacks on Saudi coalition forces. On Sunday the head of Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi Supreme Revolutionary Committee Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, said “We are willing to freeze and stop military operations” […]
Standing with Saudi Arabia…
The world is a very dangerous place! The country of Iran, as an example, is responsible for a bloody proxy war against Saudi Arabia in Yemen, trying to destabilize Iraq’s fragile attempt at democracy, supporting the terror group Hezbollah in Lebanon, propping up dictator Bashar Assad in Syria (who has killed millions of his own […]
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Pentagon Fails Its First-Ever Audit…
After generations of being a black hole down which money goes, never to return, a team of 1,200 auditors tried to give the Pentagon its first ever comprehensive audit, just to see where all that money went. Unsurprisingly, it went poorly, and was declared a failure. How bad the failure was is something of a […]
Multiple People, Including Police Officer and Shooter, Wounded in ‘Active Shooter’ Attack at Mercy Hospital…
A Chicago police officer and multiple other people, including an apparent shooter, were wounded in an “active shooter” attack at Mercy Hospital on the Near South Side that brought out a large police presence Monday afternoon, authorities said. The officer was critically injured in the shooting attack at and near the hospital, 2525 S. Michigan […]
At Gitmo 9/11 Trial, Prosecutor Gives Lurid Details of CIA Prisons. Defense Says: Not Enough…
A Sept. 11 trial prosecutor on Thursday read aloud ghastly descriptions of what the CIA did to its prisoners: An alleged plot mastermind was taken nude from interrogation to a medical officer, who put fluids up his rectum then returned him nude to interrogation. Some captives were kept like “cowering dogs,” subjected to standing sleep […]
U.S. Embassy Bamako: Two Navy Seals, Two Marines Face Multiple Charges in Melgar Death…
This is a follow-up to our post in October 2017 about the death of Army Staff Sgt. Logan J. Melgar who was found dead in his room at post housing in Bamako, Mali on June 4, 2017. Two members of the Navy’s elite SEAL Team Six were reportedly under investigation in his death. (see U.S.Embassy […]
New Salvadoran Migrant Caravan Forms As Hundreds Wait at U.S.-Mexico Border…
At least 150 Salvadorans have set off from their impoverished Central American country in a U.S.-bound caravan, ignoring their likely rejection at the U.S.-Mexico border where a larger caravan of mostly Hondurans has been stalled for days. Guarded by police officers, the men, women and children of the gathering caravan marched on Sunday through San […]
Guardsman Charged with Smuggling Migrants into U.S….
A California National Guardsman was arrested earlier this month for allegedly smuggling migrants into the United States for money. Private First Class Edward Jair Acosta-Avila was pulled over in San Diego, about two miles from the U.S.-Mexico border, USA Today reported. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials arrested Acosta-Avila and four other individuals – including […]
UN Report Finds ISIS Given “Breathing Space” in U.S.-Occupied Areas of Syria…
A recent report from the UN Security Council’s Sanctions Monitoring Team has found that many of the places in Syria where the terror group Daesh (ISIS) continues to operate, recuperate and extract oil for profit are in areas of the country occupied by the United States. According to the report’s executive summary: Islamic State in […]
Sen Kamala Harris Wannabe President Compares ICE to the KKK…
California Democrat and likely 2020 presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris drew fury after comparing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to the Ku Klux Klan during a hearing on Capitol Hill. She asked Ronald Vitiello, President Trump’s nominee to lead ICE, whether he shares what she said was the public’s view that ICE was spreading […]
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Mexico Offers 7k to 10k Temporary Jobs to Migrants in Caravan Heading to U.S….
Mexico’s government and business sector on Thursday offered thousands of temporary jobs to migrants of caravans heading for the United States. The jobs, targeting caravans of Central American migrants heading for the United States, are provided in Mexico’s border maquiladoras, or assembly plants, whose products are mainly destined for the U.S. market. “Today there are […]
Judge Rules Veterans with PTSD Can Move Forward with Lawsuit Over VA Benefits…
A federal judge in Connecticut has ruled that thousands of Navy and Marine Corps veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan who developed post-traumatic stress disorder but were denied Veterans Affairs benefits can sue the military. Senior U.S. District Judge Charles Haight Jr. on Thursday certified a class-action lawsuit against Navy Secretary Richard Spencer by veterans who […]
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