Dennis Rodman will be in Singapore for President Donald Trump’s unprecedented summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un next week, the legendary basketball star confirmed on Twitter Friday. “I will be flying to Singapore for the historical Summit. I’ll give whatever support is needed to my friends, @realDonaldTrump and Marshall Kim Jong Un,” Rodman […]
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FAA Workforce Was ‘Too White’, Obama Administration ‘Sacrificed safety at the altar of political correctness’…
As if it needed saying, “The Airport Control Tower Is No Place For Racial Redress” but as The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board member Jason Riley exclaimed this week, that is exactly what the Obama administration appears to have done the Obama FAA grounded qualified candidates in the name of social justice. The FAA seems […]
A Guide to the Pentagon’s Shadowy Network of Bases in Africa…
On Feb. 27, 2017, American special operations forces and their partners kicked off the Flintlock training exercise at sites across North and West Africa. More than 2,000 troops from the United States and more than 20 other countries would spend almost three weeks running through drills, sharing skills and best practices for dealing with terrorists […]
America’s Cash-for-Genocide Program in Syria by Lee Smith…
Like the president he served, Ben Rhodes wanted to stop Bashar al-Assad from gassing little children. But it was complicated. In an excerpt from his new book, The World As It Is, published in The Atlantic, Barack Obama’s former deputy national security adviser explains the decision-making that led Obama to choose against bombing Assad targets […]
Pentagon Admits “No One Will Ever Know” How Many Civilians U.S. Has Killed Fighting Islamic State…
Four years into America’s assault on the Islamic State, the Pentagon now acknowledges it has no idea how many civilians it has killed during its campaign to defeat ISIS. In fact, the United States military will never know how many civilians it killed, the Pentagon admitted on Tuesday. The shocking admission comes on the heels […]
Alice Johnson Thanks Trump After First Night of Freedom: ‘Going to make you so proud’…
After serving 21 years of her life sentence, Alice Marie Johnson spent her first morning outside of prison voicing her gratitude to President Donald Trump. The president commuted Johnson’s sentence on Wednesday, thanks in part to an impassioned plea from reality star Kim Kardashian West. Johnson appeared Thursday on CBS’s “This Morning” to reflect on […]
Opioids Are Responsible for 20% Of Millennial Deaths, “Crisis Will Impact U.S. for Generations…
The opioid crisis has become a significant public health emergency for many Americans, especially for millennials, so much so that one out of every five deaths among young adults is related to opioids, suggested a new report. The study is called “The Burden of Opioid-Related Mortality in the United States,” published Friday in JAMA. Researchers […]
President Trump Grants Clemency to Alice Johnson Following Advocacy by Kim Kardashian West…
President Donald Trump has granted clemency on Wednesday to Alice Marie Johnson, a first-time nonviolent drug offender who was given a life sentence without parole, Mic has learned. The 63-year-old great-grandmother — whose case has been spotlighted recently by Kim Kardashian West and Mic’s Opinion desk — will be released from federal prison in Aliceville, […]
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Did Obama Administration Give Iran Access to U.S. Financial System?…
The Obama administration granted a license letting Iran access the United States financial system despite officials’ pledges that they would prohibit it, according to a draft report from the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. “On Feb. 24, 2016, the Treasury Department issued a specific license to Bank Muscat to authorize the conversion of Iran’s rials […]
Seymour Hersh on Spies, State Secrets and the Stories He Doesn’t Tell…
When a reporter has covered 50 years of American foreign policy disasters, the last great untold story may be his own. That, more or less, is the premise behind a new memoir by Seymour Hersh, the investigative journalist who has been revealing secrets and atrocities—and often secret atrocities—to great acclaim since he exposed the My […]
Former Intelligence Officer Arrested on Attempted Espionage, Taken Into Custody While Flying to China…
A former Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) officer was arrested Saturday afternoon on 15 federal charges, including the attempted transmission of national defense information to the People’s Republic of China, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). Ron Rockwell Hanson, 58, a resident of Syracuse, Utah, was taken into custody while he was on his way […]
U.S. in Early Talks for Potential Summit Between Trump and Putin…
The White House is planning for a potential summit between President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin of Russia, according to people familiar with the efforts, a meeting that would bring to the international stage one of the world’s most enigmatic political relationships. A senior administration official said Friday that Jon Huntsman, the U.S. ambassador […]
Behind the Mask: Inside Black Bloc…
One year ago, the City of Roses—Portland, Ore.—was rattled to its core with the shocking murder of two bystanders who intervened in an ugly confrontation on one of its MAX commuter trains. Jeremy Christian will soon stand trial accused of killing two men and almost a third after they objected to his alleged verbal attack […]
What’s A Black Life Worth? Four Bucks, Evidently. Oops, Scratch That. Four Cents.
In what’s been called “the most racist jury ‘award’ in history,” a Florida jury has decided there was really no problem with cops shooting and killing Gregory Vaughn Hill Jr., 30, in 2014 because he was playing music too loudly in his own garage while drunk. (Need we add, Hill was black?) The civil verdict […]
The Rise of Mass Knife Attacks Around the World Shows the Problem Isn’t Guns. It’s People…
In China, where firearms are tightly restricted, it’s probably no surprise that those who want to hurt people found another way to do it. The dramatic rise of knife attacks around the world shows that the problem these days isn’t with guns. It’s with people. Mass knife attacks have become so common over the years […]
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Medics Kept Asking to Go in and Rescue Wounded at Stoneman Douglas. They Kept Being Told No…
Inside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High children lay dying. Outside, the Coral Springs deputy fire chief repeatedly asked a Broward sheriff’s commander for permission to send his medics inside the school but was rebuffed. “The incident commander advised me: ‘She would have to check,’” Deputy Chief Michael McNally wrote in a report released Thursday by the […]
U.S., Turkey Said to Reach Deal for Withdrawal of Kurdish Forces from Key Syrian Town…
Turkey has announced a new agreement with the US which will involve the pullout of all Kurdish forces from the contested northern Syrian city of Manbij — something which the US State Department disputed as recently as Tuesday. But Reuters now reports, based on Turkey’s state-run Anadolu agency: Turkey and the United States have reached […]
Secretary Mike Pompeo Press Conference Following Meetings with DPRK Vice-Chair Kim Yong-Chol (VIDEO)…
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and North Korea Vice-Chair Kim Yong-chol have concluded two days of discussions and meetings surrounding an agreement for the DPRK to eliminate all nuclear weapons and retreat from their nuclear ambitions. Secretary Pompeo and Vice-Chairman Kim Yong-chol continue working toward a possible meeting between President Trump and North Korean […]
North Korea’s Kim Yong-chol Arrives in New York to Prepare for Summit…
A senior North Korean official arrived in New York Wednesday to salvage a highly anticipated summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Kim Yong-chol, a vice chairman of the ruling Workers’ Party’s Central Committee, arrived at JFK International Airport, becoming the highest-ranking North Korean to visit the U.S. since 2000. […]
Mattis: U.S. Will Confront China with “Steady Drumbeat” of American Ships Over Weaponized Islands…
U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis vowed on Tuesday that American ships will continue to confront China over its militarization of man-made islands in the South China Sea, where Beijing has established an extensive military presence despite its promise not to do so. Mattis said that U.S. forces are maintaining a “steady drumbeat” of naval […]
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