The personnel chief of the Federal Emergency Management Agency — who resigned just weeks ago — is under investigation after being accused of creating an atmosphere of widespread sexual harassment over years in which women were hired as possible sexual partners for male employees, the agency’s leader said Monday. The alleged harassment and other misconduct, […]
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Manhattan DA Announces End of ‘Needless Criminalization of Pot Smoking’…
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance on Tuesday unveiled a new policy ending almost all prosecution of marijuana possession and smoking. The New York district attorney’s office will no longer prosecute the cases as of Wednesday, except in cases where marijuana is being sold or if an individual involved “poses a significant threat to public safety.” […]
Top U.S. Officials Say They Received No Warning of Family Separation Policy…
Top officials from key government agencies told a Senate committee Tuesday that they first learned of the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy, which led to the separation of migrant children from their parents, when the Attorney General announced the policy publicly in April. Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse asked Acting Border Patrol Chief Carla Provost, U.S. […]
Former Intelligence Officials Should be Stripped of Their Security Clearances by John Kiriakou…
Libertarian senator Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican, said on Monday that in a personal meeting with President Donald Trump, he urged the president to revoke the security clearances of a half dozen former Obama-era intelligence officials, including former CIA director John Brennan, former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, and former National Security Advisor Susan […]
Kissinger’s ‘Secret Ploy’: Why Russia Won’t Become U.S.’ ‘Hammer’ Against China…
The alleged Trump-Kissinger plan to “box in” China with Russia’s assistance is unlikely to turn into a reality due to a number of reasons, observers say, citing the fact that the world has drastically changed since the Cold War. Henry Kissinger, former US secretary of state, political scientist and geopolitical consultant has reportedly advised US […]
Defense Lawyer: Attorney General Sessions Objected to 9/11 Trial Plea Deal…
Attorney General Jeff Sessions called Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis in October to protest exploratory talks about a plea deal in the 9/11 case that would have taken the death penalty off the table, according to an investigation by defense attorneys who want a military judge to order both men to testify at the war […]
Remains of 55 U.S. Soldiers Return Home…
Fifty-five cases of remains thought to belong to U.S. servicemembers were flown out of North Korea Friday – one of the first tangible results of last month’s historic summit between Washington and Pyongyang. “The Remains of American Servicemen will soon be leaving North Korea and heading to the United States!,” President Donald Trump tweeted late […]
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U.S. Unfreezes $195M in Military Aid to Egypt…
The Trump administration has decided to unfreeze $195m in military aid to Egypt that it had previously withheld because of concerns over Egypt’s human rights record, a US State Department official said on Wednesday. The decision to allow Cairo to use the previously blocked funds is intended to recognise “steps Egypt has taken over the […]
Obama Administration Knowingly Funded a Designated Al-Qaeda Affiliate…
The Middle East Forum has discovered that the Obama administration approved a grant of $200,000 of taxpayer money to an al-Qaeda affiliate in Sudan — a decade after the U.S. Treasury designated it as a terrorist-financing organization. More stunningly, government officials specifically authorized the release of at least $115,000 of this grant even after learning […]
In One Year, MSNBC Covered ‘Stormy Daniels’ 455 Times, ‘War In Yemen’ 0…
As FAIR has noted before (1/8/18, 3/20/18), to MSNBC, the carnage and destruction the US and its Gulf Monarchy allies are leveling against the poorest country in the Arab world is simply a non-issue. On July 2, a year had passed since the cable network’s last segment mentioning US participation in the war on Yemen, […]
White Helmets Rescue Op Clearly Showed Who Paid Them…
The pullout of the White Helmets from Syria, carried out by Israel on the US’ and Canada’s request, reveals “true colors and hypocrisy” of the controversial group, showing who actually controls it, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said. The rescue operation, which emerged Sunday, “speaks for itself” and clearly shows who exactly the group serves, the ministry […]
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Ex-Guantanamo Detainee Leaves Uruguay, Heads to Turkey…
A former Guantanamo detainee who has been unhappy with resettlement in Uruguay has once again left the South American nation, an official said Tuesday. Abu Wa’el Dhiab went to Turkey in late June, said Christian Mirza, the government’s liaison with six ex-Guantanamo Bay inmates resettled in Uruguay. Mirza said that it’s unclear if the Syrian […]
Texas Border Patrol Arrests Four Muslim Men from Bangladesh Illegally Entering U.S….
In what is becoming a frightening and common occurrence, four Muslim men were caught illegally crossing into the United States on Friday. Border Patrol agents in Texas arrested the four Muslim men who they say are from Bangladesh. The illegal immigrants were apprehended near the Fort Brown Golf Course in Brownsville, Texas. According to the […]
Defense Bill Would End Trump Administration’s Direct Control of Nuclear Agency…
A bill being negotiated in Congress would essentially end the Trump administration’s direct supervision of an agency that oversees the nation’s nuclear weapons stockpile. The Senate-approved bill would remove the National Nuclear Security Administration from direct control of the Energy Department, where it’s been since its creation in 2000, and empower it to act nearly […]
South Dakota Police Bust Antifa Member with Arsenal, Bomb-Making Materials, Manifesto…
Despite stories like this one, which give the impression that all Antifa and resistance members are losers and, therefore, harmless, some anarchists need to be taken seriously. One who fits that description is 43-year-old Mark Christopher Einerwold, who was arrested last week on burglary charges by police in Sioux City, S.D. What police found while […]
Liberal 9th Circuit Surprises with Pro-2nd Amendment Decision Blocking California Ammo Ban…
Second Amendment activists were given a surprise boost this week when the liberal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals backed a lower court’s decision to suspend California’s ban on the possession of large magazines. Activists, supported by the National Rifle Association, have argued that the state’s ban on ownership of magazines holding 10 bullets or more […]
Outrage Grows As MGM Presses “Reprehensible”, “Stunt” Lawsuit Against Shooting Victims…
Survivors of the deadliest mass shooting in US history are expressing their outrage with MGM Resorts International after the company sued the surviving victims of the shooting, claiming it has “no liability of any kind” in the Oct. 1 massacre, USA Today reports. An MGM spokeswoman said the company has been “focused on the recovery […]
Veterans: The IRS May Owe You Money, for a Change…
On the day of President Trump’s historic meeting with Russian President Putin, the Pentagon announced that about 130,000 veterans could be eligible to receive a refund for taxes they paid on disability compensation that shouldn’t have been taxed. The veterans in question received Disability Severance Pay for combat-related injuries, or the Department of Veterans Affairs […]
U.S., North Korean Generals Meet at DMZ to Talk About Sending Home America’s War Dead…
U.S. and North Korean military officials reportedly met Sunday to discuss the repatriation of the remains of American war dead. The U.S. team was led by Air Force Maj. Gen. Michael A. Minihan, the chief of staff for the U.N. Command, and the North Koreans sent a two-star general to the negotiations, according to South […]
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Feds Ordered to Stop Deporting Reunited Families…
A federal judge on Monday ordered the federal government to halt deportations of families separated at the border immediately after reuniting them. U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw of the Southern District of California agreed to the American Civil Liberties Union’s request to stay pending deportations of reunited families until at least July 23. The ACLU […]
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