The suspected serial bomber who killed two people and terrorized Austin, Texas, for three harrowing weeks was killed in a dramatic confrontation with police overnight Wednesday, authorities said. The suspect, identified by police early Wednesday as a 24-year old male, was killed near the motel he was traced to by authorities using surveillance footage from […]
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Armed School Resource Officer Engages Maryland High School Shooter…
A student shooter is dead and two other students are injured after the 17-year-old opened fire at Great Mills High School in St. Mary’s County Tuesday morning, Sheriff Tim Cameron says. Great Mills High School has about 1,600 students and is about 65 miles southeast of D.C. Just before classes were set to begin Tuesday, […]
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Austin Police Aren’t Ruling Out the Possibility of a Tripwire-Type Bomb…
Police are not ruling out the possibility that the explosion Sunday night in Southwest Austin was triggered by a tripwire mechanism, interim police Chief Brian Manley said early Monday morning, signaling a departure in not only the area of the city targeted by a bomber but also the type of weapon. He cautioned residents that […]
Widely Reported Gina Haspel CIA Torture Claim Was Fake News; Retracted by ProPublica…
Virtually the entire media complex megaphoned a 2017 report by Soros-backed news outlet ProPublica, and to a lesser extent a similar report in the New York Times, claiming that Trump’s new pick to lead the CIA, Gina Haspel, oversaw a “clandestine base” in Thailand where she participated in, and mocked the torture of suspected al-Qaida […]
7 U.S. Service Members Killed in Iraq Helicopter Crash…
All seven servicemembers onboard a U.S. military helicopter died when the aircraft crashed near the Iraq-Syria border on Thursday evening, military officials said. “This tragedy reminds us of the risks our men and women face every day in service of our nations,” said Brig. Gen. Jonathan P. Braga, director of operations for Combined Joint Task […]
Parkland Shooting Surveillance Videos Released…
Newly released surveillance videos show that actions of former school deputy Scot Peterson outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School while Nikolas Cruz was killing 17 students and staff. Peterson, the school resource officer, resigned after being suspended by the Broward Sheriff’s Office for failing to confront the shooter. “The video speaks for itself,” the Sheriff’s […]
Obama DOJ Forced FBI to Delete 500,000 Fugitives from Background Check Database…
The Justice Department under Barack Obama directed the FBI to drop more than 500,000 names of fugitives with outstanding arrest warrants from the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, acting FBI deputy director David Bowdich testified Wednesday. Fugitives from justice are barred from buying a firearm under federal law. But what is a fugitive from […]
WOW! JUST WOW!: CNN Runs Story Comparing ICE Agents To Nazis…
CNN is pushing a story that compares ICE to Nazis, citing a Jewish woman who believes that deporting illegal immigrants is similar to actions the Nazis took during the Holocaust. In a tweet on Thursday, CNN wrote, “A Jewish woman heard an undocumented immigrant and her two daughters were on the run from ICE. Driven […]
U.S. Appeals Court Upholds Texas Law Targeting Sanctuary Cities…
In a new ruling, a federal appeals court has upheld most of Texas law targeting sanctuary cities in what some are calling the toughest state-level immigration measure in the country. Tuesday’s ruling by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans allows police officers in Texas to ask people their immigration status during routine […]
“Known Wolf” Attack – Palm Beach Teen Stabs Family During Sleepover – Claims Islamic Faith Made Him Do It – One Dead, Two Seriously Wounded…
A 17-year-old named Corey Johnson claimed his Muslim faith commanded him to fatally stab a 13-year-old boy during a sleepover and severely injured another 13-year-old along with his mother who was stabbed more than a dozen times. Palm Beach Florida authorities said the attacker confessed to the killing, attempted killings, and the motive of Islamic […]
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U.S. Military Cyber Group Tried to ‘manipulate the thinking’ of Islamic State Followers…
A U.S. military task force used cyber operations in an attempt to “manipulate the thinking” of Islamic State followers, Gen. Paul Nakasone, the head of Army Cyber Command, said Tuesday. Nakasone confirmed details about Joint Task Force Ares in testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee and said he had learned lessons as the task […]
Don’t Mourn “Democracy Promotion” by Branko Marcetic…
Donald Trump is continuing his assault on America’s democratic norms by ending funding for a three decade-old initiative aimed at spreading democracy in countries where it’s sorely lacking. That’s the narrative, anyway. On Sunday, Washington Post columnist Josh Rogin reported that the State Department’s 2019 budget request is quietly going to slash funding for the […]
ICE Director Fires Back at Nancy Pelosi: ‘How Dare You’ Call ICE Agents ‘Cowardly’…
Acting ICE Director Thomas Homan had some strong words Tuesday for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who accused the Trump administration and ICE agents of carrying out “cowardly attacks” on illegal immigrants. Pelosi issued the statement after the Justice Department filed a lawsuit against California, claiming three recently passed state laws are deliberately interfering with […]
U.S. Intelligence Shuts Down Damning Report on Whistleblower Retaliation…
The nation’s top intelligence watchdog put the brakes on a report last year that uncovered whistleblower reprisal issues within America’s spy agencies, The Daily Beast has learned. The move concealed a finding that the agencies—including the CIA and the NSA—were failing to protect intelligence workers who report waste, fraud, abuse, or criminality up the chain […]
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Injustice At Sea: the Irradiated Sailors of the USS Reagan…
“Coverage of the USS Ronald Reagan has been astoundingly limited,” wrote Der Spiegel in a February 2015 story. Since then, nothing much has changed. The German magazine was referring to the saga of the American Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier whose crew pitched in to help victims of the March 11, 2011 Tsunami and earthquake in […]
The FBI Now Admits It Could Have Prevented The Florida High School Shooting…
Amid the fallout from the February 14 school shooting in Parkland, FL, that left 17 dead, the FBI and local law enforcement received widespread criticism for their inability to prevent the shooting despite multiple warning signs and opportunities. On Tuesday, the FBI admitted these failures to the House Judiciary Committee during a hearing focused on […]
FULL UNEDITED Interview of Putin with NBC’s Megan Kelly (TRANSCRIPT)…
On renewed arms race – Vladimir Putin: In my opinion, the people you have mentioned are not analysts. What they do is propaganda. Why? Because everything I spoke about today was done not on our initiative, it is a response to the US ballistic missile defence programme and Washington’s unilateral withdrawal from the Anti-Ballistic Missile […]
Illinois Bill Requiring 18-20-Year-olds to Hand Over Certain Semi-Automatic Firearms Moves to Senate…
A bill requiring 18-20 year olds to hand over or transfer ownership of heretofore legally possessed “assault weapons” is gaining sponsors in the Illinois Senate after passing the House last month. The bill, HB 1465, was sponsored in the House by Rep. Michelle Mussman (D-Schaumburg) and passed by a vote of 64-51 on February 28. […]
USS John S. McCain Fatal Collision Blamed on ‘Sudden Turn’…
A U.S. Navy warship made a “sudden turn,” colliding with a commercial vessel in Singapore territorial waters and resulting in the deaths of 10 U.S. sailors, Singapore’s government said in a report Thursday. The USS John S. McCain’s collision with an oil tanker Aug. 21 was among several mishaps in the Asia-Pacific region that involved […]
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Record Afghan Opium Crop Signals Violent Year for U.S. Forces…
In Afghanistan, the world’s most powerful military is threatened by a small, pink flower. Despite an escalation of the Afghan conflict under the Trump administration, a record opium crop, coupled with steady Taliban gains, foretell bitter fighting in the coming months for American forces and the Afghans stationed alongside them. “Record-high opium production is but […]
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