The commanders of the two guided-missile destroyers that were involved in fatal collisions with merchant ships in 2017 will face military criminal charges that include dereliction of duty, hazarding a vessel and negligent homicide, USNI News has learned. Cmdr. Bryce Benson, former commander of USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62), along with three Fitzgerald junior officers, face a […]
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Fed’s Misconduct in Cliven Bundy Case Stems from Ruby Ridge…
Federal judge Gloria Navarro slammed the FBI and Justice Department on Monday, Jan. 8, for “outrageous” abuses and “flagrant misconduct” in the prosecution of Cliven Bundy and sons, the Nevada ranchers who spurred a high-profile standoff with the FBI and Bureau of Land Management in 2014. Navarro condemned the “grossly shocking” withholding of evidence from […]
Graham-Durbin DACA Deal Hits GOP Roadblock in Congress…
Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn said Tuesday that the “Gang of Six” deal to fix DACA will not get a vote in the House or the Senate, throwing cold water on the bipartisan effort led by Sen. Lindsey Graham and Senate Minority Whip Richard J. Durbin to build support for the bill opposed by President […]
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Trump’s National Security Adviser, H.R. McMaster, Attended Meeting on North Korea…
President Trump’s national security adviser, H.R. McMaster, secretly traveled to San Francisco over the weekend for a meeting on North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, Fox News has confirmed. According to sources, McMaster met with officials from South Korea and Japan, including Shotaro Yachi, the director of the Japanese national security council. During the meeting, the […]
DHS Seeking to Charge Leaders of Sanctuary Cities…
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen confirmed Tuesday that her department has asked federal prosecutors to see if they can lodge criminal charges against sanctuary cities that refuse to cooperate with federal deportation efforts. “The Department of Justice is reviewing what avenues may be available,” Ms. Nielsen told the Senate Judiciary Committee. Her confirmation came after […]
DOJ to Appeal San Fran DACA Ruling, Will Ask Supreme Court to End Program…
The Justice Department on Tuesday said it plans to appeal a lower-court ruling that blocked the Trump administration from ending an Obama-era program aimed at shielding immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children from deportation. In a separate release, the Justice Department said it will also seek a review by the U.S. Supreme Court […]
Syrian Rebels Make Pitch to Restore Cover CIA Program…
Representatives of the Free Syrian Army are reportedly pressing U.S. officials to resume a defunct CIA program that provided military aid to the rebel group in its struggle against President Bashar Assad, citing the need to counter Iranian influence in war-torn Syria. Reuters, citing Syrian opposition sources, reported that a Free Syrian Army delegation has […]
State Department: Visiting North Korea? Draft a Will and Make Funeral Plans…
Americans can travel to North Korea, if they wish — but it may just be a death wish, the U.S. State Department cautioned. The State Department last week issued a stark warning to people setting out for the Hermit Kingdom, cautioning that anyone heading to the dangerous dictatorship should prepare for the possibility of not […]
North Korean Nuclear Weapons Base Appears to Have Collapsed…
Shocking pictures have emerged apparently showing a North Korean military base that has “collapsed and fallen into the sea”. The base is in the same region where 200 workers are rumoured to have died following an implosion at nuclear test site last year. Political activist Jacob Bogle, who has previously mapped the state, claims the […]
A Ludicrous Ruling That Trump Can’t End DACA…
On January 20, 2017, the executive power peacefully transitioned from President Obama to President Trump. At least one judge in San Francisco didn’t get the memo. Yesterday, Judge William Alsup ordered the Trump administration to keep its predecessor’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in place. This remarkable 49-page order has all the aesthetics […]
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Afghan Insurgents Lure U.S. Military into a Meeting, U.S.-Led Coalition Responds with Airstrike…
Taliban-linked insurgents lured the U.S. military to a meeting and then opened fire, wounding a U.S. soldier, but earning the wrath of a coalition airstrike in response. The insurgents lured a U.S. soldier, an Afghan militia leader and Afghan interpreter to a so-called security meeting on Thursday, according to U.S. Navy Capt. Tom Gresback. As […]
Antifa Group Proposes ‘Law Enforcement Incineration Day’…
An Antifa student group at the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) has proposed that “Law Enforcement Appreciation Day” be rebranded as “Law Enforcement Incineration Day.” “Instead of #LawEnforcementAppreciationDay how about #LawEnforcementIncinerationDay,” the group Autonomous Student Network (ASN) Austin tweeted on January 9, accompanied by a photo of a policeman engulfed in flames…
I Paid To See A Movie About Singing. I Got Ninety Minutes Of Pentagon Propaganda…
To cap off a long, strange day, my husband and I took the kids out last night to see Pitch Perfect 3. The first Pitch Perfect is a firm favorite in our household, the kind of movie we end up watching when we can’t agree on what to watch. We’d been waiting til we all […]
Plane with 162 on Board Skids Off Turkish Runway, Nearly Falls into Black Sea…
The passenger jet of a Turkish low-cost carrier with over 160 on board slid off the slippery runway in the Turkish city of Trabzon Saturday night, leaving it precariously perched atop a cliff edge over the Black Sea, saved only by freezing mud. “We’re sorry to report that the Boeing 737-800 type TC-CPF registered aircraft […]
‘Won’t happen again’: Hawaii Officials Apologize, Blame Missile Fiasco on ‘Human Error’…
Faced with a public outcry following a false missile alert, Hawaiian officials apologized, saying an automated method of retracting warnings will be introduced and two employees, instead of one, will handle it in the future. “We did everything that we can, immediately, to ensure that it will never happen again… so a single person will […]
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State Department Issues Highest ‘Do Not Travel’ Rating for Five Mexican States…
The U.S. has issued “do not travel” advisories for five Mexican states denoting the highest level of possible danger for travelers. The State Department unveiled its updated assessments of the group Wednesday, ranking them the same as war-torn nations like Somalia, Syria and Yemen. The U.S. now lists Tamaulipas, a Mexican state that shares a […]
Cliven Bundy May Sue Feds…
Rancher Cliven Bundy no longer faces federal charges in the 2014 Nevada standoff, but that doesn’t mean his legal fight with the Justice Department is over. Attorney Larry Klayman said Mr. Bundy is considering filing lawsuits for malicious prosecution and civil-rights violations stemming from the court battle that ended Monday with a federal judge dismissing […]
Area 51 Flights? Top-Secret Government Airline Seeks Flight Attendant…
Are you a Las Vegas-based flight attendant looking for work and able to keep a secret(s)? Do you feel positively about working for an airline that sort of doesn’t exist? Happen to have a Top-Secret clearance with the U.S. government, or think you could snag one? If so, the perfect job just opened up. Janet, […]
FAA Tightens Flight Restrictions Over North Korea…
The Federal Aviation Administration has ‘prohibited’ all U.S. carriers, commercial flights and privately licensed American pilots from flying in North Korea’s Pyongyang eastern region, which were previously allowed under another special federal aviation regulation issued twenty years ago, according to an FAA flight bulletin. Despite diplomatic talks on Tuesday between North Korean and South Korean […]
AUDIT: Afghanistan Watchdog Releases Audit of Defense Department Spending…
U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, received the results of an audit he requested in 2016, along with then-Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.), from the Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR). The audit is the result of conscientious oversight efforts conducted by Grassley over several years […]
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