Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) hit the brakes Thursday on bipartisan hopes that the Senate could quickly pass nearly $40 billion in Ukraine aid before leaving town for the week…
9/11 Families, Experts Mount Unprecedented Challenge to NIST in New Filing…
Family members of those who died on September 11, 2001, joined building experts earlier today in submitting a “request for correction” to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) regarding its 2008 report on the collapse of World Trade Center Building 7. The request, which comprises more than 100 pages and five exhibits, represents […]
Barr, Grenell Block 9/11 Families Access to Evidence with Broad, ‘Unprecedented’ Claims of Secrecy…
U.S. Attorney General William Barr and acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell broadly invoked the state secrets privilege this week to block 9/11 survivors and family members from obtaining crucial evidence to support their multi-billion dollar damages lawsuit against Saudi Arabia. In sworn public declarations filed in federal court in New York, the nation’s […]
FBI Seeks to Hide Its Legal Arguments in 9/11 Case As Senator’s Ask Justice’s IG to Investigate ‘Abnormalities’…
The U.S. is asking a federal judge to allow it to file secret legal arguments in the mammoth New York lawsuit against Saudi Arabia brought by 9/11 families and survivors. If the court allows it, the government’s hidden line of reasoning would be so secret that even the 9/11 victims and their lawyers would not […]
U.S. Senators Seek Answers from Inspector General on Behalf of 9/11 Families…
Salvadoran President: ‘It is our fault’ Migrant Father and Daughter Drowned in the Rio Grande…
The president of El Salvador said his country was to blame for the deaths of a Salvadoran man and his daughter who drowned last week while trying to cross the Rio Grande into the United States, The New York Times reports. “People don’t flee their homes because they want to,” President Nayib Bukele said Sunday […]
Trump Announces Tariffs on $50B in Chinese Goods…
President Trump on Friday announced that the United States would impose tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese products, making good on a threat that has been months in the making. The White House’s move is expected to ramp up trade tensions with Beijing and possibly risk a key cooperative partnership to help denuclearize the Korean […]
A Listing of U.S. Imports from China Causing a Huge Trade Deficit…
Winners and Losers from the WHOPPING $1.3 Trillion Omnibus…
Congress is on the verge of passing a $1.3 trillion omnibus that would fund the government through September and provide the biggest federal spending increase in years. The bill is loaded with provisions given its likely standing as the last legislative train leaving the station before the midterms, and members have been scrambling to compete […]
Lawmakers Release Huge Budget; Big Military, Domestic Boosts…
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