Travis Allen

A Gulf War veteran committed suicide in front of a VA clinic by setting himself on fire following repeated failures on behalf of the clinic’s staff, an investigation has found. Charles Ingram, 51, killed himself in 2016 after going nearly a year without mental health treatment or medication and multiple appointment cancellations and reschedules. According […]

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee convened on Tuesday for a hearing unlike any in the past 40 years, to discuss and analyze the system used to authorize a nuclear strike that the United States has relied upon for decades. Chaired by Republican Senator Bob Corker, an outspoken critic of President Trump, the hearing seeks to […]

Speaking at the 2017 U.N. Peacekeeping Defense Ministerial in Vancouver, Canada, Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said the U.S. will remain committed to peacekeeping operations, but will reduce its current financial commitment to such missions. The United States remains the largest financial contributor and capacity-builder for peacekeeping missions. We currently provide more than 28 percent […]

The Senate confirmed Dr. Mark Esper as the newest Secretary of the Army on Wednesday, bringing an end to a long confirmation fight for the third of President Trump’s nominees for the position. Previous Trump’s first two picks never worked out, withdrawing in part due to controversies with business interests and LGBT activist groups, respectively. […]

An active-duty member of the U.S. military received a sex-reassignment surgery which was covered by the Department of Defense this week. Pentagon spokesperson Dana White said in a statement released to the media that the member had “already begun a sex-reassignment course of treatment,” and that “the treating doctor deemed this surgery medically necessary.” First […]

Police in Germany released new photos and video footage reportedly showing former members of the far-left radical terrorist group the Red Army Faction (RAF) conducting a robbery on Monday. The three accused suspects are Ernst-Volker Staub, Burkhard Garweg and Daniela Klette; all formerly of the terrorist RAF and all three suspected of carrying out multiple […]

The House of Representatives passed a rare bipartisan rebuke of U.S. military efforts in the ongoing Yemeni civil war on Monday, saying the U.S. military is not authorized to provide military assistance to the Saudi-led coalition under current use of force authorizations. The resolution is non-binding and therefore won’t put an end to the Department […]

The finger-pointing, following the launch of a missile from inside Yemen that targeted the international airport in Riyadh last week, continues as U.S. military officials have come out in support of Saudi claims that the missile originated with Iran. Lt. Gen. Jeffrey L. Harrigian, commander of U.S. Air Force’s Central Command in Qatar, told reporters: “What […]

After a string of high-profile Hollywood celebrities and politicians having been accused of sexual assault, the accused have all chosen notably different responses. Harvey Weinstein, the subject of a criminal investigation, has largely fallen silent and into exile. Louis C.K. immediately admitted the allegations from his accusers to be true. But George Takei, the latest […]

Senator John McCain was the only Republican Senator to vote against the confirmation of President Trump’s nominee for the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel earlier this week, citing Steven Engel’s previous work on “enhanced interrogation techniques” under the George W. Bush administration. McCain, in a statement to Politico, said that “I cannot in good […]

A misleading graphic of an AR-15 style rifle posted by USA Today on Twitter drew the ire of many Twitter users who claimed the illustration was inaccurate and amounted to fear mongering. The video was posted with the tag “A look at the gun used in the Texas church shooting,” and then showed a number […]

President Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Department of Defense’s health services as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs said that civilians in the United States owning a semi-automatic rifle like the AR-15 is “insane.” Dr. Dean Winslow made the statement during a questioning by members of the Senate Armed Services Committee for his […]