Kathy Griffin’s stunt depicting President Trump decapitated backfires

Kathy Griffin’s stunt depicting President Trump decapitated backfires

The self-proclaimed “D” list celebrity and comedian, Kathy Griffin was recently photographed proudly toting a replica of the severed and bloody head of President Donald Trump. This wasn’t a quick last-minute selfie rather a full-on photo shoot with photographer Tyler Shields to airbrush her with the bloody head.  TMZ published the image on Tuesday. While every US citizen […]

U.S. Special Operations Forces face growing demands and increased risks

U.S. Special Operations Forces face growing demands and increased risks

Touching down before dawn, Somali “Lightning” commandos climbed out of U.S. military helicopters and carefully advanced in the dark toward a ramshackle compound tucked into muddy farmland dotted by banana trees. U.S. surveillance had monitored the site for days after an intelligence tip signaled the location of Moalin Osman Abdi Badil, the suspected leader of […]

Trump speaks of unity, ‘principled realism’ between U.S. and Muslim world

Trump speaks of unity, ‘principled realism’ between U.S. and Muslim world

In a landmark address to major leaders of the Arab and Muslim world this weekend, President Trump spoke of a renewed relationship between the U.S. and the Muslim world, united in a fight against extremism, and bound by the concept of ‘principled realism.’ Speaking in Saudi Arabia in a grand ballroom before the assembled representatives […]

Military moms: Your hard work and sacrifice doesn’t go unnoticed

Military moms: Your hard work and sacrifice doesn’t go unnoticed

Being a mom is a hard, but being a mom in the military is probably one of the hardest jobs around. Military moms juggle the normal mom things like work, getting kids to school on time, planning birthday parties, helping with homework, attending soccer games, dentist appointments, etc. However, military moms also deal with huge gaps of […]

President Assad denies Syrian involvement in the Sarin chemical attack

President Assad denies Syrian involvement in the Sarin chemical attack

In an AFP exclusive interview, President Bashar al-Assad denies the Syrian government’s involvement in the most recent sarin chemical attack in the small town of Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib province. In the chemical attack, experts believe that sarin gas or a sarin-like substance was used which killed over 80 men, women, and children. Assad was shown video evidence of the […]

Reaction to the US Missile strike on Syria

Reaction to the US Missile strike on Syria

While several countries have admonished the US’ missile strike against Syria’s airfield on Thursday, there has also been an overwhelming response in support of President Donald Trump’s answer against the Syrian government’s use of nerve agents that killed more than 80 people earlier this week. Here are the nations that have supported, opposed, or remained […]

UN holds an emergency meeting on the suspected use of chemical weapons in Syria

UN holds an emergency meeting on the suspected use of chemical weapons in Syria

During the United Nations emergency meeting held today after the suspected chemical attack in Syria yesterday, countries expressed their outrage of the potential war crime and urged the international community to seek a fact-finding investigation to determine who is responsible for the attack. António Guterres, the United Nations secretary general, declared in Brussels on Wednesday […]

One weird dude: the implosion of former CIA analyst Larry Johnson

One weird dude: the implosion of former CIA analyst Larry Johnson

Larry Johnson came onto my radar a few years back when I penned a book about Benghazi with Brandon Webb.  We were the first ones to really tell the story behind what happened that night in Libya, and it certainly caused a bit of a dust-up.  Larry Johnson took to his website and described us […]