GOP Senators pitch healthcare plan that would allow states to keep Obamacare

Senators Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and Susan Collins of Maine unveiled what they described as an “Obamacare Replacement Plan” on Tuesday, establishing a framework for new legislation intended to do away with the previous president’s healthcare plan, the Affordable Care Act. The new plan, however, doesn’t require the complete dismantling of Obama’s controversial healthcare legislation, […]

FBI reviewed Flynn’s calls with Russian ambassador but found nothing illicit

The FBI in late December reviewed intercepts of communications between the Russian ambassador to the United States and retired Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn — national security adviser to then-President-elect Trump — but has not found any evidence of wrongdoing or illicit ties to the Russian government, U.S. officials said. The calls were picked up […]

Starting off with a bang: Mattis spends first day as SECDEF bombing ISIS 31 times

When the news first broke that retired Marine General James Mattis was a contender for the role of secretary of defense, the memes came fast and furiously. American service members have long had a love affair with the man whose nicknames range from the aggressive “Mad Dog” to the intellectual “Warrior Monk,” and they expressed […]

Shootout at Texas mall leaves one dead, seven wounded

At least one person was killed and seven others wounded during a botched robbery at a jewelry store at a San Antonio mall, police said on Sunday. The shooting unfolded as two robbers tried to get away from a Kay Jewelers outlet at the Rolling Oaks Mall, Police Chief William McManus told reporters in a […]

Ex-CIA director John Brennan: ‘Trump should be ashamed of himself’ over CIA remarks

Former CIA Director John Brennan said President Donald Trump “should be ashamed” for using a speech at the agency’s headquarters to boast about himself, his former deputy chief of staff said Saturday. “Former CIA Director Brennan is deeply saddened and angered at Donald Trump’s despicable display of self-aggrandizement in front of CIA’s Memorial Wall of […]

The Second Amendment, legal suppressors, Silencerco and Donald Trump Jr.

As President Trump and new Republican majorities move into Washington, gun owners are hoping for change.  Like barnacles on a ship bottom, the accretion of ineffective gun laws has clogged the exercise of Second amendment rights,  Silencer Co and other firearms industry have advocated the deregulation of suppressors. Suppressors are not often used in crimes […]

It’s official: Donald Trump is the 45th president of the United States

At noon Eastern Standard Time, Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States. Hundreds of thousands of people flocked into America’s capital city prior to today’s ceremony. Some to see the man they voted for to take the highest office in the land, others to voice their concerns, uncertainty, or animosity toward […]

As America prepares for a new president, Washington prepares for the worst

As the country prepares for a peaceful exchange of power from current President Barack Obama to President Elect Donald Trump on Friday, Washington D.C. is preparing for exactly the opposite. As many as 900,000 people are expected to flood the city, some in support of the incoming president and many with the intention of protesting […]

CIA releases 13m pages of declassified documents online

About 13 million pages of declassified documents from the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) have been released online. The records include UFO sightings and psychic experiments from the Stargate programme, which has long been of interest to conspiracy theorists. The move came after lengthy efforts from freedom of information advocates and a lawsuit against the […]

FBI probing wave of fake bomb threats to U.S. Jewish centers

Twenty-seven Jewish community centers in 17 U.S. states reported receiving false telephone bomb threats on Wednesday, prompting evacuations and an FBI probe into the second wave of hoax attacks to target American Jewish facilities this month. The JCC Association of North America, a network of health and education centers, said the threatened organizations were working […]

CIA unveils new rules for collecting information on Americans

The Central Intelligence Agency on Wednesday unveiled revised rules for collecting, analyzing and storing information on American citizens, updating the rules for the information age and publishing them in full for the first time. The guidelines are designed “in a manner that protects the privacy and civil rights of the American people,” CIA General Counsel […]