John Kerry cracks under pressure from Russian involvement in Syrian conflict

John Kerry cracks under pressure from Russian involvement in Syrian conflict

“Russian and Syrian forces intensified their campaign on rebel-held areas around Aleppo that are still home to around 350,000 people and aid workers have said the city – Syria’s largest before the war – could soon fall.” Can you spot what’s wrong with that quote, from a Reuters piece out today? Here’s the problem: “could soon fall” […]

GOP Debate: Trump takes a firm stand on protecting America with waterboarding or worse

GOP Debate: Trump takes a firm stand on protecting America with waterboarding or worse

Donald Trump reaffirmed his promise at Saturday’s Republican debate that he would bring back “a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding” if he were president, though he declined to give specifics about what that might mean. At a rally in Holderness, N.H., just two days before the New Hampshire primary, Mr. Trump asked audience members […]

Putin snubs Kerry over jets in Syria

Putin snubs Kerry over jets in Syria

Russia seemingly has ignored Secretary of State John Kerry’s appeals to stop bombing civilians and allow critical humanitarian aid to starving Syrians – and is instead escalating its military involvement, deploying four of its most capable fighter jets to Syria, two defense officials confirmed to Fox News. The decision to send the Su-35S jets poses yet […]

John Kerry asked by House committee to justify Iran payments

John Kerry asked by House committee to justify Iran payments

The chairman of the House Foreign Relations Committee demanded Wednesday that Secretary of State John Kerry explain a $1.7 billion settlement paid to Iran that some Republicans have described as a “ransom” tied to last month’s release of five American prisoners. Rep. Ed Royce, R-Calif., complained in a letter to Kerry that his committee was […]

General dismisses Cruz’s carpet bombing strategy for ISIS

General dismisses Cruz’s carpet bombing strategy for ISIS

Washington (CNN) – The top U.S. commander for the fight against ISIS on Monday slammed the idea of “carpet bombing” the terror group. Army Lt. Gen. Sean MacFarland, who directs the coalition fighting ISIS in Iraq and Syria, provided the most detailed military criticism to date about the concept and detailed why it’s militarily unacceptable. […]

White House to fight against Operation Choke Point opposition

White House to fight against Operation Choke Point opposition

President Barack Obama would likely veto a bill shutting down the controversial Operation Choke Point and similar tactics used by federal regulators to financially target disfavored industries such as gun stores and payday lenders. “Imposing burdensome and arbitrary standards hinder the ability of Federal financial regulators to protect the financial system and consumers from unnecessary […]