Op-Ed: The free press and our national security

Op-Ed: The free press and our national security

With the birth of our nation just days away, I wanted to write about something I believe is absolutely sacred to the soul of this country, the fourth estate. In the last several months, this estate has come under heavy, almost constant fire from not just government officials, namely the President, but from some very […]

Major changes to NFA coming? We hope so

Major changes to NFA coming? We hope so

Are major changes to the NFA coming ? For many of us who have waded through the piles of ATF forms in order to obtain restricted items like short barrel rifles, silencers and machine guns we sure hope so. In 2017 there really is no reason that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives […]

A new Jewish settlement begins to rise in the West Bank

A new Jewish settlement begins to rise in the West Bank

SHILOH, West Bank — It doesn’t look like much yet. The newest Jewish settlement, deep in the West Bank, is today just a scratch of road being clawed out of chalky hillside by earth-moving machines. But Avihai Boaron sees milk and honey here — and a new home for himself and the 40 families who […]

Sarin was used in April attack on Syrian civilians, global watchdog confirms

Sarin was used in April attack on Syrian civilians, global watchdog confirms

BEIRUT — The nerve agent sarin was used in a chemical attack in April that killed scores of civilians in northern Syria, a global watchdog confirmed Friday, days after the White House accused President Bashar al-Assad’s government of planning a similar strike. In a statement released ahead of a more thorough fact-finding report, the Organization for the Prohibition […]

President Trump says patience with North Korea ‘over’ after U.S. announces new sanctions

President Trump says patience with North Korea ‘over’ after U.S. announces new sanctions

President Donald Trump, speaking alongside newly elected South Korean President Moon Jae-in, told reporters on Friday that the United States’ patience with Kim Jong Un’s North Korean regime is “over.” “The era of strategic patience with the North Korean regime has failed,” Trump said in a statement from the Rose Garden. “And, frankly, that patience […]

NATO Secretary General addresses funding concerns prior to Defense Ministerial in Brussels

NATO Secretary General addresses funding concerns prior to Defense Ministerial in Brussels

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg provided the press with a preview of subjects for discussion at this year’s Defense Ministerial, slated to begin on Thursday in Brussels.  Among the topics up for discussion, Stoltenberg explained, are how the alliance is evolving and, a topic of serious concern for the United States, how funding is expected […]

Trump’s travel ban is now in effect — here’s who’s exempt

Trump’s travel ban is now in effect — here’s who’s exempt

President Donald Trump’s travel ban took effect Thursday evening at 8 p.m. ET, following months of intense litigation. Earlier in the week, the Supreme Court lifted much of the lower courts’ blockades on the ban, allowing parts of it to take effect. The ban, which bars the entry of foreign nationals from six majority-Muslim countries, […]

G20 Summit in Germany promises to be entertaining, if nothing else

G20 Summit in Germany promises to be entertaining, if nothing else

Before today’s news broke that U.S. President Donald Trump plans to meet privately with Russian President Vladimir Putin and sent the press into a feeding frenzy, the G20 summit slated for next week in Hamburg, Germany was already shaping up to be a spectacle. With Germany as this year’s host, German Chancellor Angela Merkel had […]

National Security Advisor McMaster weighs in on international threat environment

National Security Advisor McMaster weighs in on international threat environment

National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster has kept mostly out of the headlines since assuming his position earlier this year, which is unfortunate, as he is uniquely capable among his peers in the administration of communicating foreign policy positions in a palatable, and perhaps less abrasive way than the president himself. Speaking before the annual meeting […]