Trump and Mattis meet with UAE crown prince to finalize new defense partnership

Trump and Mattis meet with UAE crown prince to finalize new defense partnership

American Secretary of Defense James Mattis met with Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates at the White House on Monday to formally finalize a new mutual defense agreement between the two nations. This new agreement is set to replace a previous one established in 1994, and is intended to better […]

Former CIA officer’s initial assessment of Trump giving sensitive intel to the Russians

Former CIA officer’s initial assessment of Trump giving sensitive intel to the Russians

The Washington Post is reporting today that during his meeting last week in the White House with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, President Donald Trump boasted of U.S. intelligence information on ISIS, specifically pertaining to threat information from a highly sensitive “liaison” reporting stream. Here are the salient facts in the […]

Private Chelsea Manning to remain on active duty, receive health care and other benefits

Private Chelsea Manning to remain on active duty, receive health care and other benefits

Private Chelsea Manning will remain on active duty in the military, to include receiving health care benefits, after being released from prison on Wednesday, the Army told USA Today. Private Manning will not receive active duty pay, but will have access to full military health care and other benefits afforded to active duty soldiers. “Pvt. Manning […]

Trump considering how move of U.S. Embassy in Israel could affect Mideast peace

Trump considering how move of U.S. Embassy in Israel could affect Mideast peace

President Donald Trump is trying to determine how keeping his promise to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem could affect his hopes of brokering a peace deal between the Israelis and the Palestinians, his secretary of state said on Sunday. Since taking office in January, Trump has shown signs of shelving his campaign […]

Woman attempts to drive GOP congressman off road over health-care vote, police say

Woman attempts to drive GOP congressman off road over health-care vote, police say

A Tennessee woman hated that her congressman voted for the controversial Republican health-care bill in the House of Representatives, authorities said. So Wendi L. Wright tried to run Rep. David Kustoff (R-Tenn.) off the road after he visited the University of Tennessee at Martin, they said. The Weakley County Sheriff’s Department said Wright tailed the car […]

Foreign-aid advocates and fiscal hawks all like Trump’s nominee to head USAID

Foreign-aid advocates and fiscal hawks all like Trump’s nominee to head USAID

Mark A. Green serves as a rebuttal to the hyper-partisanship of Washington. From across the ideological spectrum came effusive praise for the Trump administration’s announcement Wednesday that it will nominate the former Republican congressman from Wisconsin and ex-ambassador to Tanzania to head the U.S. Agency for International Development. Fiscal hawks in Congress said Green would […]

The new Veterans Affairs chief says ending veteran homelessness may take longer than predicted

The new Veterans Affairs chief says ending veteran homelessness may take longer than predicted

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The new Veterans Affairs chief shares the goal set by former President Barack Obama’s administration of ending homelessness among veterans, but he says it will take longer than his predecessor predicted. Reducing the number of homeless veterans nationwide from roughly 40,000 to 10,000 or 15,000 is an “achievable goal” for President […]

Tillerson gives nod at Arctic meet to climate change action

Tillerson gives nod at Arctic meet to climate change action

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson signed an agreement recognizing the landmark Paris climate accord at a meeting of Arctic nations in Alaska on Thursday, but said President Donald Trump was not rushing to decide whether to leave or weaken U.S. commitments to the pact. Trump’s efforts to dilute U.S. climate policies have made the […]

FBI searches Republican political consulting firm in Annapolis

FBI searches Republican political consulting firm in Annapolis

Federal authorities on Thursday searched the offices of a political consulting firm in Annapolis that has worked with Republican candidates locally and nationwide and was sued in 2014 on allegations of fraudulent fundraising practices. Strategic Campaign Group says it supports Republican candidates on a range of services including mail, fundraising and telephone town halls. Its […]

Senate Intelligence Committee hearing overshadowed by Comey, Russia

Senate Intelligence Committee hearing overshadowed by Comey, Russia

Senior members of the American Intelligence Community testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee Thursday, speaking on the record about the current national security threats to the United States. The fallout of President Trump’s firing of F.B.I. director James Comey earlier this week made itself physically apparent, as Acting Director Andrew McCabe stood in his place […]

U.S. military spokesman: every weapon given to Kurds will be accounted for

U.S. military spokesman: every weapon given to Kurds will be accounted for

Defending against potential criticism of a recent Department of Defense decision to openly provide weapons to Kurdish fighters in Syria, Operation Inherent Resolve spokesman Colonel John Dorrian tweeted yesterday that every weapon will be completely accounted for and pointed at the Islamic State. Every single one of these weapons that will be provided to our […]

Here’s the farewell letter James Comey just sent his former FBI colleagues

Here’s the farewell letter James Comey just sent his former FBI colleagues

Former FBI Director James Comey sent a letter to his former colleagues on Wednesday, encouraging them not to dwell on his abrupt firing by President Donald Trump. The letter, obtained by CNN’s Shimon Prokupecz, also urges Comey’s old FBI staff to continue the agency’s mission of “protecting the American people and upholding the Constitution.” “I’m […]