Poll: Majority of Americans support Trump travel ban

Poll: Majority of Americans support Trump travel ban

A recent Politico/Morning Consult poll shows that a majority of Americans support President Donald Trump’s travel ban on individuals from six Muslim-majority countries. The result of the survey shows that a full 60% of American voters support the ban in its current form, a relatively strong level of support for a President that has had […]

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 […]

Watch: Massive Aerial Display as President Donald Trump Leaves for Jerusalem in Marine One Helicopter

Watch: Massive Aerial Display as President Donald Trump Leaves for Jerusalem in Marine One Helicopter

How many helicopters do you need to fly President Trump to Jerusalem? Apparently a lot! If you love helicopters and aerial displays you will enjoy this! Israeli security services implemented what they called Operation Blue Shield during President Trump’s recent visit to Jerusalem. Border police units, special patrol forces, and counter-terrorism units have been deployed throughout the city, […]

President Trump honors the fallen at Arlington National Cemetery

President Trump honors the fallen at Arlington National Cemetery

President Trump visited Arlington National Cemetery on Monday to honor the men and women who have died in service to our country for Memorial Day.  The president delivered a brief speech to the crowd that had gathered after fulfilling the traditional duty of the Commander-in-Chief on Memorial Day; laying a wreath at the Tomb of […]

U.N. official: Trump budget will make peacekeeping, other work ‘impossible’

U.N. official: Trump budget will make peacekeeping, other work ‘impossible’

The United Nations sounded the alarm over the U.S. Fiscal Year 2018 budget proposed by the Trump Administration on Wednesday, declaring that if approved, the budget would render key United Nations operations ‘impossible’. The budget proposal, part of a sweeping plan to balance the budget within 10 years, has ‘targeted reductions’ across the federal government, […]

‘Extreme vetting’ procedures in effect for refugees bound for U.S. in Australian camps

‘Extreme vetting’ procedures in effect for refugees bound for U.S. in Australian camps

The United States has begun the new process known as “extreme vetting” for a group of refugees being held at an island detention center run by Australia. The refugees are part of a previously negotiated deal between the governments of Malcolm Turnbull, Prime Minister of Australia, and former President Barack Obama, Reuters reports. President Trump […]

Bahrain security forces raid home of Shi’ite spiritual leader

Bahrain security forces raid home of Shi’ite spiritual leader

Bahraini security forces on Tuesday raided the home of the kingdom’s Shi’ite Muslim spiritual leader and shot dead at least one demonstrator during the operation. Ayatollah Isa Qassim was not among the 50 people arrested during the raid, but the move is likely to raise tensions in Bahrain days after U.S. President Donald Trump said […]

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 […]

Streamlining the Intelligence Community

Streamlining the Intelligence Community

Recent news that DNI Dan Coats is looking for ways to streamline the gargantuan US Intelligence Community have returned the question of how American intelligence should be organized and structured to the fore. While previous efforts at “reform” were largely stillborn and confined to the marginal reshuffling of existing capabilities, the election of Donald Trump […]

Mexico second only to Syria as deadliest country in 2016

Mexico second only to Syria as deadliest country in 2016

Despite ongoing international crises in war zones like Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan, Mexico quietly climbed to the top of the world’s deadliest countries for 2016. In its annual report on armed conflict, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) showed that 23,000 people were killed in Mexico in 2016, the highest number of any country in the […]