NATO leader says Germany must increase military spending

NATO leader says Germany must increase military spending

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has joined calls for Germany to spend more money on its military. Stoltenberg insists the move is not to “make the U.S. happy,” but because “Europe is much closer to the crises and threats than the U.S., closer to Russia, closer to Syria and Iraq.” Diplomatic tensions between the United States […]

Haley: U.S. policy in Syria no longer focused on removing Assad

Haley: U.S. policy in Syria no longer focused on removing Assad

The United States no longer believes removing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should be a foreign policy priority, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said Thursday. The official policy under the Obama administration calling for Assad to step down started in the earliest stages of the Syrian Civil War as it began in 2011. […]

Why the Hearing Protection Act won’t pass

Why the Hearing Protection Act won’t pass

As 2017 started and the newly elected President of the United States Donald Trump began to make the public relations rounds to newspapers and television conglomerates one suggested piece of legislation above all others made gun owners smile with sheer joy. The proposed legislation was the House Resolution Number 367 of the 115th Congress of […]

SECDEF James Mattis weighs in on the need for Trump’s defense spending hike

SECDEF James Mattis weighs in on the need for Trump’s defense spending hike

Secretary of Defense James Mattis appeared before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense on Wednesday to emphasize the importance of President Trump’s proposed $30 billion defense spending increase for fiscal year 2017.  Defense Secretary Mattis was joined for the hearing by Marine Corps General and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Joe Dunford. Mattis […]

The bot connection: Donald Trump and Instagram butt models

The bot connection: Donald Trump and Instagram butt models

The meteoric rise of Donald Trump from unlikely fringe candidate to 45th President of the United States has many attributions. How you interpret the phenomenon known as “the Donald” is likely strongly correlated along partisan lines. If you hate Trump, you can find ample material across the internet that is replete with reasons why he […]

Trump signs NASA bill, ponders sending Congress to space

Trump signs NASA bill, ponders sending Congress to space

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed legislation Tuesday adding human exploration of Mars to NASA’s mission. Could sending Congress into space be next? Flanked at an Oval Office bill-signing ceremony by astronauts and lawmakers, Trump observed that being an astronaut is a “pretty tough job.” He said he wasn’t sure he’d want it and, among […]

FBI Director says no information supports Trump wiretapping tweets

FBI Director says no information supports Trump wiretapping tweets

The heads of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National Security Agency (NSA) have testified that there is no information to indicate a wiretap was ordered by President Obama on President Trump. FBI Director James Comey and NSA Director Admiral Mike Rogers testified before the House Intelligence Committee, which has been conducting an […]

More U.S. troops likely to be sent to Syria with new Pentagon plan

More U.S. troops likely to be sent to Syria with new Pentagon plan

As the Trump administration cedes greater decision-making authority back to battlefield commanders in Syria and Iraq, more U.S. troops are likely to be on the ground in Syria for the coming Raqqa offensive. Citing defense officials familiar with the matter, the Washington Post reported that Secretary of Defense James Mattis will be approving the deployment […]

Trump’s budget blueprint aims to build defense, curb national debt

Trump’s budget blueprint aims to build defense, curb national debt

The 2018 “America First” Budget Blueprint was released by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), indicating in no uncertain terms the Trump administration’s intent to bolster the military and make significant cuts across the federal government. Stressing the promises he made to the American people to place national security and public safety first, President […]

Devices Seized in Yemen Special Operations Raid Bearing Fruit

Devices Seized in Yemen Special Operations Raid Bearing Fruit

Despite conflicting reports, the Special Operations mission in Yemen right after President Trump took office has been a source of large amounts of intelligence. According to recent reports, the computers, cell phones, and devices that were taken in the raid by the Navy’s SEAL Team 6 have provided an inside glimpse of training tactics, new […]