Six suspects were arrested after 860 pounds of cocaine were found in the Russian Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina last week. Among those detained were a former Russian diplomatic official and an Argentine police officer. The drugs are said …
Continue ReadingWhite House Communications Director Hope Hicks is scheduled to meet with the House Intelligence Committee today in a closed-door session. The meeting is part of the Committee’s ongoing probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. Hicks is a …
Continue ReadingTwo Democratic members of the House of Representatives have introduced a bill that would ban not just the sale of assault weapons, but the “import, manufacture, transfer or possession” of them. The bill, the Assault Weapons Ban of 2018, was …
Continue ReadingBrian Entin, a reporter for WSVN News in Miami, Florida, spoke with a seasoned medical first responder who was among the first to arrive on the scene of the Parkland school shooting that took place on February 14.
The responder …
Continue ReadingThe effects of the efforts of Russian operatives sitting at computer terminals half a world away on the 2016 presidential election are still being discovered nearly sixteen months after Election Day. What’s receiving much less attention though are the legal …
Continue ReadingThe NRA has made it clear that they do not back any specific plan to raise the age for individuals wishing to purchase assault rifles from 18 to 21. “The NRA doesn’t back any plan,” spokeswoman Dana Loesch said during …
Continue ReadingThe Supreme Court has declined to hear a case involving President Trump’s authority to end the immigration-protection program known as DACA, likely signaling the program’s continuance for at least several months. The program’s original end date was March 5.…
Continue ReadingThe U.S. State Department has formed a new partnership with the Defense Department to counter propaganda and disinformation from foreign nations, it was announced today. The partnership will initially be funded with $40 million, transferred from the Pentagon to the …
Continue ReadingSweden is taking active measures to ready itself ahead of presidential elections this fall against possible cyber-intrusion by foreign actors, mainly Russia.
At a recent conference in the Swedish capital of Stockholm, about seventy local lawmakers and election officials heard …
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The North Korean government has made an overture to the U.S. for direct talks telling the South Koreans that they have “ample intentions of holding talks with the United States.”
The statement was made by a North …
Continue ReadingFormer Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele confronted the head of the Conservative Political Action Conference over comments an organization employee made about his race. Ian Walters, an employee of the American Conservative Union, the conservative organization that hosts the …
Continue ReadingThe National Rifle Association has responded to the boycott of several U.S. corporations calling it a “shameful display of political and civic cowardice.”
“The law-abiding members of the NRA had nothing at all to do with the failure of that …
Continue ReadingSenator Diane Feinstein was dealt a stunning rebuke when delegates to the California Democratic Party’s annual convention declined to endorse her reelection bid today.
Torn between moderate and ideological forces, delegates voted for a progressive rival to Feinstein – state …
Continue ReadingMexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has cancelled a planned visit to the U.S. because of President Trump’s unwillingness to back off of his demand that Mexico pay for a wall along the U.S.’ southern border. The decision was reportedly made …
Continue ReadingRussian military hackers launched a cyberattack against hundreds of South Korean computers in an effort to disrupt the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics being held in PyeongChang. The attacks resulted in interruptions to internet and broadcast services, as well …
Continue ReadingThe United Nations has unanimously approved a ceasefire in Syria after days of bombing has left hundreds of dead and thousands injured. And the numbers are expected to rise.
Doctors Without Borders has reported at least 520 dead and 2,500 …
Continue ReadingDemocrats have released their long-awaited memo that rebuts allegations made in a previously released Republican memo that the FBI and the Department of Justice abused regulations in obtaining FISA warrants to spy on members of the Trump campaign, namely foreign …
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