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Jan 09 2014
News
Boehner criticizes Obama for ignoring resurgent al-Qaeda
Speaker of the House John Boehner on Thursday called on President Obama to "get engaged" in securing U.S. interests in Iraq in light of the renewed instability there brought on by a resurgent al-Qaeda. "The administration has chosen to spend much of its time and energy trying to explain why having terrorists holding key terr
Washington Post
Jun 07 2013
News
Shep Smith and Judge Napolitano Explode Over Massive Scale of NSA Surveillance: 'Under This Logic, They Can Do Anything!'
In the last 24 hours it has been revealed that the National Security Agency (NSA) has been indiscriminately monitoring all Verizon phone records for the past seven years. The stunning revelation sent Fox News host Shep Smith and Judge Andrew Napolitano into a frenzy on Thursday. In fact...
The Blaze
Jan 05 2014
News
NSA REFUSES TO SAY IF AGENCY SPIES ON MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
The National Security Administration won’t say whether or not they spy on members of Congress, only noting that the elected representatives enjoy the “same privacy protections as all U.S. persons.”
The response came after a “deeply concerned” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) sent a letter to the agency’s director on Friday demanding answers.
The Blaze
May 09 2019
News
Facebook auto-generates videos celebrating extremist images
WASHINGTON (AP) — The animated video begins with a photo of the black flags of jihad. Seconds later, it flashes highlights of a year of social media posts: plaques of anti-Semitic verses, talk of retribution and a photo of two men carrying more jihadi flags while they burn the stars and stripes.
It wasn’t produced by extremists; it was created by Facebook. In a clever bit of self-
Associated Press
Jun 05 2013
News
Two Liberal Voices for Intervention, but Not in Syrian War
In naming Susan E. Rice and Samantha Power to key national security posts, President Obama has turned to two prominent advocates of liberal interventionism, a foreign-policy credo that calls for the United States to act aggressively to defend human rights – by military means, if necessary.
New York Times (News)
Feb 21 2016
News
Hillary Clinton Wins Nevada But Loses Her Narrative
After a nail-biting final week in which polls showed Bernie Sanders surging, Hillary Clinton secured a modest victory Saturday in the Nevada caucuses, beating the Vermont senator by about five points and proving, for now, that she is still the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination. Clinton loyalists seized on the win as vindication of her oft-maligned candidacy, breathing a
Vanity Fair
Jun 04 2020
News
Pandemic re-emphasizes need for universal flu vaccine
The quest for a universal flu vaccine in the U.S. is making "promising" progress, with the possibility of having one ready in five years.
Why it matters: Just because we're battling a coronavirus pandemic right now, doesn't mean a deadly influenza pandemic isn't waiting around the corner. Experts are aiming to create a vaccine that could target many possible flu strains for pandemic
Axios
Aug 17 2013
News
A turning point in the political debate over surveillance
There has been lots of reporting on the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs in recent months. But the most politically significant moment might well have been Barton Gellman’s revelation late Thursday that the NSA in recent years has committed thousands of privacy violations — per year.
Washington Post
Jul 14 2020
Analysis
Monday Was A Big Day For Democrats, But You Probably Missed It
Monday was the first day of the Democratic National Convention. You might be forgiven for not knowing that, as the news was nowhere. Not in the papers, not on the shows, and not in the morning news letters most of Washington relies on for what to think that day.
The long-planned dates — July 13-17 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin — were first moved to Aug. 17-20, then cancelled and turned into
The Federalist
Aug 08 2017
News
Trump Tweets as North Korea Threatens the U.S. Over New Sanctions
Despite Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s overtures to North Korea, the Kim regime gave no indication on Monday that a new round of United Nations sanctions—unanimously approved by the Security Council over the weekend—would persuade the isolated country to curtail its nuclear program. “We will, under no circumstances, put the nukes and ballistic rockets on the negotiating table,” Ri Yong-ho
Vanity Fair