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Apr 08 2019
News
Trump Ousts DHS Chief as Border Promises Unravel Ahead of 2020
Donald Trump’s frustration over his inability to fulfill his signature 2016 campaign promise to curb illegal immigration led him to oust his second homeland security chief, as the president eyes his re-election prospects next year.
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen resigned at Trump’s request after a meeting with him on Sunday at the White House residence, according to people
Bloomberg
Aug 08 2013
News
U.S. response to still murky terror threat scrutinized
First came the closing of U.S. embassies and consulates throughout the Middle East and North Africa this week, along with a worldwide travel alert warning of a possible al Qaeda attack in the region. In addition, Americans were told to leave Yemen, the epicenter of al Qaeda militancy in the Middle East, and the State Department pulled out non-emergency embassy personnel on military aircraft
CNN (Online News)
Sep 02 2014
News
Email reveals Lois Lerner ignored political expenditures by unions
The official at the center of the Internal Revenue Service tea party scandal once dismissed complaints that labor unions were not reporting millions of dollars in political activities on their tax forms, according to an email obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation.
In 2007, Lerner responded directly to a complaint that some major labor unions reported completely different amounts
Fox News (Online News)
Jun 26 2019
News
E. Jean Carroll: She said, he said, and how media weighs balance
In the #MeToo era, editors must be extremely cautious in handling sexual assault accusations. But allegation fatigue should not cause news outlets – or other institutions – to pass over credible new charges.
Last Friday, when the writer and advice columnist E. Jean Carroll accused President Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her in a dressing room at the Bergdorf Goodman department
Christian Science Monitor
Nov 19 2022
Headline Roundup
William Barr Believes DOJ Has Enough Evidence to Indict Trump
In an interview on PBS Friday, former Attorney General William Barr, once a Trump ally, spoke candidly about Trump’s time in office and stated he believed the Department of Justice had enough evidence to indict Trump on charges related to the documents seized by FBI agents at Mar-a-Lago in August.
Key Quotes: On the DOJ Investigation, Barr stated, “if the Department of Justice can show
HuffPost
Axios
New York Post (News) 
Jul 03 2018
Headline Roundup
Judge Rules Asylum Seekers Must Receive Individual Parole Hearings, Orders DHS to Stop Blanket Detentions
A federal judge ruled on Monday that the Department of Homeland Security has violated its own policy by issuing blanket detentions for asylum-seekers, ordering the department to decide each status in an individual parole hearing.
USA TODAY
Fox News (Online News)
Washington Post
Aug 27 2014
News
Scathing report slams veterans' care but says no definite link to deaths
A lengthy report on wait times at VA health care facilities in Phoenix found that 28 veterans had "clinically significant delays" in care, and six of them died, but investigators couldn't conclusively link their deaths to the delays. The scathing report, released Tuesday by the Department of Veterans Affairs' Office of Inspector General, said the delays were because of scheduling issues. There
CNN (Online News)
Dec 29 2014
News
In Battle to Defang ISIS, U.S. Targets Its Psychology
Maj. Gen. Michael K. Nagata, commander of American Special Operations forces in the Middle East, sought help this summer in solving an urgent problem for the American military: What makes the Islamic State so dangerous?
Trying to decipher this complex enemy — a hybrid terrorist organization and a conventional army — is such a conundrum that General Nagata assembled an unofficial brain
New York Times (News)
Jan 30 2024
Headline Roundup
Rep. Cori Bush Faces DOJ Investigation Over Alleged Misuse of Security Funds
Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) is under investigation by the Department of Justice for alleged misuse of funds related to her security.
Details: The investigation reportedly pertains to Bush’s campaign expenditures on security services paid to her now-husband, Cortney Merritts. Bush has been subjected to previous inquiries concerning the employment of her husband. Bush was cleared in these prior
New York Post (News)
Time Magazine
Newsweek
Apr 04 2019
News
A key House Democrat just officially demanded Trump’s tax returns
Representative Richard Neal invoked his authority to request the returns from the IRS.
The congressional Democrat who has the power to get President Donald Trump’s tax returns has made his move.
On Wednesday, Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA), who chairs the House Ways and Means Committee, sent a letter to the IRS commissioner demanding Trump’s federal income tax returns for the past six
Vox