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Jan 10 2020
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‘Chaos Is the Point’: Russian Hackers and Trolls Grow Stealthier in 2020
The National Security Agency and its British counterpart issued an unusual warning in October: The Russians were back and growing stealthier.
Groups linked to Russia’s intelligence agencies, they noted, had recently been uncovered boring into the network of an elite Iranian hacking unit and attacking governments and private companies in the Middle East and Britain — hoping Tehran would
New York Times (News)Mar 01 2019
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Undocumented immigrants pay millions of dollars in state taxes — even in the reddest states
President Donald Trump insists that there’s a national emergency at the “very dangerous southern border.”
He’s called it an “invasion” of undocumented immigrants endangering the lives and livelihoods of hardworking American citizens. And he’s used this narrative to justify taking billions of dollars from the US military to build a border wall.
But when a reporter disputed Trump’s
VoxJan 09 2020
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Standing down: How Trump decided that not striking back was his best option on Iran
America's top diplomat on Iran was only a few minutes into a speech on Tuesday afternoon when he was handed an urgent note.
Brian Hook, the special representative for Iran, was in Los Angeles to talk about US policy toward Iran. But by the time he stepped to the podium, he was already more than an hour late, having spent much of the day on a secure line speaking to US officials in
CNN DigitalJun 06 2015
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GOP motorcycle ride and pig roast draws seven presidential hopefuls - and major media coverage
This pig roast could trump a certain steak fry - and it will certainly go down as a moment in Republican pop culture history. That would be “Joni’s First Annual Roast and Ride,” a bodacious event on Saturday organized by Sen. Joni Ernst. It includes a 40-mile motorcycle ride across the Iowa countryside to honor military veterans - boasting good cheer, thudding bikes and a full police escort -
Washington TimesAug 28 2019
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Mattis swipes at Trump, warns of ‘storm clouds gathering’ amid fractured alliances
Former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis took several implicit swipes at President Trump’s leadership in an op-ed published Wednesday, warning about the fallout from fractured alliances and increasing divisiveness under the current administration.
Mattis’ comments were included in a lengthy essay adapted from a forthcoming book and published in The Wall Street Journal. They amount to the
Fox News DigitalApr 06 2020
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Captain Crozier
“The captain of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier facing a growing outbreak of the coronavirus on his ship was fired by Navy leaders who said he created a panic by sending his memo pleading for help to too many people. Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly said the ship’s commander, Capt. Brett Crozier, ‘demonstrated extremely poor judgment’ in the middle of a crisis. He said the captain copied too
The Flip SideMay 19 2016
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EgyptAir Flight 804 Crash Increasingly Looks Like Terrorism
It now appears a sudden, complete explosion caused by a bomb brought down the Airbus over the Mediterranean—but that doesn't mean it was ISIS. The evidence is building that EgyptAir Flight MS804 was brought down by a sudden and catastrophic explosion, consistent with a bomb having been detonated on board.
Flight tracking data showing its altitude, speed, and direction, ends
Daily BeastFeb 05 2013
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Hagel takes on critics, embraces Obama policies at rocky hearing
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel took on critics at his Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday to become President Barack Obama's next defense secretary, saying he may have been wrong at times in the past but always acted in the nation's best interests. Facing tough questioning from conservatives, the decorated Vietnam veteran told the Senate Armed Services Committee that he fully supported Obama
CNN DigitalMay 27 2019
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Trump backs Kim Jong Un’s attacks on Biden, dismisses North Korea missile tests
President Donald Trump said he’s not concerned by North Korea’s recent missile tests and endorsed brutal dictator Kim Jong Un's attack on fellow American and former Vice President Joe Biden in a press conference in Toyoko Monday.
"Kim Jong-Un made a statement that Joe Biden is a low IQ individual. He probably is based on his record. I think I agree with him on that," Trump said.
ABC News (Online)May 09 2016
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Iran carries out new ballistic missile test
Iran successfully test-fired a medium-range ballistic missile capable of striking U.S. forces in the region as well as Israel, the third such test since the nuclear agreement with Western nations took effect in January, multiple defense officials confirmed to Fox News.
The rogue nation conducted the test in defiance of a United Nations resolution that calls on Iran to cease work on its
Fox News Digital