A U.S. service member has been killed and four others injured in Somalia, according to multiple reports. The Special Operations soldiers came under attack Friday at a small outpost near the town of Jamaame in southwest Somalia, according to the reports citing unnamed Defense Department officials. A spokesman for U.S. Africa Command (Africom) did not immediately […]
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Taliban Leaders Considering A Temporary Cease Fire
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — The Taliban’s top military council was meeting Thursday to decide whether to accept Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s cease-fire offer, two senior commanders told NBC News. Ghani announced earlier that government troops would observe a cease-fire beginning on 27 Ramadan, or June 12 on the Western calendar, and last through the Eid al-Fitr […]
Almost 120,000 Voters Left Off Los Angeles Voter Rolls
Nearly 120,000 names were left off the voting rolls in Los Angeles during Tuesday’s crucial jungle primary due to a printing error, local officials said. The 118,522 voters’ names were erroneously excluded across more than a thousand precincts in the state, local officials said. “We apologize for the inconvenience and concern this has caused,” Dean […]
Obama Gave Iran Access To American Financial Institutions
The Obama administration granted a license letting Iran access the United States financial system despite officials’ pledges that they would prohibit it, according to a draft report from the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. “On Feb. 24, 2016, the Treasury Department issued a specific license to Bank Muscat to authorize the conversion of Iran’s rials […]
Kim Jong Un “Got On His Hands And Knees” To Beg For Summit
President Trump’s attorney Rudy Giuliani said Wednesday that North Korea’s Kim Jong Un got “on his hands and knees and begged” American diplomats to reinstate a planned meeting with Trump after it was cancelled last month. The former New York City mayor told The Wall Street Journal that Trump’s cancellation of the meeting, which is […]
ICE Makes 114 Arrests After Raiding Ohio Lawn Care Business
More than 100 arrests have been reported after federal immigration agents raided an Ohio lawn and garden business Tuesday as part of the Trump administration’s growing crackdown on employers suspected of hiring illegal immigrants. The Immigration and Custom Enforcement agents, carrying weapons, showed up at two Corso’s Flower & Garden Centers–one in the Lake Erie […]
Supreme Court Backs Christian Baker Who Refused Service To Gay Couple
The justices, in a 7-2 decision, said the Colorado Civil Rights Commission showed an impermissible hostility toward religion when it found that baker Jack Phillips violated the state’s anti-discrimination law by rebuffing gay couple David Mullins and Charlie Craig in 2012. The state law bars businesses from refusing service based on race, sex, marital status […]
Mattis Says US Soldiers In South Korea ‘Not Going Anywhere’
Defense Secretary James Mattis on Sunday said the roughly 28,000 U.S. troops based in South Korea are “not going anywhere.” “It’s not even a subject of the discussions,” Mattis told reporters aboard his plane while returning to Washington from the Shangri-la Dialogue in Singapore. Mattis added that other countries, including Canada, “are even putting people […]
Now Trump Claims He Has Power To Pardon Himself
President Trump on Monday said he has the right to pardon himself but insisted he has no reason to do so because he has not committed a crime, doubling down on an argument his lawyers made to the special counsel leading the Russia investigation. “As has been stated by numerous legal scholars, I have the […]
Trump To Pardon Himself? Giuliani Thinks He Can
Rudy Giuliani said early Sunday that President Trump “probably” has the power to pardon himself, but has no plans to do so. “He’s not, but he probably does,” Giuliani, who recently joined Trump’s legal team, said on ABC’s “This Week.” “He has no intention of pardoning himself,” Giuliani said. “That’s another really interesting constitutional question: […]
American Terrorism Suspect Seeks Reduced Sentenced
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A reduced prison sentence is appropriate for an Ohio man who tried to help the Islamic State group, a defense attorney argued ahead of a June 7 sentencing, citing the defendant’s youth, his remorse and his mental health struggles. At issue is the case of Aaron Daniels of Columbus, who pleaded guilty […]
Serial Killer May Be Running Wild With 4 Deaths Linked
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The shooting death of a prominent forensic psychiatrist who assisted in high-profile murder cases including serial killings in Phoenix is connected to the killing of two paralegals, said authorities, who were investigating Saturday whether a fourth homicide was also related. Police in the Phoenix suburb of Scottsdale said the killings Friday of […]