The top U.S. counterterrorism official testified on Thursday that the federal government is aware of 18,000 people on the FBI terrorism watch list who were brought into the country during the Biden administration’s botched 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan. National Counterterrorism Center Director Joseph Kent told lawmakers on the House Homeland Security Committee that the center […]
Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a memo this month advising federal agents to expand operations targeting alleged domestic terrorists. The Justice Department’s memo, dated Dec. 4, appeared to mark a significant extension of the government’s blueprint to squelch suspected domestic terrorism, as well as broadening the scope of people who could be detained under the […]
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte issued a stern warning to the organization’s allied nations on Thursday, suggesting they stand as “Russia’s next target” after Ukraine. Rutte delivered the sobering message that NATO countries are “already in harm’s way” during a keynote address at a Berlin event hosted by the Munich Security Conference. He equated Ukraine’s […]
House Democrats are increasingly taking aim at Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem as they criticize the Trump administration’s hard-line immigration policies during a Thursday hearing, where lawmakers called for her impeachment and resignation multiple times. Noem testified before the House Homeland Security Committee about worldwide threats facing the nation. Democrats took the opportunity to […]
Clashing healthcare plans from Republicans and Democrats both failed to advance in the Senate on Thursday, dividing lawmakers along mostly party lines and all but ensuring that Congress will fail to address enhanced Obamacare subsidies that expire at year’s end. A Democratic proposal for a three-year extension of the pandemic-era premium subsidies failed 51-48, and […]
The government of Bulgaria has resigned from leadership after days of widespread protests. Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov announced Thursday that his government would be relinquishing power following mass protests and preparing for possible future elections if a majority cannot be formed to replace them. “Our coalition met, we discussed the current situation, the challenges we […]
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will hold a press briefing at around 1 p.m. on Thursday, a day after the United States seized an oil tanker off the Venezuelan coast. President Donald Trump said the U.S. seized the tanker on Wednesday. US SEIZED OIL TANKER OFF VENEZUELAN COAST: TRUMP “We’ve just seized a tanker […]
Washington, D.C., Councilwoman Janeese Lewis George played the political fundraising game so well in her mayoral campaign’s opening days that the district’s campaign finance system couldn’t handle it. Given the “unprecedented size” of her initial fundraising filing, Lewis George’s campaign needed to split up their filings because the campaign website couldn’t accept the large report. […]
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem rebuked the top Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee on Thursday for labeling the shootings of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C, last month an “unfortunate accident.” In a hearing on worldwide threats before lawmakers Thursday, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) characterized the murder of one National Guard member, […]
Time magazine released its annual Person of the Year on Thursday, naming the “architects of artificial intelligence” as its winner. The magazine released two cover images for the title: one with a giant “A” and “I” being constructed, and another with various CEOs and heads of AI companies sitting on a skyscraper I-beam, reminiscent of […]
