Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad indicated that, contrary to assessments by U.S. officials, the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in Iraq and Syria is actually getting stronger, recruiting an estimated 1,000 militants each month in those two countries alone.
CBS News 60 Minutes correspondent Lara Logan is back in the hospital in Washington, D.C., due to years-long complications stemming from the brutal sexual assault she endured in Egypt while covering the Arab Spring in early 2011, several sources close to her—including one family friend who went on the record—confirmed to Breitbart News on Monday evening.
US veteran Brett Felton told CBS’ 60 Minutes that he returned to Iraq to fight against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) to defend the Christians the terrorist group is liquidating as they expand their caliphate through the Middle East.
Longtime “60 Minutes” correspondent Bob Simon, who covered riots, Academy Award-nominated movies and wars and was held captive for more than a month in Iraq two decades ago, died in a car crash on Wednesday. He was 73.
A recent House rules change by Republicans designed to curb insolvency in the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) trust fund has sparked ire among some Democrats and guaranteed a forthcoming debate over the explosive growth in America’s disability program.
On Sunday’s broadcast of CBS’s “60 Minutes,” outgoing Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) discussed his time in the U.S. Senate, oftentimes being a “maverick,” and about his friendship with President Barack Obama, who was a freshman senator the same time Coburn
Detroit Lions center Dominic Raiola, infuriated by the New England Patriots’ decision to go for a touchdown when they were up 18 points and could have run out the clock, lunged for Patriots’ defensive tackle Zach Moore’s knees on the
The green agenda has claimed a new victim: the Philae comet probe. As the probe lies dormant, unable to recharge its solar powered batteries so far from the sun, it has emerged that green lobbyists were behind moves to bar
NEW YORK (AP) — Lara Logan of CBS News is being quarantined in a South Africa hotel for three weeks as a precaution after visiting an American-run hospital treating Ebola patients in Liberia for a “60 Minutes” report that aired
Former CBS Investigative Correspondent Sharyl Attkisson claimed that CBS didn’t air an interview between President Obama and Steve Kroft to protect the president’s claim that he called the attacks on the US Consulate in Benghazi on September 11, 2012 terrorism during
New data gathered by public agencies and a data analysis by NBC Bay Area News reveal that Bloom Energy, which makes the Bloom boxes that supply power and supposedly act as cleaner producers of energy, may be hoodwinking the public
In interview excerpts not aired on 60 Minutes on Sunday, President Obama acknowledged that Syria became “ground zero” for Islamic State terrorists, pointing out that young people around the world were increasingly recruited by the group. Part of their success, he
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Nick Foles threw a tying touchdown pass with 3:25 to go, and then set up Cody Parkey for the winning 36-yard field goal as time expired, lifting Philadelphia to a 30-27 win at Indianapolis on Monday night.
CBS News President David Rhodes described what the “government” believed about the Benghazi attack the day after it happened, saying it was not just a “mob reaction” to a film. He also predicted the incident would quickly become part of
Speaker John Boehner’s primary challenger is going there. In a provocative new video from GOP candidate J.D. Winteregg, an announcer asks if Boehner suffer from “electile dysfunction”? “Sometimes, when a politician has been in D.C. too long, it goes to
60 Minutes ran a segment on Elon Musk Sunday night which, after a brief intro, opened with some sweeping shots of the Tesla Model S cruising down the highway. But someone at 60 Minutes spiced up the audio with what
NEW YORK (AP)–A toxic mix of heroin and other drugs killed Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, New York City officials said Friday. Hoffman died from a mix of heroin, cocaine, amphetamines and benzodiazepines, which are psychoactive drugs, said a spokeswoman
In an interview that aired Sunday night on CBS’s “60 Minutes,” Liam Neeson discussed his wife’s death, his childhood and how his age is beginning to catch up with him in some of his roles with CNN host Anderson Cooper…
On Wednesday, it took me around 45 minutes and cost £40 ($65) in a London black cab to traverse the three miles between Victoria train station and Gray’s Inn Road in London. Those familiar with the city will realize I
New Jersey Democrat Rep. Rob Andrews, who is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee, announced his resignation from Congress on Tuesday. Andrews’ misuse of campaign funds was chronicled in Breitbart News’ Peter Schweizer’s book Extortion. Andrews is taking a
Bruce Weber writing for the New York Times: Philip Seymour Hoffman, perhaps the most ambitious and widely admired American actor of his generation, who gave three-dimensional nuance to a wide range of sidekicks, villains and leading men on screen and
Big Pine Key, Florida resident Doug Varrieur built a shooting range in his backyard and holds “Gun Day” every Wednesday. He shoots from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on that day, calling police dispatch beforehand to let them know there
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 27 (UPI) —U.S. comedian Jay Leno told “60 Minutes” he has no intentions to emcee another late-night chat program once he leaves “The Tonight Show” next month. The New York Post quoted the funny man as saying
(AP) Judge gives go-ahead to release A-Rod decisionBy RONALD BLUM and LARRY NEUMEISTERAssociated PressNEW YORKAlex Rodriguez’s lawyers were given the go-ahead by a federal judge to make public the arbitrator’s decision that led to the season-long suspension of the New
Charles Barkley and Dennis Rodman weren’t the only ones downed by a hangover this weekend. The Sports Hangover wonders if the heads of Alex Rodriguez, Jimmy Graham, and the men standing between LeGarrette Blount and the end zone hurt more
(CBS) A first look at the details in the doping case of Yankee slugger Alex Rodriguez, including an interview with Major League Baseball’s chief witness against him, Anthony Bosch — who says he injected Rodriguez with banned substances.
(AP) Text of statements on A-Rod ’60 Minutes’ segmentBy The Associated PressText of statements made in reaction to “60 Minutes” segment on the suspension of Alex Rodriguez: _From Major League Baseball Players Association: ___ _From Major League Baseball: ___ _From
Now that Barack Obama has been reelected, the MSM feels free to criticize him, including the giant investment his administration made during its first term to green tech companies that failed then or are failing now. In a report on
Steven E. Koonin the former U.S. Department of Energy’s second Senate-confirmed Under Secretary for Science from May 2009 through November 2011 discussing President Obama’s green job initiatives on CBS’ “60 Minutes”…
During an appearance on the December 21st airing of 60 Minutes, National Security Adviser Susan Rice defended her infamous September 16, 2012 Benghazi comments, saying she does not “have time to think about a false controversy.” As U.S. Ambassador to
National Security Advisor Susan Rice on CBS’s “60 Minutes”: STAHL: Officials in the intelligence community have actually been untruthful both to the American public in hearings, in Congress, and to the FISA court. RICE: There have been cases where they
“Full disclosure: I once worked in the office of the director of National Intelligence, where I saw firsthand how secretly the NSA operates,” intoned CBS reporter John Miller when introducing his “60 Minutes” segment on the embattled spy agency Sunday
The leader of a task force responsible for investigating the Edward Snowden leaks revealed the National Security Agency has undergone numerous changes with more to come. Richard Ledgett spoke to Reuters in an lengthy interview and discussed the post-Snowden NSA.
A National Security Agency official said in an interview released Friday that he would be open to cutting an amnesty deal with intelligence leaker Edward Snowden if he agreed to stop divulging secret documents. Rick Ledgett, who heads the NSA’s
On Monday, Jon Stewart’s Daily Show featured Breitbart News Senior Editor-At-Large and Government Accountability Institute President Peter Schweizer in a segment critiquing the disastrous Obamacare rollout. After making several jokes about Obamacare’s myriad technical failures, Stewart said, “If the only
Eliana Johnson at National Review has written a thorough post-mortem on the bungled “60 Minutes” Benghazi piece, a high-profile special report that unfortunately spotlighted the dramatic stylings of B.S. artist Dylan Davies. Davies sold CBS News reporter Lara Logan a
Washington Post: “60 Minutes” correspondent Lara Logan will take a leave of absence from the CBS show, CBS News Chairman Jeff Fager said Tuesday, after the show’s Oct. 27 segment on the Benghazi attacks collapsed under inconsistencies in the testimony
(AP) CBS: Lara Logan, producer ordered to take leaveNEW YORKCBS has ordered “60 Minutes” correspondent Lara Logan and her producer to take a leave of absence following a critical internal review of their handling of the show’s October story on
Saturday Night Live used embattled Toronto Mayor Rob Ford to go after CBS’ 60 Minutes…
On Tuesday, Salon writer Alex Pareene published a column entitled: “How can CBS possibly not fire Lara Logan?,” adding: “This was a screw-up just as bad as ‘Rathergate,’ but the reporter responsible probably won’t suffer the same fate.” Pareene is
