Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) said on Wednesday that he was “dumbfounded” by the recent Government Accountability Institute (GAI) report that revealed President Barack Obama has attended just 42% of his daily intelligence briefings. “I am dumbfounded at that statistic,” said
President Barack Obama, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, and Secretary of State John Kerry are directly responsible for allowing Ebola into the United States, the Center for Immigration Studies Director of
California has no money left in its firefighting budget just three months after the beginning of the 2014-2015 fiscal year, in the midst of a crippling drought and widespread fires. As a result, Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration will have to
Earlier this year the President referred to ISIS as the “JV team” during an interview, but that designation is at odds with the placement of ISIS’ leader near the top of the State Department’s designated terrorist list in 2011. Abu
In an appearance on Tuesday’s broadcast of FNC’s “Fox & Friends,” State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki to react to a report that President Barack Obama missed up to 60 percent of his intelligence briefings. That report published at Breitbart News on Tuesday
Monday on CNN’s “The Situation Room,” State Department Spokesperson Marie Harf said not only was U.S. intelligence caught off guard by the quick rise of ISIS in Syria and eventually Iraq, but ISIS itself was surprised. “The president said, for
State Department Deputy Spokesperson Marie Harf reported that the Iraq did not have intelligence showing a “direct threat to the United States” despite an earlier statement by the Defense Department that ISIS was planning an attack on Thursday’s broadcast of
While downplaying fears that the Islamic State, more commonly known as ISIS, has extended its reach to the Philippines, President Benigno Aquino promised safety for Pope Francis during his visit to the Philippines in January, following assassination threats from the extremist
A recently recorded speech distributed by the Islamic State called on Muslims living in Western countries to commit lone wolf attacks and wage jihad against innocent civilians. “Do not ask for anyone’s advice and do not seek anyone’s verdict. Kill
In the spring of 1918, the influenza that would become pandemic was first detected. It was initially known as “three-day-fever.” Its effects were such that it caused few deaths. Nobody paid it much heed. That fall, however, it reappeared in
A secret left-wing “Journolist”-esque group is not ready for Hillary Clinton in 2016. In fact, they think establishment Democrats like her who supported the Iraq War and are cozy with Wall Street should be “punished.” The Hill obtained and “reviewed hundreds
LOS CABOS, Mexico (AP) — Federal police on Thursday vowed to crack down on lawlessness and restore order in the hurricane-stricken resort area of Los Cabos after looting emptied store shelves and unnerved residents who worried their homes could be
This article was originally posted at Watchdog.org A high-profile academic center used federal funds to promote anti-Semitism on the campus of the University of California Los Angeles, a watchdog says. The university’s Gustav E. von Grunebaum Center for Near East
The United States is taking the lead in an international coalition aimed at repelling and defeating the Islamist extremists marauding across parts of Iraq and Syria. Jihadists from the so-called “Islamic State,” still referred to by US officials by their
CNN’s “The Lead” anchor Jake Tapper argued that there were “very serious mistakes made by government officials” before the Benghazi terrorist attacks on Thursday’s “Hugh Hewitt Show.” “The problems were before Benghazi, there just was a lack of planning…an inability
The U.S. State Department spent $6.5 million in taxpayer funds to build communication towers that could still be standing idle in Afghanistan and may never be used as originally intended, the U.S. government watchdog for reconstruction in the war-torn country
In an appearance on CBS This Morning, Wednesday, a spokesman for the family of slain journalist Steven Sotloff repeated the charge that his parents were threatened by the Obama administration as they looked for ways to free their son from the Islamic
Wednesday at the House Select Committee hearing on Benghazi, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) asked Todd M. Keil, the former Assistant Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, if the State Department headed by then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton followed security
During today’s hearing conducted by the House Select Committee on the Benghazi attacks, one witness admitted that the Independent Panel on Best Practices conducted after the attacks was not “independent.” Questioned by Rep. Jim Jordan, Todd Keil, a member of
During a televised debate, last week, candidate for U.S. Congress Staci Appel (D-IA) opposed the idea of revoking passports of Americans who have admitted to joining and fighting with terrorist organizations. Appel said, “I would not be urging taking away
In response to Rep. Cummings: Maxwell Never Mentioned Sifting by State Dept. (Update: Sharyl Attkisson on Rep. Cummings’ Denial): I’ve been somewhat lukewarm towards the Ray Maxwell revelation about Hillary Clinton’s operatives scrubbing the Benghazi documents, not because I doubt
DALLAS, Texas — Sheriff Joe Arpaio, often dubbed “America’s toughest sheriff,” will be the keynote speaker at the Kaufman County Tea Party’s annual “Don’t Mess With Texas” fundraiser on Saturday evening, September 20. The Maricopa County Arizona lawman is never
The White House released a memo on President Obama’s plans for combating the latest Ebola outbreak overnight, which detailed the deployment of an estimated 3,000 U.S. troops to Africa. Obama is expected to detail his efforts in a speech at to
After President Obama announced that he would seek the assistance of Arab nations to “destroy” the terror group ISL, or ISIS, the State Department is now saying that these Arab nations “could participate in non-lethal ways against any air campaign”
Saudi Arabia’s Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia) arrested 28 people for using a home as a church. The officials confiscated Bibles and musical instruments. The Christians were at the home for a prayer meeting.
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest confirmed that the United States has had “back channel” conversations with Iran on the threat posed by Islamic State terrorists, but insisted that there was no plan to coordinate military actions against the group
This article originally appeared in the Daily Signal As the House Select Committee on Benghazi prepares for its first hearing this week, a former State Department diplomat is coming forward with a startling allegation: Hillary Clinton confidants were part of
A new report claims advisers to Hillary Clinton helped sift documents related to the Benghazi attack before they were handed over the review board tasked with investigating the incident. The story by Sharyl Attkisson is based on an interview with
PARIS, Sept. 14 (UPI) — Several Arab nations have pledged military support, including airstrikes, to assist in the international campaign against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, according to officials with the U.S. State Department. The officials, who were
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea’s Supreme Court on Sunday convicted a 24-year-old American man of entering the country illegally to commit espionage and sentenced him to six years of hard labor. At a trial that lasted about 90
The U.S. government is denying accusations that James Foley’s family was threatened with retaliation if they paid the ransom ISIS requested to secure the American journalist’s freedom. On September 11 James Foley’s mother, Diane, told CNN”s Anderson Cooper that she was
Thursday at the daily briefing, Marie Harf, the Deputy Spokesperson for the State Department refused to use the term “War on Terror” saying the term is “certainly not how I would refer to our efforts.” Follow Pam Key on Twitter
Initiative-594, the universal background check initiative being bankrolled by millionaires and billionaires in Washington state, will lead to “universal handgun registration” if passed. Page 2 of the 18-page initiative opens the door to such registration by “extending the requirement for
In a video message to employees of the State Department, Secretary John Kerry recalled the terrorist attacks of 9/11 in 2001, but he also commented on the second anniversary of the terrorist attacks in Benghazi. Kerry said: This is a
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Benghazi will not be old news until the outstanding questions are answered, according to Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX). “Now some are tempted to ask, ‘What difference at this point does it make,’” Gohmert said Wednesday at a
In the days leading up to the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks on the U.S., a U.S. Border Patrol agent apprehended a Lebanese national and U.S. citizen after the two illegally crossed into the U.S. from Canada. Sunday,
On Wednesday, CNN reported, “There may be a lot more ebola victims being evacuated to the United States than we are been told about.” The vice president of an air ambulance service that is under contract with the State Department, Phoenix Air
Victoria Toensing, an attorney representing Benghazi whistleblower Greg Hicks, claimed that the House Intelligence Committee harassed witnesses during its investigation into Benghazi on Tuesday’s “Fox & Friends” on the Fox News Channel. “They were told, they were accused that they
The U.S. State Department released a video to counter the numerous propaganda videos from the Islamic State (IS), also known as ISIS. The department’s “Think Again, Turn Away” campaign developed the video with graphic images of the Islamic State murdering
Obama’s State Department has gotten into the movie business with a new graphic web video aimed at derecruiting “moderate” muslims from joining the ranks of radical Islamic terror groups. This is exactly what the Islamists want. By putting out this