December 17, 2019 GOP push to reform FISA gains momentum in wake of Horowitz report A push to reform the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act has gained fresh momentum on Capitol Hill from Republicans amid the fallout of the long-awaited findings of Michael Horowitz, the Department of Justice’s inspector general who illuminated an array of abuses and misdeeds pertaining to government surveillance tools during the Russia investigation.
December 8, 2019 Newt Gingrich: Pearl Harbor and 9/11 were horrific surprise attacks – How can we prevent new ones? This month is the 78th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. It was a devastating surprise attack on an American naval base that brought the United States into World War II.
November 30, 2019 The impact of designating Mexican cartels a 'foreign terrorist organization' President Trump has said efforts to designate Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs) are moving ahead – prompting both praise and criticism. But what impact would such a title have and would it work in dismantling such networks who burn, behead, smuggle and instill fear?
November 29, 2019 Johnny Jones: Why the number of US troops in Afghanistan doesn't matter The number of U.S. troops stationed in Afghanistan doesn't matter as much as how they are employed to keep the peace, retired U.S. Marine Bomb Technician and 91±¬ÁÏ contributor Johnny Jones said Friday.
November 26, 2019 Florida man accused of trying to recruit ISIS to bomb deans from Miami-area colleges A Florida man faces federal charges after allegedly trying to contact the Islamic State to recruit someone to carry out a terrorist attack on the deans of two Miami-area colleges after he was expelled by one and suspended by another, officials said in a press release Monday.
November 25, 2019 New York governor blasted for overreaction to Times Square bomb threat New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo sparked unnecessary fears on Sunday when he denounced a hoax bomb threat against Times Square, according to sources.
October 31, 2019 Thiessen: We wouldn't have needed a Baghdadi mission if Obama and Biden hadn't withdrawn troops in 2011 Former Vice President Joe Biden's criticisms of President Trump's military raid which killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi are "wrong," 91±¬ÁÏ contributor Marc Thiessen said Thursday.
October 31, 2019 Parents of ISIS victims hail death of Baghdadi, call on Trump for more help The parents of victims of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi are calling on President Trump to work with them on trying to bring more U.S. hostages and detainees home around the world.
October 30, 2019 Top Arizona Dem blasted for claiming Trump 'aligned himself with ISIS' Talk about awkward timing-- hours before President Trump announced the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the chairwoman of the Arizona Democratic Party said publicly that Trump had aligned himself with the terrorist organization.Â
October 29, 2019 Menendez: Not quite 'mission accomplished' yet for WH after ISIS leader al-Baghdadi's death Sen. Bob Menendez, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, cautioned the Trump administration that "it's not time to put a 'Mission Accomplished' banner over the White House," just days after the covert U.S. military operation in Syria that resulted in the death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.