January 24, 2017

By Andrew Griffin, Independent: Julian Assange has claimed that Barack Obama only granted clemency to Chelsea Manning to “make life hard for him”. One of Mr Obama’s last acts as …

By Louis Nelson, Politico: President Donald Trump’s decision to back the United States out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement will ultimately cede economic and political power to China, Sen. …

By Ryan Browne, CNN: Newly confirmed Defense Secretary James Mattis sent a strong signal of support to NATO on Monday, reaching out to three critical alliance partners and saying the …

By Jay Caruso, Red State and Stephen F. Hayes, The Weekly Standard: Chuck Schumer is a big time showboat politician. The joke on Capitol Hill is, “The most dangerous place …

By Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.): I voted against the new CIA Director because I worry that his desire for security will trump his defense of liberty. More than ever before, …

By Jennifer Jacobs, Jennifer Dlouhy and Meenal Vamburkar, Bloomberg: President Donald Trump took steps to advance construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, marking the start of an …

By Matthew Lee and Richard Lardner, Associated Press: Officials say the Obama administration in its waning hours defied Republican opposition and quietly released $221 million to the Palestinian Authority. GOP …

By Matt Zapotosky, Ellen Nakashima and Sari Horwitz, The Washington Post: FBI Director James B. Comey, who is under a Department of Justice Inspector General investigation for his handling of …

By Mike Furlong: OpsLens.com previously reported that the Iraqi Military Coalition’s (IMC) initial assault from October through December 2016 was a slow and bloody slog. ISIS was inflicting heavy casualties …

  By Chad Storlie: You’ve see me around.  You’ve laughed under your breath at me as I’ve taken three little boys into the bathroom and scrambled to keep control.  I’m …