Trump Ahead 10 Points in WaPost/ABC Poll
Donald Trump has re-established his commanding lead of the Republican presidential race in a new Washington Post/ABC News poll.
Month: November 2015
TSA Investigation Finds 73 Workers on U.S.’s Terrorist Watchlist
A recent U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) report found that 73 aviation workers, employed by airlines and vendors, had alleged links to terrorism.
China tortures legal reps of religious groups
China continues to oppress members of religious groups and often singles out those representing them for torture.
Pakistan’s anti-Christian discrimination in education
Christians leaders have petitioned Pakistan’s supreme court to end its discrimination against minorities in the nation’s educational system.
FBI: 6 men arrested near Mexico border in Sonoita, Ariz.
Six men — one from Afghanistan; five from Pakistan — were arrested near the Mexico border in an area by Sonoita, Ariz., according to local FBI officials.
Officials: IS determined to produce chemical weapons
The Islamic State group is aggressively pursuing development of chemical weapons, setting up a branch dedicated to research and experiments with the help of scientists from Iraq, Syria and elsewhere in the region, according to Iraqi and U.S. intelligence officials.
House approves Syrian refugee screening bill, defies veto threat
The House overwhelmingly approved a bill Thursday aimed at improving screening for Syrian and Iraqi refugees, with dozens of Democrats joining majority Republicans in defiance of a White House veto threat.
Trump Open to Ground Troops in Syria, Expands on Safe Zone Idea
Donald Trump would be open to putting boots on the ground ‘if need be’ in the fight against ISIS, he told reporters before a rally in Massachusetts Wednesday night.
IDF responds to earlier rocket fire by hitting two terrorist targets in Gaza
Israel struck two Hamas terrorist infrastructure sites Wednesday morning in response to an earlier rocket attack that targeted the country’s South.
Jordan’s King Abdullah: We are facing a Third World War
The world is facing another global conflict and a fast response is needed to deal with the threat, Jordan’s King Abdullah said on Tuesday.
CDC Sees ‘Alarming’ Increase in Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Common sexually transmitted diseases such as syphilis and gonorrhea have exploded in recent years, in part because of reduced funding for public health clinics, federal officials reported Tuesday.
Obama threatens to veto House bill on Syrian refugees
President Obama would veto a House bill aimed at temporarily halting a resettlement program for Syrian and Iraqi refugees, the administration announced Wednesday.
Iran uranium stockpile grows after deal with Obama
Iran’s stockpile of low-enriched uranium has grown in the past three months, the United Nations nuclear watchdog reported on Wednesday. The stockpile is supposed to be slashed as a result of the agreement the regime reached this summer with the United States and other world powers.
Governors Press White House for Refugee Information
In a call with senior Obama administration officials Tuesday evening, several governors demanded they be given access to information about Syrian refugees about to be resettled by the federal government in their states. Top White House officials refused.
Stretched FBI braces for Islamic State holiday terror attacks
With another round of holidays fast approaching in the shadows of last Friday’s Paris attacks, FBI officials on the front lines of the war on terrorism see a new round of threats rising and worry they don’t have all the tools to cope, according to interviews with The Washington Times.
Obama says gun control to be top issue of final year
President Obama hopes to make gun control the top issue of his final year in office, saying Americans aren’t more violent than other people but they “have more deadly weapons to act out their rage.”
Syrian refugees not welcome here, governors of 24 states say
The governors of at least 24 states have announced they will not accept Syrian refugees. The states range from Alabama and Georgia, to Texas and Arizona, to Michigan and Illinois, to Maine and New Hampshire. Among these 24 states, all but one have Republican governors.
U.S. top court’s Texas abortion ruling to have broad impact in states
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on Friday to hear a challenge to tough abortion restrictions in Texas raises questions about the legal fate of similar laws in more than a dozen other states.
France retaliates to Paris terror attacks, hits ISIS command center, training camp in Syria
French warplanes pounded Islamic State positions in Syria on Sunday as police in Europe widened their investigations into coordinated attacks in Paris that killed more than 130 people.
Obama huddles with Putin, backs France’s pursuit of deadly terrorists, on sidelines of G-20 summit
President Obama said Sunday at an international summit that America stands with France in its pursuit of those who committed the ‘horrific’ terror attacks in Paris and met informally with Russian President Vladimir Putin.