USA

Mike Pompeo promises an apolitical CIA, rejects torture

After a period of extraordinary tension between President-elect Donald Trump and the nation’s intelligence community, the president-elect’s pick to run the CIA vowed Thursday to uphold the morale of America’s career spies and said solid, unbiased intelligence is the “lifeblood” of national security that is “more in demand than ever.” While the four-hour confirmation hearing […]

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Ben Carson was in the middle of his confirmation hearing when he just had to make the reference on everyone’s mind

It’s the Ben Carson-est thing to come from Ben Carson so far. Everyone’s favorite soft-spoken neurosurgeon-turned Secretary of Housing and Urban Development appointee had a moment during his confirmation hearing that made everyone laugh. Watch the video Though the question period between Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Carson was intense, Carson had to interrupt and

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Al Franken opposes Jeff Sessions confirmation as attorney general

Sen. Al Franken announced Friday he plans to vote against President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be attorney general, saying he has too many concerns about Sen. Jeff Sessions’ past record. “I am going to vote against Sen. Sessions,” Mr. Franken said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “I just don’t feel comfortable that he would protect all

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Hillary Clinton former spokesman questions ‘legitimacy’ of Donald Trump victory

Citing Russia’s meddling and a new watchdog investigation into the actions of the FBI heading into the November election, former Hillary Clinton campaign press secretary Brian Fallon on Friday openly questioned the “legitimacy” of President-elect Donald Trump’s victory. Mr. Fallon told CNN that Mr. Trump has been lashing out on Twitter – including his shots

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The Bush sisters pen another letter to the Obama girls, say they’re “rooting” for them in life after the White House

Just as they did when President Obama took office eight years ago, former President George W. Bush’s daughters Jenna and Barbara have penned another letter of advice to the Obama girls Malia and Sasha. RELATED: Sasha and Malia through the years: growing up in the White House “Malia and Sasha, eight years ago on a

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USA

CIA chief nominee picks N. Korea as one of biggest threats to US

The nominee for CIA director Mike Pompeo on Thursday pointed to North Korea as one of the biggest threats to the United States, along with terrorism, China and Russia. Pompeo made the remark during his Senate confirmation hearing in response to a question about whether he believes terrorism is the highest threat that the U.S.

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International, USA

Congressmen urge Trump: Move the embassy to Jerusalem swiftly

A group of more than 100 members of Congress wrote to President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday, urging him to relocate the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem “as soon as you take office,” the Washington Free Beacon reports. Moving the embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem was a campaign pledge of Trump”s. His campaign manager

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Middle East, USA

Secretary of State nominee: Israel is our most important ally

Rex Tillerson, President-elect Donald Trump”s nominee for Secretary of State, on Wednesday stressed the importance of the U.S.-Israel relationship, and condemned the outgoing Obama administration”s decision not to veto UN Security Council Resolution 2334, which criticized Israeli construction in Judea, Samaria and Gaza. Speaking at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Tillerson

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Middle East, USA

Trump, Russian Spies and the ‘Golden Shower Memos’

The story began making the rounds at Washington dinner parties late last summer: Donald Trump had been caught in a compromising sexual position by Russian intelligence agents during a business trip to Moscow. According to one version, told by a high-ranking Obama administration diplomat, Russian intelligence services, acting on Trump’s well-known obsession with sex, had

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International, USA

CSPAN Feed Mysteriously Begins Broadcasting Russia Today

In a strange moment of startling symmetry with the current state of American politics, C-SPAN—the public affairs network that regularly broadcasts proceedings of the United States House of Representatives and Senate—was interrupted by a broadcast of Russia Today. The state-funded Russian news network briefly took over the online feed of C-SPAN1, which had been broadcasting

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Trump’s Defense Secretary nominee: Tel Aviv is Israel’s capital

President-elect Donald Trump”s nominee to head the Defense Department, General (ret.) James Mattis told a congressional confirmation committee on Thursday that he believes that Tel Aviv, not Jerusalem, should be considered the capital of Israel. Mattis, who in the past criticized the Jewish state over “settlements” in Judea and Samaria and warned the country was

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