U.S. and Turkey visa crisis ends after three-month standoff U.S. and Turkey visa crisis ends after three-month standoff: The United States and Turkey announced Thursday an end to visa restrictions that have affected thousands of travelers, but tensions continued to fester as Turkish officials disputed a U.S. account of how […]
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Prosecutors ask FBI agents for info on Uranium One deal On the orders of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Justice Department prosecutors have begun asking FBI agents to explain the evidence they found in a now dormant criminal investigation into a controversial uranium deal that critics have linked to Bill and […]
DHS tells states about Russian hacking during 2016 election DHS tells states about Russian hacking during 2016 election:- The Department of Homeland Security contacted election officials in 21 states Friday to notify them that they had been targeted by Russian government hackers during the 2016 election campaign. Three months ago, […]
U.S. Navy Shoots Down Medium-Range Missile Off Hawaii in Test U.S. Navy Shoots Down Medium-Range Missile Off Hawaii in Test:- U.S. forces shot down a medium-range ballistic missile off the coast of Hawaii Wednesday as part of a test conducted amid heightened regional tensions. Early Wednesday local time, U.S. Navy […]
19, including Turkish security, indicted for attacking protesters in DC 19, including Turkish security, indicted for attacking protesters in DC:- Nineteen people, including 15 members of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s security detail, have been indicted for attacking protesters during Erdogan’s visit to Washington, D.C., in May. The charges, dealt […]
Sessions makes sweeping attack on Chicago’s sanctuary city policy Attorney General Jeff Sessions lambasted Chicago and its political leaders Wednesday, tying local policies on undocumented immigrants to soaring crime rates and threatening to withhold federal police grants if the city does not change. In a speech in Miami, Sessions said […]
What’s next for Trump travel ban and vetting procedures The Trump administration got some of what it wanted when the Supreme Court decided to allow a scaled-back version of the president’s travel ban to take effect. But the court’s ruling also put pressure on officials to press ahead with their […]
Federal appeals court upholds freeze on Trump travel ban A West Coast federal appeals court upheld the freeze on President Trump’s travel ban Monday, declaring that Trump had exceeded his lawful authority in suspending the issuance of visas to residents of six Muslim-majority countries and suspending the U.S. refugee program. A […]
Trump administration moves to return Russian compounds in Maryland and New York The Trump administration is moving toward handing back to Russia two diplomatic compounds, near New York City and on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, that its officials were ejected from in late December as punishment for Moscow’s interference in the […]
Guess Who Came to Dinner With Flynn and Putin It was a (red) star-studded affair, the December 2015 dinner celebrating the 10th birthday of Russian TV network RT. At a luxe Moscow hotel, President Vladimir Putin and a host of Russian luminaries toasted a state-backed news channel that U.S. intelligence […]
