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Homeland Security Chair Says U.S. Far from Having Operational Control of Border

Jun 9, 2016 | 3:14pm
(CNSNews.com) – House Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul (R.-Texas) said today that the U.S. government is “far from” having operational control of the U.S.-Mexico border. “We do know we are apprehending other-than-Mexicans, special-interest aliens from countries of interest that concern us,” McCaul said in a discussion on national security at the Council on Foreign Relations. […]

About 12 Released Guantanamo Detainees Implicated In Attacks On Americans

Jun 9, 2016 | 10:13am
The Obama administration believes that about 12 detainees released from the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have launched attacks against U.S. or allied forces in Afghanistan, killing about a half-dozen Americans, according to current and former U.S. officials. In March, a senior Pentagon official made a startling admission to lawmakers when he acknowledged that former […]

Obama Warns: Manhattan Will Be ‘Underwater’ If We Don’t Act On Climate Change

Jun 9, 2016 | 9:57am
President Barack Obama insists that Americans have to take climate change seriously, or else a key part of one the world’s greatest cities could end up underwater. “When scientists tell us that the planet is getting warmer and we need to do something about it, the majority of people think that’s a good idea, let’s do […]

Terror in Tel Aviv: Chilling Security Camera Footage Shows Moment Two Gunmen Kill 4 People

Jun 9, 2016 | 9:26am
Gunmen disguised as ultra-Orthodox Jews have carried out a terror attack in Tel Aviv leaving at least four people dead. Around six other people were wounded in the shocking shooting incident, which took place at the Max Brenner restaurant in the centre of the Israeli city. One person was in critical condition, with Israeli police describing […]

US Agency Endorses Plan to Cede Internet Oversight

Jun 9, 2016 | 9:05am
San Francisco (AFP) – The US administration on Thursday endorsed a plan to cede its oversight of the gatekeeper of Internet addresses to the broader online community. Commerce Department assistant secretary for communications and information Lawrence Strickling told AFP that the proposal from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) meets the criteria […]

U.S. Taxpayers Are Funding Iran’s Military Expansion

Jun 9, 2016 | 9:03am
One of the unexpected results of President Barack Obama’s new opening to Iran is that U.S. taxpayers are now funding both sides of the Middle East’s arms race. The U.S. is deliberately subsidizing defense spending for allies like Egypt and Israel. Now the U.S. is inadvertently paying for some of Iran’s military expenditures as well. […]

Report: Peaceful Muslims Burn Down ‘Refugee’ Center After Not Receiving Ramadan Wake Up Call

Jun 8, 2016 | 3:43pm
A massive fire at Düsseldorf’s major international trade fair grounds yesterday has been followed by reports that the blaze was set deliberately by migrants who were angry because of Ramadan. Officially, some 160 migrants were resident at hall 18 of the Messe Düsseldorf conference centre, but it was a facility plagued by racial conflict which had seen […]

D.C. Passes $15 Minimum Wage

Jun 8, 2016 | 3:08pm
The Washington, D.C., City Council passed a measure to raise the minimum wage to $15 for hourly employees on Tuesday and increased the tipped wage to $5 an hour. The Democrat-controlled council unanimously voted to hike the district’s hourly minimum wage from $10.50 to $15 an hour, a 43 percent increase. The council took up […]

Feds Spend Nearly $20,000 to Settle Every Refugee

Jun 8, 2016 | 1:46pm
Federal taxpayers are on the hook for nearly $20,000 just to settle each refugee and asylum seeker, who are then immediately eligible for cash welfare, food stamps, housing and medical aid, according to anew report on the “refugee industry.” The report provided federal budget figures showing that the government spends $19,884 on each refugee the […]