Manchester Bombing Is Europe's 13th Terrorist Attack Since 2015
British authorities still have many questions about the Monday night concert bombing in Manchester. They don't yet know if the suicide bomber had any helpers or how he obtained his explosives. But this...
View ArticleWhat Does It Mean When ISIS Claims Responsibility For An Attack?
It's a simple, frequently recurring phrase: "The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack." But it raises some questions: Is the claim credible or just an empty assertion, and if it's...
View ArticleHow The U.S. Military Used Guns N' Roses To Make A Dictator Give Up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeqtAB1WgEw The U.S. military invaded Panama in hot pursuit of the country's dictator, Manuel Noriega, in December 1989. As he rapidly ran out of options, Noriega took...
View Article50 Years On, U.S. Presidents Still Seek Elusive Peace To A 6-Day War
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFXNxMeHi2M The guns had just gone silent in the Arab-Israeli war of 1967 when U.S. President Lyndon Johnson jumped in to play the role of peacemaker. Just 11 days after...
View ArticleWhat We Know About Reality Winner, Government Contractor Accused Of NSA Leak
Updated at 1:40 p.m. ET A few days ago, based on her apparent Instagram account, Reality Winner was prepping vegan meals and thinking about her weightlifting goals. Now she's in jail, awaiting...
View ArticleJeff Sessions Testifies He Never Discussed Election With Russians
Updated at 5:37 p.m. ET Attorney General Jeff Sessions told a Senate committee Tuesday that any suggestion he colluded with Russia during last year's U.S. presidential campaign was an "appalling and...
View ArticleOnce Reserved For Spies, Espionage Act Now Used Against Suspected Leakers
A hundred years ago this month, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Espionage Act to deal with spying against the U.S. in World War I. Historically, the most notorious U.S. spy cases have been tried...
View ArticleWhat Really Irritates Vladimir Putin? The Magnitsky Act
If you're not familiar with the Magnitsky Act , a 2012 U.S. law, here is the most important thing to understand: Russian President Vladimir Putin and everyone in his orbit hates it. "A purely...
View ArticleU.S. Sanctions Against Russia Never Go Away — They Just Evolve
When it comes to U.S. sanctions against Moscow, the Cold War has never really ended. President Gerald Ford signed off on trade restrictions against the Soviet Union and other communist countries in a...
View ArticleWhy The Government Can't Bring Terrorism Charges In Charlottesville
When Attorney General Jeff Sessions was asked how he viewed the car attack in Charlottesville, Va., here's how he responded: "It does meet the definition of domestic terrorism in our statute," he told...
View ArticleTrump And Russia: Lots Of Talk, But Critics Say There's No Clear Strategy
Most U.S. presidents pursue a two-track policy with Russia: confrontation on some fronts, cooperation on others. President John F. Kennedy waged a showdown with the Soviet Union during the Cuban...
View ArticleU.S. Navy Suspends Sea Search For Missing Sailors From USS McCain
The U.S. Navy on Thursday suspended the search at sea for the sailors who went missing when the USS John S. McCain collided with an oil tanker near Singapore on Monday. The Navy's 7th Fleet has named...
View ArticleA Hero's Story From The Scramble To Survive On The USS Fitzgerald
At 1:30 a.m. on June 17, sailors on the USS Fitzgerald were jolted awake in their bunks. Some were thrown to the floor. Their guided missile destroyer had just collided with a cargo ship off the coast...
View ArticleStanislav Petrov, 'The Man Who Saved The World,' Dies At 77
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IncSjwWQHMo Stanislav Petrov was a lieutenant colonel in the Soviet Union's Air Defense Forces, and his job was to monitor his country's satellite system, which was...
View ArticleHow The CIA Found A Soviet Sub — Without The Soviets Knowing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFWMo7aHDRo The CIA has a favorite phrase: "We can neither confirm nor deny." It was born as part of a strange Cold War drama, involving Howard Hughes, that now has a...
View ArticleThe U.S. Is Beating Back ISIS, So What Comes Next?
President Trump said he would let his generals manage the fight against the Islamic State. And so far, he's done that. The U.S. and its coalition partners carried out more than 5,000 airstrikes in...
View ArticleWhat Is, And Isn't, Considered Domestic Terrorism
The investigation into the Las Vegas shooting is still in the early stages, yet there already is a familiar debate about whether to call it an act of "domestic terrorism." "It was an act of pure evil,"...
View ArticleWhat Is — And Isn't — Covered By The Iranian Nuclear Deal
When the Iranian nuclear agreement was reached in 2015 there was a hope — and it was just a hope — that the deal would lead to a more moderate Iran. As tough sanctions were lifted, Iran received...
View ArticleU.S. Woman And Family Freed After 5 Years In Captivity In Afghanistan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEuSF-Bgamg Updated at 2:35 p.m. ET An American woman, her Canadian husband and their three young children have been freed after five years in captivity by an extremist...
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