In a 15-to-3 vote Tuesday, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed legislation that would provide Syrian rebels with “limited lethal and non-lethal assistance” as well as military training for certain groups. Read more here.
Republican Sen. Tom Colburn from Oklahoma issued a statement assuring victims in his state “that any and all available aid will be delivered without delay.” Coburn’s statement came after his spokesman said that the senator “will ask his colleagues to sacrifice lower priority areas of the budget to help Oklahoma.” Read more here.
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma) will insist that any federal aid to deal with the tornado in his home state must be offset by budget cuts. “He will ask his colleagues to sacrifice lower priority areas of the budget to help Oklahoma,” spokesman John Hart said. Should other Republicans join Coburn, it could set up a fight [...]
In light of the killer tornado that decimated entire communities in Oklahoma, we offer these tornado safety tips from NOAA. There is no such thing as guaranteed safety inside a tornado. Freak accidents happen; and the most violent tornadoes can level and blow away almost any house and its occupants. Extremely violent EF5 tornadoes are very [...]
The Justice Department obtained a portfolio of information about a Fox News correspondent’s conversations and visits as part of an investigation into a possible leak, The Washington Post reported Monday - in the latest example of the government seizing records of journalists. This follows the charge that the department secretly obtained two months of phone records from [...]
They’ve been silent for three months. The hacking of US industrial targets – notably military suppliers, stopped after the Chinese military unit was exposed. But now, the New York Times reports, its resumed. And they’re using new and improved tactics to do it.
His administration has been besieged by scandals. Questions about the handling of the Benghazi attack. IRS targeting of conservative groups. The seizing of reporter’s phone records at the AP in an attempt to find who leaked a story. And even “Umbrellagate” (yes, this is the BIG one, the president asking Marines to hold umbrellas over his head [...]
President Obama is scheduled to give a speech at the National Defense Institute Thursday that’s well worth listening to. That’s because, the Washington Post reports, the president is expected to discuss his failed promise (the administration blames Congress for this) to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. He’s also expected to address other counter-terrorism measures he’s [...]
Syria has aimed its considerable ballistic missile arsenal at Israel’s heavily populated Greater Tel Aviv area, according to Middle East sources cited by London’s Sunday Times. According to the report, the regime of embattled Syrian dictator Bashar Assad will launch the missiles at Israel should the Jewish state carry out one more aerial strike inside Syria. [...]
First responders transported 60 people to two hospitals following Friday’s train crash in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Others reportedly went to the hospitals on their own. Now, Gov. Dan Malloy’s office says of those who went or were taken to hospitals, only eight remain admitted. But three of them are in critical condition. The late rush hour [...]