U.S. Africa Command has launched a formal investigation into the circumstances surrounding an ambush in Niger that killed four U.S. soldiers and wounded two others. The investigation comes as the Pentagon said Thursday that the fourth soldier, Sgt. La David Johnson, was “separated” from his fellow soldiers but never left […]
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Senators push bill to prevent Russian-linked election ads online
Responding to growing revelations about the scale of the Russian effort to influence the 2016 presidential election over social media, a pair of Senate Democrats introduced a bill Thursday to force Facebook and other social media companies to disclose more details about political ads on their platforms. The proposal from […]
Gold Star family that Trump promised $25K has been in the public eye before
The flurry of activity surrounding the $25,000 check that President Donald Trump had promised the family of a fallen soldier is not the first time Army Cpl. Dillon Baldridge’s death has drawn unwanted attention. After his June death in Afghanistan, the controversial Westboro Baptist Church, which regularly protests military funerals, […]
Winter forecast shows colder, wetter North and warmer, drier South
What happens in the Pacific Ocean with the phenomenon La Niña will likely cause temperature and precipitation changes across the country this winter, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The weak La Niña developing could be the biggest player in the 2017-2018 winter forecast, said Mike Halpert, deputy […]
Trump gives Puerto Rico response a ’10,’ calls storm ‘worse than Katrina’
President Donald Trump touted his administration’s response to Hurricane Maria, giving the federal relief effort a “10,” after noting that the storm’s devastation was worse than that of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. “I’d say it was a 10. I’d it was probably most difficult when you talk about relief, when […]
David Blaine ‘vehemently denies’ rape allegation
David Blaine is defending himself against an allegation of sexual assault, his attorney told ABC News in a statement. The actor has been accused of raping a former model in London in 2004 when she was 21 years old, according to an interview the alleged victim gave to The Daily […]
Trump’s chief of staff offers emotional take on call to slain soldier’s widow
White House Chief of Staff John Kelly painted an emotional narrative of the outreach made in the aftermath of a U.S. service member’s death during Thursday’s White House press briefing, a description that came on a week in which President Donald Trump found himself in the midst of a controversy […]
Boy booted from Cub Scouts after tense exchange with senator
An 11-year-old Cub Scout was reportedly kicked out of the program allegedly for asking a Colorado state senator some tough questions during a meeting organized by the Boy Scouts of America. Ames Mayfield was booted last week following an Oct. 9 discussion hosted by his Cub Scout den in Broomfield, […]
McCain threatens to subpoena Trump’s cybersecurity czar after he skips hearing
A clearly frustrated, bipartisan panel of senators today threatened to subpoena the Trump administration’s cyber czar, demanding to know how the White House plans to address “the disarray” that has embodied the U.S. government’s response to cyber threats from Russia and other adversaries. “Do you know that for eight years […]
WATCH: Boy booted from Cub Scouts after asking Colorado senator hard questions
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