California Democrat Rep. Ted Lieu tweeted Monday, “We are #DeepState” and suggested that government workers, journalists, and teachers are part of a movement to undermine President Trump.
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Defense Official: Intelligence from Yemen Raid ‘Definitely Helping’
The intelligence captured in a January raid in Yemen is “definitely helping” military intelligence analysts understand the al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula network, according to a defense official.
Russian Embassy in DC Says It Has ‘Daily’ Contacts with Local Politicians
The Russian Embassy in Washington, D.C. responded Thursday to a Democratic uproar over Attorney General Jeff Sessions not mentioning during his confirmation hearing that he met with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak on two occasions last year.
Sen. Blunt: ‘Very Normal’ for Sessions to Meet with Russian Ambassador
Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO) on Thursday defended Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s meetings with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak last year as “very normal” in his line of work as a senator, and said he’s had 20 such meetings himself in the last six weeks.
EXCLUSIVE: Firm Awarded $418M Kenyan Arms Sale Caught Misrepresenting Products
A giant defense firm may be passing off another company’s equipment as its own, which could have played a role in a potentially corrupt U.S. arms sale to Kenya that the State Department approved on the Obama administration’s last day in office.
Clinton Volunteer Fired for Calling Navy SEAL Widow an ‘Idiot’
A Hillary Clinton campaign volunteer who called Navy SEAL widow Carryn Owens an “idiot” on Twitter has been fired for his inappropriate tweet, according to his employer.
Trump to Navy SEAL Widow: ‘Ryan Is Looking Down Right Now’
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Navy Secretary Nominee Withdraws Name from Consideration
Donald Trump’s Navy Secretary nominee Philip Bilden has withdrawn his name from consideration over difficulties in separating from his business interests.
Trump Hiring Freeze Not Shutting Down Army Child Care Programs
President Donald Trump’s civilian hiring freeze is not shutting down military childcare programs, contrary to some news reports.
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Took Future Green Berets into Oval Office in Q-Course First
President Trump, in his third week in office, met with a class of Green Beret candidates and brought them into the Oval Office for the first time in the course’s history. The 18 Army officers in the Special Forces Qualification Course, or “Q-course,” were visiting the National Security Council in early February, as a normal part of the course. But this time, Deputy Assistant to the President Sebastian Gorka, who was scheduled to speak to the students, had suggested that they meet the president. The plan was to take them into the Roosevelt Room in the West Wing of the White House, but Trump decided to invite them into the Oval Office, to take pictures with them for their families. “Halfway through the discussion, [Trump] said, ‘Hey — we’re not supposed to do this but follow me, and he brought them all into the Oval Office, took a group photograph around the Resolute desk, and then — throwing the schedules into a bit of a tizzy, said OK that’s not good enough,’” Gorka told Breitbart News in an interview. “He said, ‘everybody stand in the corner.’ They all stood in the corner, and one-by-one we took photographs they can take home to their