Tag: Terrorism

The gunman was identified as Omar Mateen, a U.S. citizen from Port St. Lucie, Fla.

Beltway Confidential

Reminder: The press blamed Christian conservatives for the Pulse nightclub shooting. It was a vicious smear.

Becket Adams · April 6, 2018 7:52 pm

A U.S. soldier sits in an armored vehicle on a road leading to the tense front line with Turkish-backed fighters, in Manbij, north Syria, Wednesday, April 4, 2018. President Donald Trump expects to decide "very quickly" whether to remove U.S. troops from war-torn Syria, saying their primary mission was to defeat the Islamic State group and "we've almost completed that task."

National Security

US command says ‘much work remains’ in Syria as Trump pushes for withdrawal

Travis J. Tritten · April 6, 2018 2:03 pm

Twitter has suspended 1.2 million accounts since mid-2015 for promoting terrorism

Kelly Cohen · April 5, 2018 2:51 pm

Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington.

National Security

Trump has decided whether to pull troops from Syria, Dan Coats says

Travis J. Tritten · April 4, 2018 1:09 pm

FILE - In this May 21, 2017 file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, right, holds a bilateral meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Riyadh. Washingtonâs surprise decision on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017, to cut or delay nearly $300 million in aid to Egypt is the first time the Trump administration has publicly called out Cairo on its poor human rights record. It was also the latest twist in a decades-old relationship marked by dependence and disappointment on both sides.

Beltway Confidential

Cairo complications: the US challenge in dealing with Sisi

Tom Rogan · April 3, 2018 12:49 pm

Heavily armed somalis soldiers seal the area after a car bomb exploded in Mogadishu, Somalia Thursday, March 22, 2018.

National Security

US claims five more terrorists killed in quiet war in Somalia

Jamie McIntyre · April 2, 2018 3:03 pm

President Trump walks onto stage to speak at Local 18 Richfield Training Facility on Thursday in Richfield, Ohio.

Beltway Confidential

5 reasons Trump should get the US out of Syria

Daniel DePetris · March 31, 2018 2:15 pm

Alexanda Amon Kotey, left, and El Shafee Elsheikh, who were allegedly among four British jihadis who made up a brutal Islamic State cell dubbed "The Beatles," speak during a Friday interview at a security center in Kobani, Syria. âThe Beatlesâ terror cell is believed to have captured, tortured, and killed hostages including American, British, and Japanese journalists and aid workers.

Beltway Confidential

Trump needs to get the ISIS ‘Beatles’ out of Syria

Tom Rogan · March 30, 2018 8:04 pm

Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, right, listen as President Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House.

National Security

US military commanders say White House is not giving adequate direction in fight against Islamic State: Report

Anna Giaritelli · March 30, 2018 4:42 pm

FILE - In this June 12, 2016 file photo, law enforcement officials work at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., following a mass shooting. The widow of the gunman who killed dozens of people at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando is going on trial Wednesday, March 14, 2018, in federal court. Thirty-one-year-old Noor Salman is charged with aiding and abetting her deceased husband Omar Mateen in planning the 2016 attack on the Pulse nightclub.

Widow of Pulse nightclub shooter acquitted on all charges

Kelly Cohen · March 30, 2018 2:48 pm

Beltway Confidential

Negotiating with Obama over miniseries, Netflix suddenly gives Susan Rice a job

Philip Wegmann · March 29, 2018 7:09 pm

Officials work and stage near the site of Sunday's explosion, Monday, March 19, 2018, in Austin, Texas. Police warned nearby residents to remain indoors overnight as investigators looked for possible links to other deadly package bombings elsewhere in the city this month.

Austin police chief: Bombings were ‘domestic terrorism’

Tristan Justice · March 29, 2018 4:24 pm