Tag: Terrorism

An investigation by the United Nation's international chemical weapons watchdog has concluded that sarin was used as a chemical weapon in an April attack on a Syrian town that left roughly 100 people dead. A report last week concluded Syrian President Bashar Assad was behind that attack. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

White House issues sharp rebuke of Russia over Syria chemical weapons inquiry

Diana Stancy Correll · November 2, 2017 3:23 am

While many are concerned about the victims and the threat of terrorism from ISIS, reactions coming from the Left would have you think that the real victims of terrorism are Muslims who now have to answer for the crimes of one sick and deranged individual. (iStock)

Beltway Confidential

Why our first thoughts after a terrorist attack shouldn’t be on Islamophobia

Siraj Hashmi · November 1, 2017 11:32 pm

Federal prosecutors have filed terrorism charges against the suspect. (Screengrab)

Empire State Building goes dark to remember New York City terror attack victims

Ariella Phillips · November 1, 2017 11:17 pm

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Wednesday that now that Sayfullo Saipov is "lawyered up," plea bargaining may be the only way to retrieve more intelligence about the New York City terrorist attack that killed eight people Tuesday. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

National Security

Lindsey Graham: Trump making ‘huge mistake’ by not naming NYC terror suspect an enemy combatant

Diana Stancy Correll · November 1, 2017 10:43 pm

Sayfullo Saipov, the alleged attacker, made "no bones" about the attack and told police he was pleased with carrying it out. (St. Charles County, Mo. Department of Corrections/KMOV via AP)

NYC terror attack suspect asked to display an ISIS flag in his hospital room

Katie Leach · November 1, 2017 10:31 pm

In this photo provided by the New York City Police Department, officers respond to a report of gunfire along West Street near the pedestrian bridge at Stuyvesant High School in lower Manhattan in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017. (Martin Speechley/NYPD via AP)

Prosecutors file terrorism charges against suspect in Manhattan attack

Diana Stancy Correll · November 1, 2017 9:33 pm

Not-so-lone Wolf

TWS Podcast · November 1, 2017 9:11 pm

Trump tweeted about the incident Tuesday evening, committing to keeping ISIS out of the U.S. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Trump says federal government has New York’s back in responding to deadly truck attack

Diana Stancy Correll · November 1, 2017 8:55 pm

Trump tweeted Tuesday evening he had ordered the Department of Homeland Security "to step our already extreme vetting program" in response to the violent attack by a radicalized Uzbek national, who had plowed his truck into a crowded Manhattan sidewalk. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

White House defends Trump’s ‘political’ response to NYC attack

Gabby Morrongiello · November 1, 2017 8:03 pm

A damaged Home Depot truck remains on the scene Wednesday, after the driver mowed down people on a riverfront bike path near the World Trade Center on Tuesday in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

National Security

Sarah Sanders: New Yorkers demonstrated ‘the American spirit will never be broken’

Melissa Quinn · November 1, 2017 7:45 pm

According to the White House on Wednesday, President Trump would consider naming the person who launched a terrorist attack in New York City as an enemy combatant. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House: Trump considering naming NYC terror suspect ‘enemy combatant’

Sarah Bedford · November 1, 2017 7:41 pm

Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., attends a news conference on American labor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017, Trump said on Twitter that the driver in Tuesday's attack "came into our country through what is called the 'Diversity Visa Lottery Program,' a Chuck Schumer beauty" -- a reference to the Senate's Democratic leader. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Chuck Schumer bragged, NYC ‘dramatically benefited’ from visa program used by killer terrorist

Paul Bedard · November 1, 2017 7:15 pm