Tag: Terrorism

They are ultimate warrior diplomats. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Beltway Confidential

How, in Niger and beyond, the Green Berets serve US security

Tom Rogan · October 5, 2017 7:36 pm

An Iraqi tank moving into position as forces begun the operation to retake the town of Hawija, Iraq, from the Islamic State group. The top U.S. military commander in Iraq has congratulated Iraqi forces for their "swift and decisive victory" in liberating Hawija. (Kurdistan 24 via AP)

National Security

US congratulates Iraqi forces for routing ISIS

Jamie McIntyre · October 5, 2017 2:07 pm

Monday's massacre in Las Vegas marked the deadliest shooting in modern American history. A fight has erupted over whether to refer to this violence as an act of terror. What is important, regardless of outcome, is that these powerful words have meanings, and we need to be careful how we use them. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Beltway Confidential

The Las Vegas massacre is blurring the line between terrorism and terrifying

Matthew Larosiere · October 4, 2017 6:34 pm

Olbermann, in the latest clip for his series "The Resistance," said the Second Amendment was originally written "to keep federal government from taking away the right of each state to maintain its own militia." (Image courtesy screenshot)

Keith Olbermann: NRA should be branded ‘a terrorist organization’

Caitlin Yilek · October 3, 2017 2:37 pm

President Trump called the Las Vegas gunman a "very sick individual" whose past is being closely examined by authorities. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump: Las Vegas shooting suspect was a ‘very sick individual’

Sarah Bedford · October 3, 2017 1:10 pm

The Second Amendment enshrines the right to bear arms as a basic civil right. As with rights in general, it's not absolute. (AP Photo/John Locher)

The Las Vegas lesson about guns

Washington Examiner · October 3, 2017 4:01 am

Drapes billow out of broken windows at the Mandalay Bay resort and casino Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, on the Las Vegas Strip following a deadly shooting at a music festival in Las Vegas. A gunman was found dead inside a hotel room. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Las Vegas police find 42 total guns in shooter’s home and hotel room

Ariella Phillips · October 3, 2017 2:45 am

Paddock opened fire from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel Sunday night upon concertgoers at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival. The shooting left 59 dead and at least 516 wounded. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)

Motives of Las Vegas shooter still undetermined

Diana Stancy Correll · October 3, 2017 1:13 am

The Washington Examiner has recently requested documents from the Garland Police Department. (Screengrab)

Victim of ‘Draw Muhammad’ ISIS-inspired terror attack sues FBI, accuses James Comey of cover-up

Todd Shepherd · October 2, 2017 9:35 pm

The scene of a mass shooting at a music festival on the Las Vegas Strip. Terrorism experts are reacting cautiously to an Islamic State claim that the gunman was a "soldier" of the terrorist group. (AP Photo/John Locher)

National Security

Terror experts want to see more evidence before believing ISIS claim in Las Vegas massacre

Jamie McIntyre, Travis J. Tritten · October 2, 2017 6:43 pm

Beltway Confidential

Why ISIS claimed the allegiance of Las Vegas shooter, Stephen Paddock

Tom Rogan · October 2, 2017 4:30 pm

A wounded woman is moved outside the Tropicana during an active shooter situation on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017. Multiple victims were being transported to hospitals after a shooting late Sunday at a music festival on the Las Vegas Strip. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

Brother of alleged Las Vegas shooter ‘completely dumbfounded’

Anna Giaritelli · October 2, 2017 3:41 pm