Tag: Terrorism

An injured person is carried in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017 after a white van jumped the sidewalk in the historic Las Ramblas district, crashing into a summer crowd of residents and tourists and injuring several people, police said. (AP Photo/Oriol Duran)

Beltway Confidential

Barcelona terrorist attack: Who, what, when, where, and why it happened

Tom Rogan · August 17, 2017 4:38 pm

Injured people are treated in Barcelona, Spain, after a white van jumped the sidewalk in the historic Las Ramblas district, crashing into a summer crowd of residents and tourists and injuring several people, police said. (AP Photo/Oriol Duran)

National Security

13 dead, dozens wounded after van plows into crowd in Barcelona’s Las Ramblas district

Anna Giaritelli · August 17, 2017 3:52 pm

Lionel Williams, 27, of Suffolk, Va., attempted to send money on two separate occasions to an individual he believed was an ISIS financier, according to a statement of facts filed with the plea agreement. The individual was actually an undercover FBI employee, who told Williams his donation had assisted purchasing a rocket-propelled grenade. (AP Photo, File)

Virginia man pleads guilty to attempting to provide material support to ISIS

Washington Examiner Staff · August 16, 2017 11:02 pm

The scene where a car plowed through a crowd of anti-facist counter-demonstrators marching through the downtown shopping district August 12, 2017 in Charlottesville, Virginia. The car plowed through the crowed following the shutdown of the 'Unite the Right' rally by police after white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the 'alt-right' and counter-protesters clashed near Emancipation Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be removed. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

House Homeland Security Committee to hold hearing on domestic terror threats after Charlottesville

Josh Siegel · August 16, 2017 10:27 pm

Al Qaeda is clearly doubling down on the Islamic State model of inspiring followers into attacks. (@JihadoScope/Twitter)

Beltway Confidential

Deciphering al Qaeda’s new rant: Gays are grotesque and trains are targets

Tom Rogan · August 16, 2017 9:00 pm

A federal appeals court has scheduled oral arguments for later this year on a soldier's lawsuit that claims the war against Islamic State is illegal. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil, File)

National Security

Trump’s war powers go before federal appeals court

Steven Nelson · August 16, 2017 3:32 pm

If President Trump had called the enemy by its name the first time, similar to the way he criticized former President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for not calling terrorist attacks perpetrated by the Islamic State or al Qaeda as "Radical Islamic Terrorism," we wouldn't be having this discussion. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

Charlottesville lessons for politicians: be specific, be consistent

Siraj Hashmi · August 15, 2017 5:05 pm

Why Won’t Trump Use the ‘T’ Word to Describe Charlottesville?

Max Boot · August 15, 2017 3:40 pm

President Trump flew to West Virginia to hold a rally in front of a friendly crowd on the same day it was reported that special counsel Robert Mueller had impaneled a grand jury in his Russia probe.

Trump allies ‘puzzled’ by slow rebuke of racist groups after Charlottesville

Gabby Morrongiello · August 15, 2017 4:01 am

The founder of an alt-right men's organization said he believes Boston's Democratic mayor, Marty Walsh, above, is using the Charlottesville tragedy to his political advantage.

Alt-right group founder: Boston mayor wants riots so he can ‘take more power’

Sean Langille · August 14, 2017 9:54 pm

Authorities were still investigating the incident, but the incident comes after an Algerian man drove his car into a group of French soldiers last week. (@Joyce_Karam/Twitter)

Suspect in deadly Paris crash was suicidal, not motivated by terrorism, police say

Josh Siegel · August 14, 2017 9:40 pm

Rep. Lou Correa of California said Congress needs to "investigate white supremacy domestic terrorism in America." (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

National Security

Homeland Democrat demands hearing on ‘white supremacist terrorism’ after Charlottesville

Susan Ferrechio · August 14, 2017 9:02 pm