Tag: Joel Gehrke

Law enforcement groups maintain that civil asset forfeiture is a useful tool. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

Senators ask Jeff Sessions to curb cops’ authority to confiscate money

Joel Gehrke · May 31, 2017 3:51 pm

Such public back-slapping could be an act of gamesmanship on both sides, which have different motives for putting different kinds of pressure on the United States. (AP)

National Security

Putin follows Trump with his own Saudi Arabia meeting

Joel Gehrke · May 30, 2017 8:46 pm

"Allies do not threaten U.S. troops and allies do not attack U.S. citizens on American soil," Florida Republicans Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Gus Bilirakis wrote in a letter Thursday to the Trump administration. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool)

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Lawmakers demand Turkey be punished like Russia

Joel Gehrke · May 27, 2017 12:00 pm

Tillerson's remarks, in a joint press conference with UK Foreign Minister Boris Johnson, came as the U.K. deals with the aftermath of the suicide bombing in Manchester. (Toby Melville/Pool Photo via AP)

Rex Tillerson: West must do a better job making immigrants feel welcome

Joel Gehrke · May 26, 2017 3:15 pm

That warning points to the strategic significance of the Syrian civil war, beyond the importance of defeating the Islamic State. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

National Security

Lawmakers warn: Iran wants military base in Syria near Israel

Joel Gehrke · May 25, 2017 9:32 pm

Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., walks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, May 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Bob Goodlatte urges Sessions to seize money directed to Obama’s ‘liberal friends’

Joel Gehrke · May 25, 2017 8:39 pm

U.S. and Turkish diplomats seem inclined to let the matter drop rather than risk interference in counterterrorism efforts, but House leaders plan to vote on a resolution rebuking Erdogan over the attack. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

Lawmakers push Trump to punish Erdogan over embassy violence

Joel Gehrke · May 25, 2017 6:19 pm

The spy ring obtained the trade secrets in part by bribing employees of the other company, which is not named in the affidavit. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Feds bust Chinese corporate spy ring

Joel Gehrke · May 24, 2017 8:12 pm

A veteran of the George W. Bush administration, Sullivan was originally chosen by Trump to be the top lawyer at the Defense Department. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

National Security

Senate confirms John Sullivan as deputy secretary of state

Joel Gehrke · May 24, 2017 7:21 pm

Montgomery County, Md., Police Chief Thomas Manger believes MS-13 is expanding its list of extortion targets to legitimate businesses, beyond the illegal ones they currently extort. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

National Security

MS-13 extorting businesses in DC suburb: Police chief

Joel Gehrke · May 24, 2017 5:23 pm

There are signs Trump is aware that the deal could help him address the problem. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

Trump gets new leverage over radical Saudi clerics, Republicans say

Joel Gehrke · May 24, 2017 4:01 am

Sen. Ted Cruz praised the new bipartisan effort as a fulfillment of former President Ronald Reagan's vision. The plan comes as Russia calls for expanding its space-based missile defense efforts.

National Security

Senators turn to space for next step in missile defense

Joel Gehrke · May 23, 2017 8:47 pm