Tag: New York

You can't defeat a reckless, destructive evil like terrorism through mere regulation. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Beltway Confidential

Let’s not cave to terrorists by banning cars in cities

Siraj Hashmi · November 3, 2017 9:07 pm

President Trump said the U.S. military will hit Islamic State"10 times harder" after every domestic terror attack. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump pledges ISIS will be hit ’10 times harder’ after every domestic terror act

Gabby Morrongiello · November 3, 2017 2:02 pm

In the wake of a deadly terror attack in Manhattan on Tuesday, Sayfullo Saipov has been charged by federal prosecutors with providing material support to ISIS and for violence and destruction of motor vehicles. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

National Security

ISIS calls New York City attacker ‘a Soldier of the Caliphate’

Daniel Chaitin · November 3, 2017 3:07 am

After CNN's Jake Tapper noted that "Allahu akbar," meaning "God is Great," is "sometimes said under the most beautiful of circumstances," right-leaning media outlets attacked him for sympathizing with the terrorists. (iStock)

Beltway Confidential

The debate over ‘Allahu akbar’ explained

Siraj Hashmi · November 3, 2017 12:07 am

Online brokerage TD Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts, who was also CEO of DNAinfo and had bought Gothamist earlier this year, decided to shut his media companies amid financial hardships and a successful union vote. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Billionaire CEO Joe Ricketts shuts down DNAinfo, Gothamist after union vote

Katie Leach · November 2, 2017 10:58 pm

Rep. Tom MacArthur, R-N.J., center, pauses while speaking to members of the media off the House Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

New Jersey Rep. Tom MacArthur wants cap on property tax deduction lifted in tax bill

Joseph Lawler · November 2, 2017 9:59 pm

After President Trump said he supported the death penalty for Sayfullo Saipov, GQ asked, "Why Does Donald Trump Want the Death Penalty for the New York Attack, But Not Las Vegas?" The Las Vegas shooter is already dead. (screenshot)

Beltway Confidential

GQ wins the award for this week’s dumbest Trump gotcha attempt

Becket Adams · November 2, 2017 8:41 pm

The teenager was on a school bus that was hit by the terror suspect's truck. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Student injured in New York City terror attack went to school the next day to keep perfect attendance record

Caitlin Yilek · November 2, 2017 5:59 pm

Trevor Noah criticized President Trump for responding more harshly to the New York City terror attack than he did to the mass shooting in Las Vegas. He then played a montage of Trump allies slamming people who "politicized" the Las Vegas massacre in the days following the shooting. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

National Security

Trevor Noah: ‘When it was a Nazi, Trump needed more facts. When it was a Muslim, that was the only fact he needed’

Caitlin Yilek · November 2, 2017 12:28 pm

President Trump calls for Sayfullo Saipov to be sentenced to death if convicted of killing eight people and wounding 12 others by running people down with a truck Tuesday in New York. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

National Security

Trump backtracks on sending NYC terror suspect to Guantanamo Bay

Anna Giaritelli · November 2, 2017 12:11 pm

Republican Sens. John McCain and Jeff Flake, both from Arizona and both members of the Gang of Eight, have said that a mix of mass legalization and border security should be the starting point of any immigration debate. The White House doesn't necessarily see it that way. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

For Republicans, ‘Gang of Eight’ was no grand immigration bargain

W. James Antle III · November 2, 2017 4:01 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