Tag: Terrorism

Emergency workers stand at a scene after a man, wielding a long knife, attempted to stab several people in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019.

VIDEO: Stabbing rampage in Australia is thwarted after leaving 1 dead and 1 wounded

Zach Halaschak · August 13, 2019 11:52 am

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., walks past the West Wing on his way to a television interview on the North Lawn of the White House in Washington.

Steve Scalise says domestic terrorism should be a federal crime

Jerry Dunleavy · August 11, 2019 5:11 pm

The Pennsylvania Avenue entrance of the J. Edgar Hoover Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) Building is seen in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017.

FBI may have stopped attack on mosques and synagogues by arresting man on child porn charges

Jerry Dunleavy · August 9, 2019 2:50 am

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, center, who has declared himself the interim president of Venezuela, greets supporters as he arrives at a demonstration demanding the resignation of President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas, Venezuela.

US brings ISIS fighters home for trial, but extremists could benefit from other nations’ inaction

Jerry Dunleavy · August 7, 2019 10:21 pm

Large excavator under the blue sky white cloud features of artistic expression.

Beltway Confidential

The State Department puts China first on rare earth metals

Michael Rubin · August 7, 2019 5:58 pm

National Security

Civilian casualties in Afghanistan surged as US met Taliban to discuss peace

Russ Read · August 5, 2019 11:48 pm

People survey the aftermath of a fiery car crash outside the National Cancer Institute in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Aug. 5, 2019. The multiple-car crash set off an explosion that ignited a fire at Egypt's main cancer hospital, the government said.

Egypt blames Islamist militants for blast that killed 20

Caitlin Yilek · August 5, 2019 4:52 pm

Tom Brokaw attends the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival opening night premiere of "Live From New York!" at The Beacon Theatre on Wednesday, April 15, 2015, in New York.

Tom Brokaw warns of a ‘homegrown 9/11’

Mike Brest · August 5, 2019 3:23 pm

President Donald Trump speaks to the media before leaving the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 2, 2019, for the short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., and onto his Bedminster, N.J., golf club.

‘Hate has no place in our country’: Trump responds to mass shootings

Hunter Lovell · August 4, 2019 9:35 pm

2020 Democratic Presidential Candidates.

2020 Democrats agree: Trump is responsible for El Paso shooting

Julio Rosas · August 4, 2019 9:02 pm

Law enforcement from different agencies work the scene of a shooting at a shopping mall in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019. Multiple people were killed and one person was in custody after a shooter went on a rampage at a shopping mall, police in the Texas border town of El Paso said.

Prosecutors treating El Paso as domestic terrorism and will seek death penalty

Jerry Dunleavy · August 4, 2019 8:49 pm

Al Qaeda ‘as strong as it has ever been’ and ISIS spreading, top US counterterrorism official warns

Joel Gehrke · August 1, 2019 8:17 pm