Keeping Guantanamo open will only hurt US

During his first State of the Union address, President Donald Trump announced the issuance of an executive order that ignored the conclusion shared by both the Obama and Bush administrations: The detention facility at Guantanamo Bay does more harm to the United States than good. The new executive order revokes the Obama administration's official policy to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay "as soon as practicable" and paves the way for new, additional detainees to be added to the existing detainee population.

How the BuzzFeed Lawsuit Might Open Mueller’s Investigation to Public View

Wouldn't if be ironic if the very document that started the whole Russia-collusion story ends up making a large portion of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation completely public? Last week I posted on the lawsuit filed by BuzzFeed against the DNC . BuzzFeed is locked in an existential battle with a Russian tech mogul named Aleksej Gubarev.

In 1930, he discovered photographic evidence of this former planet

On Feb. 18, 1678, the first part of "The Pilgrim's Progress," a Christian allegory by English author John Bunyan, was published in London. In 1930, photographic evidence of Pluto, now designated a "dwarf planet," was discovered by Clyde W. Tombaugh at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona.

Ap Fact Check: Trump on collapse of immigration effort

President Donald Trump is blaming Democrats for abandoning the young immigrants whose legal status is up in the air because of a step he took six months ago. Those immigrants, who arrived in the United States illegally as children, became a bargaining chip in legislation that collapsed this past week as Trump sought tougher border enforcement and limits on legal immigration, proposing steps that many Republicans as well as Democrats would not support.

Where Mueller’s probe could go from here

Special Counsel Robert Mueller's indictment of 13 Russian individuals and three organizations for allegedly interfering in the 2016 U.S. presidential election sets the stage for the prosecution of Americans who may have helped the Russian effort, some legal experts said. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein told reporters on Friday there was no allegation in the indictment that any American knew about the alleged scheme.

California man linked to probe by Mueller

A California man who pleaded guilty to identity theft as part of the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election was a self-described digital marketing strategist who once ran a web site that helped people get around security measures for online marketplaces such as Amazon and eBay. Richard Pinedo, 28, of Santa Paula, pleaded guilty this month to one count of identity fraud as part of the investigation, according to court documents made public Friday by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III.

Russian operatives launched attack on US election in 2014

A year before Donald Trump announced his presidential candidacy, two Russian operatives landed in the United States to lay groundwork for an intelligence operation targeting the legitimacy of the 2016 election. What began as a Cold War-like attack by an old adversary would mix old-fashioned political agitation with 21st century social media tools that ultimately roiled the election and shook the America's political landscape.

Grassley blasts AG over bill slam

Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles Grassley blasted Attorney General Jeff Sessions after Sessions criticized his criminal-justice overhaul a day before a committee vote. Sessions said in a letter that the legislation -- approved Thursday by the Judiciary Committee in a 16-5 vote -- could let the "very worst criminals" and gang members out of prison early.

Drug smuggler dumps 1800lbs of cocaine worth A 16.5m in sea

'Drug smugglers' desperately dump 1,800 lbs of cocaine worth A 16.5m off the side of a speedboat during a high-speed chase with the US Coast Guard A Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton apprehended the smugglers as part of an operation that seized seven tons of cocaine This is the shocking moment a suspected drug smuggler dumped millions of pounds worth of cocaine in the sea during a US Coast Guard chase. A person was caught on camera dumping 1,800lbs of cocaine into the waters, with an approximate street value of A 16.5 million.

U.S. defense budget with lavish purchase plan faces doubts

The U.S. Department of Defense on Monday rolled out its budget for fiscal year 2019, asking Congress for 716 billion U.S. dollars for arms purchases and a staff expansion, and bringing a slew of questions and doubts. The entire budget consists of three parts -- the base budget of 617 billion U.S. dollars, covering Pentagon operation costs and arms procurement, the war fund, or Overseas Contingency Operations, of 69 billion dollars, and the defense budget of 30 billion dollars to keep other government agencies functioning.

FBI sweep in NorCal nabs crime organization who sold meth, heroin on social media

Law enforcement officials including agents with the FBI stand outside a home on Rice Lane in rural Vacaville after an early morning raid at the home. Law enforcement officials confirmed that it was part of an FBI investigation that was conducted at multiple locations in Northern California.

The Curious Case of Melanija Knavs

First lady Melania Trump arrives in the House chamber before President Donald Trump's State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Jan. 30. President Donald Trump stood in the well of the House chamber on the penultimate night of January and spoke about undocumented immigrants with his familiar rhetoric . During his first State of the Union address, the "America first" president lambasted the country's immigration laws, saying they have for too long "allowed drugs and gangs to pour into our most vulnerable communities," cost poor Americans jobs, and "caused the loss of many innocent lives."