What’s Personal About the Westminster Bridge Attack

The first I heard about the attack here was an e-mail from my son's school yesterday afternoon informing parents that "there has been a security incident at the Houses of Parliament" but that "Pupils and Staff are all safe." His school is literally next door to Westminster Abbey, about two blocks from Big Ben.

Trump adviser: Steve Bannon makes the cover of al-Qaeda newspaper

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10,000 Chinese Troops March West For ‘All-Out Offensive’ Against Terrorism

Thousands of Chinese troops have poured into China's unruly Western regions for an "all-out offensive" against terrorism and violent extremism. In a show of force, 10,000 armed police held a rally in Urumqi, Xinjiang, where hundreds of people have died over the past few years, reports Reuters.

Dana Milbank: Trumpa s takeover of conservatism is complete

President Trump, addressing the annual Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday, reminisced about the “very exciting” moment several years ago when he had his coming out as a conservative. I was there when Trump spoke at that 2011 CPAC gathering, at its former site in the Marriott ballroom in Washington's Woodley Park neighborhood.

Trump aide and anti-Muslim extremist Sebastian Gorka goes into meltdown over Twitter posts

Donald Trump has won the presidency after narrowly carrying a few states to put him above 270 electoral votes. But... Despite promising to release his tax returns in a televised debate with Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump continues to show that... **NOTE: THE FORM LETTER IS BLANK.

Iraqi suicide bomber was ex-Gitmo detainee

A suicide bomber who attacked a military base in Iraq this week was a former Guantanamo Bay detainee freed in 2004 after Britain lobbied for his release, raising questions about the ability of security services to track the whereabouts of potential terrorists. The Islamic State group identified the bomber as Abu Zakariya al-Britani, and two British security officials also confirmed the man was a 50-year-old Briton formerly known as Ronald Fiddler and as Jamal al-Harith.

Robert Harward Turns Down Trump’s Request To Replace Michael Flynn

Hours after Thursday's rambling press conference where Trump lamented the messy country he inherited, the Financial Times reported the president's top choice for National Security Adviser has withdrawn from consideration. In an unusual move for President Trump, his pick to replace ousted national security adviser Michael Flynn wasn't alarming.

Why Designating Muslim Brotherhood ‘Terrorists’ will harm Democracy at home and Abroad

A US government designation of the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization, which the Trump administration is reportedly considering, would threaten the rights to association of Muslim groups in the United States. Such a designation would also undermine the ability of the Muslim Brotherhood's members and supporters to participate in democratic politics abroad.

Trump must Return to ‘Peace Through Strength’

One of the issues that helped elect President Ronald Reagan in 1980 was the fact that President Jimmy Carter, ironically a Navy veteran, had left the United States military gasping for air with planes that couldn't fly and ships that couldn't sail for lack of trained crews or spare parts or both. Reagan would go on the build his 600-ship navy, start development of missile defense, etc.

Pitts: White terrorism not as bad as Muslim terrorism?

That, believe it or not, was the crux of an argument Sean Duffy, a Re-publican representative from Wisconsin, made last week on CNN. What follows has been condensed for space, but it unfolded like this: Asked by anchor Alisyn Camerota about the Trump regime's failure to condemn a recent massacre in which six Muslims were killed by a white extremist in Quebec, Duffy allowed that, "Murder on both sides is wrong," but insisted, "There is a difference."

US Commander: Russia’s Increasing Involvement in Afghanistan Intended …

Gen. John Nicholson, the commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, told Congress that Russia's interference in Afghanistan began in 2016 and is progressing. "I think their goal is, undermine the United States and NATO in Afghanistan," Nicholson told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday.

Trump might designate IRGC, Muslim Brotherhood terror groups

The White House is weighing designating the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and the Muslim Brotherhood as "Foreign Terrorist Organizations," administration officials familiar with the deliberations told CNN. But executive orders on the matter have been put on hold amid pushback from national security agencies concerned about the consequences of such a move, they said.