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President Donald Trump is drawing criticism from Republicans and Democrats for not explicitly denouncing white supremacists in the aftermath of violent clashes in Virginia, with lawmakers saying he needs to take a public stand against groups that espouse racism and hate. Trump, while on a working vacation at his New Jersey golf club, addressed the nation Saturday soon after a car plowed into a group of anti-racist counter-protesters in Charlottesville, a college town where neo-Nazis and white nationalists had assembled for march.
Several GOP senators ripped into President Trump Saturday after he delivered a tepid statement on the violence at a white supremacist rally in Virginia. "Mr. President - we must call evil by its name," Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado tweeted.
As news broke of a terrorist attack in Paris in November 2015, Trump immediately tweeted that he was praying for "the victims and hostages." Very soon after a shooting at an Orlando nightclub in June 2016, Trump tweeted that he was "right on radical Islamic terrorism."
Rescue personnel help injured people after a car ran into a large group of protesters after an white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Aug 12, 2017. CHARLOTTESVILLE: The death toll from violence at a US far-right rally on Saturday has climbed to three, an official in the city of Charlottesville, Virginia said.
Multiple news outlets are reporting the suspect police say drove over multiple people at a white-nationalist rally is James Alex Fields Jr., of Maumee, Ohio and he is facing multiple charges including second-degree murder. Video of the incident shows the car driving at a high rate of speed over multiple counter-protesters at the rally.
Washington, Aug 11 President Donald Trump has said that he is close to taking a decision on Afghanistan, for which his administration is carrying out a review of policy, with Senator John McCain unveiling his own plan for the war-torn country. "We are getting close.
REPUBLICAN Senator John McCain has launched his own Afghanistan strategy, saying Donald Trump has done nothing for the troops and that they 'deserve better'. Senator McCain declared that "America is adrift in Afghanistan" as he unveiled a war strategy of his own that includes more US combat forces and greater counter-terrorism efforts.
In today's Star Tribune Stephen Montemayor takes up the fate of the Minnesota edition of the Obama administration's Countering Violent Extremism Program. The Obama administration's approach to the problem of radical Islamic terrorism was fraught with stupidity and euphemism.
The Turkish Armed Forces are massing on the Syrian border days after a reshuffle of top brass in the country's military in anticipation of a potential invasion that could dramatically complicate Syria's ongoing civil war. Kurdish militia backed by U.S. forces are currently taking part in an assault against the Islamic State group in their Syrian stronghold Raqqa.
While most attention has been focused on the Russia elements of the bipartisan sanctions bill signed by President Trump on Wednesday, the legislation also for the first time targets Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps for its support for terrorism. In recent weeks Iranian officials have warned that naming the IRGC a terror-sponsoring group could lead to violence, with armed forces chief Maj.
Republicans raged over what they called the White House's weak and dangerous decision last week to prosecute in federal court a man suspected of belonging to Al Qaeda, rather than shipping him off to the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Sorry, wrong year.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte vowed Monday to continue his bloody war on illegal drugs despite international and domestic criticism and warned that offenders will end up in "jail or hell." In his second state of the nation speech, Duterte also insisted he would not hold peace talks with communist rebels because of continuing attacks.
The Trump administration has transferred an Algerian terror suspect from Spain to the United States to be tried in federal court rather than at the Guantnamo Bay naval prison. Ali Charaf Damache was extradited from Spain and arrived in Philadelphia on Friday, where he made an initial appearance in court on charges of conspiring to provide material support to terrorists, the Justice Department says.
The Trump administration has transferred an Algerian terror suspect from Spain to the United States to be tried in federal court rather than at the Guantanamo Bay naval prison. Ali Charaf Damache was extradited from Spain and arrived in Philadelphia on Friday, where he made an initial appearance in court on charges of conspiring to provide material support to terrorists, the Justice Department says.
Despite the efforts of U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson , the Trump administration is continuing to pursue a harmful and cruel travel ban. If they succeed, approved refugees who cannot show a "bona fide relation" in the U.S. would remain in their current tenuous situation, facing an uncertain future.
Breaking From Campaign Rhetoric, Trump Brings Terrorism Suspect to U.S. for Trial - WASHINGTON - The Trump administration has brought an Al Qaeda suspect to the United States to face trial in federal court, backing off its hard-line position that terrorist suspects should be sent
The program began in 2013 under the Obama administration as a way to indirectly fight the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. It's had a rough track record: CIA weapons have ended up on the black market, and the newly-armed rebels have sometimes bolstered more radical groups - or fought with other U.S.-backed rebels.
Devon Arthurs, 18, was arrested after leading police to the bodies of his two roommates. He told officers he killed them because they disrespected his recent conversion to Islam.
A Filipino doctor accused of plotting terror attacks in the United States was arrested months ago in the Philippines for his alleged involvement in kidnappings and beheadings blamed on pro-Islamic State group militants, an official said Saturday. Chief State Counsel Ricardo Paras said a Manila court is weighing a US government request that Russell Salic be extradited to face terrorism financing complaints.