Trump unhappy with JFK files secrecy

It was a showdown 25 years in the making: With the world itching to finally get a look at classified Kennedy assassination files, and the deadline for their release just hours away, intelligence officials were still angling for a way to keep their secrets. President Donald Trump, the one man able to block the release, did not appreciate their persistence.

Pro-GOP web site funded anti-Trump dossier

A conservative website with strong ties to the Republican establishment triggered the investigation into Donald Trump's past that ultimately produced the dossier that alleged a compromised relationship between the president and the Kremlin. The Washington Free Beacon on Friday confirmed it originally retained the political research firm Fusion GPS to scour then-candidate Trump's background for negative information, a common practice known as "opposition research" in politics.

American Refugee Visits His Native Parallel Universe: Beauty and Horror

It's one thing to read about the United States in the news every day, or hear about the growing sociopolitical insanity from friends via the Internet. It is another thing altogether to come back to the land of one's birth and citizenship for a few weeks, and to observe it all directly.

Hogan signs order opposing BDS, bars state business with companies that boycott Israel

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan signed an executive order on Monday that prohibits the state from doing business with companies engaged in a boycott of Israel. Hogan took the executive action against the Boycott, Divest and Sanction movement , an effort started in 2005 by a coalition of Palestinian organizations in response to Israel's occupation of the West Bank territory.

Fake news purveyors regularly cited a Twitter account revealed to be Russian propaganda

Fake news purveyors have repeatedly promoted tweets from a Twitter account that was run by Russian operatives, often framing their articles directly around the account. In September, Facebook announced that a Russian firm tied to the Kremlin, the Internet Research Agency, had bought at least $100,000 worth of advertisements on its platform during the 2016 election.