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John Brennan Fast Facts

Was considered a shoo-in for the position of CIA director after President Barack Obama’s election in November 2008. Brennan dropped out of the running for the job after being criticized for supporting the enhanced terrorist interrogation techniques in use since September 11, 2001.

Hundreds march downtown to protest President Trump

Hours after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States, dozens of protesters voiced their opposition to the new administration in downtown San Diego. Hours after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States, dozens of protesters voiced their opposition to the new administration in downtown San Diego.

Trump Reportedly Interested in a Mars Mission

Trump also talked with historian Douglas Brinkley about the Apollo program and how it brought the country together in the 1960s. [Washington Post] night’s scheduled launch of a missile warning satellite on an Atlas 5. The launch was first delayed by sensor problems with the rocket, and later when an aircraft entered restricted airspace.

Trump boasts about his ‘big victory’: ‘I outworked anybody who ever ran for office’

On the eve of his inauguration, President-elect Donald Trump boasted to campaign donors about his election victory and the hard work behind it and touted an incoming Cabinet “the likes of which has never been appointed.” An upbeat Trump delivered meandering remarks Thursday night at a black-tie “candlelight dinner” for donors at Union Station that capped off a day of inaugural activities in advance of his swearing in as the nation’s 45th president on Friday.

Live blog: Inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump

The inauguration ceremony of President-elect Donald Trump is scheduled to begin at 11:30 a.m. on Friday at the west front of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington D.C. overlooking the National Mall. Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. will administer the oath of office at approximately noon.

Ramping Up For ADS-B

Pilots who fly in Southern California’s busy airspace will soon be expected to follow new procedures, so the FAA has planned a… While we were preparing to shut down at a tie down spot at Henderson Airport, Las Vegas, ground control was directing a taxiing Piper …… In the Flytenow case, the FAA applied old thinking that doesn’t work in a world where technology moves at the speed of heat. They’ve moldered on my office shelf, unused, for more than a decade.

Perry ‘can’t answer’ whether Trump plans DOE cuts

Two Democratic members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee asked Perry at his confirmation hearing to confirm a report that morning in The Hill regarding cuts to physics, computing, energy efficiency, fossil energy and more at DOE. “I think all of us, having been in the business we’ve been in for the years that we have, know that there are always a lot of statements.

NASA issues climate warning before Trump inauguration

Last year was the hottest on record with temperatures rising across the planet, NASA has warned, just days before climate change denier Donald Trump takes over the US presidency. National Aeronautics and Space Administration and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration research was published yesterday ahead of Friday’s inauguration of Trump, who has voiced support for polluting fossil fuel industries.

Exiting rail safety chief looks to technology to save lives

The February 2015 crash highlighted a problem that has plagued the railroad industry since the invention of the automobile: the potential for danger wherever tracks and roads meet. Feinberg, a 39-year-old former Obama White House adviser whose lack of railroad industry experience initially drew criticism, sought a new approach.

While We’re On My Favorite Subject

Imagine you’re behind the wheel when your brakes fail. As you speed toward a crowded crosswalk, you’re confronted with an impossible choice: veer right and mow down a large group of elderly people, or veer left into a woman pushing a stroller.

Trump’s populism won’t work, says former Treasury chief

U.S. economist Larry Summers speaks during a panel on the second day of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017. U.S. economist Larry Summers speaks during a panel on the second day of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017.

Live updates: Trump nominees talk science

Nelson asked whether Ross would support NOAA’s scientific integrity policy, which lays out how agency scientists can clearly communicate scientific results without political interference. “I support the dissemination of valid information to the public,” Ross said.

Faking History To Make The Black Kids Feel Good

A known quantity in the faking department is Rev. Al Sharpton. In a video that gets considerable play on TV, Sharpton informs a rapt audience that “white folks” were cave dwellers when blacks were building empires and pyramids; teaching philosophy, astrology and mathematics.

Did we really elect Donald Trump?

Republicans can argue until their last breath that Trump objectors are sore losers, but isn’t more at stake than “mere politics”? This phrase has been rendered quaint by such serious issues as: Russian hackers apparently trying to tilt the election toward Donald Trump; the FBI’s possibly politically motivated practices; Trump’s initial resistance to the conclusions of the U.S. intelligence community; Trump’s refusal to release tax records, which might mollify concerns about his relationship with Russia. These aren’t partisan issues, or shouldn’t be, as evidenced by the Justice Department inspector general’s decision to investigate how FBI Director James Comey handled the probe of Hillary Clinton’s email and private server.

Ignoring Trump’s Skepticism, Davos Elite Bets on Climate Change

Donald Trump has often ridiculed global warming and promised to withdraw the U.S. from the global accord signed in Paris in 2015. Yet despite the change of political weather in Washington, the captains of business and finance gathered in Davos this week will spend a lot of time talking about climate change — and how to make money from it.

Kathleen Parker: Did we really elect Donald Trump?

Republicans can argue until their last breath that Trump objectors are sore losers, but isn’t more at stake than “mere politics”? This phrase has been rendered quaint by such serious issues as Russian hackers apparently trying to tilt the election toward Donald Trump; the FBI’s possibly politically motivated practices; Trump’s initial resistance to the conclusions of the U.S. intelligence community; Trump’s refusal to release tax records, which might mollify concerns about his relationship with Russia. These aren’t partisan issues, or shouldn’t be, as evidenced by the Justice Department inspector general’s decision to investigate how FBI Director James B. Comey handled the probe of Hillary Clinton’s email and private server.

SpaceX Returns to Flight With Successful Falcon 9 Launch

SpaceX ‘s Falcon 9 returned to flight, launching successfully from Vandenburg Air Force Base in California today, just four and a half months after a fiery explosion destroyed Facebook’s AMOS-6 satellite. An investigation conducted by SpaceX concluded that the September 1 explosion was likely caused by a failure of a pressurized second-stage tank.

Hidden figures: What Trump’s AG pick Jeff Sessions wants to keep in the shadows

As the Senate hearings for Jeff Sessions’ nomination as attorney general ran into their second day, I kept thinking about the movie “Hidden Figures,” which my wife Judith and I saw three days earlier. The film is based on a book by Margot Lee Shetterly about three African-American women in the early 1960s who lived in the segregated South while working on NASA’s first manned space missions.

Guccifer 2.0 & me

Who or what is Guccifer 2.0? US intelligence agencies believe the mysterious hacker persona was central to efforts to interfere with last year’s American election and responsible for distributing hacked documents that embarrassed the Democratic Party. But now Guccifer 2.0 has broken a two-month silence to deny any connection to Russia.

British ex spy behind Trump dossier seen as a cool operator

Christopher Steele, the one-time British spy who has compiled an explosive dossier on President-elect Donald Trump, is a well-regarded operative who wouldn’t make up stories to satisfy his clients, according to diplomatic and intelligence experts who know him. Steele, 52, worked for MI6, Britain’s overseas intelligence agency, and served in Moscow in the early 1990s.

God’s Wording

My youth in the very Protestant North Carolina of the 1940s was suffused with Bible translation. One version stood supreme and virtually alone: the King James, or Authorized, version of 1611, whose words and rhythms remain the stuff of memory.

Russian hackers could go after Congress next a ” and not just to read their email

Members of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday took turns questioning top intelligence officials, who say investigative agencies found compelling evidence of Russian cyber-hacking throughout the 2016 election cycle. Senate Intelligence Committee member Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., during the committee’s hearing Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, on Russian intelligence activities.

Trump’s boldest campaign promises are getting a reality check

President-elect Donald Trump holds his first news conference since July 27, 2016, on Jan. 11, 2017, in New York City. During his campaign, Donald Trump repeatedly promised voters a “big, beautiful wall,” an Obamacare replacement ” immediately ” and a new era for a Veterans Affairs agency that had “failed” service members.