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23 Firearms Go Lost or Stolen From ATF Agents
More than 23 firearms issued for agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were either were lost or stolen between 2014 and 2017, a government watchdog reported Monday. A total of 26 weapons were reported lost, stolen, or missing, though three were lost or stolen during shipment, including one used in a crime, according… -
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5 Questions for Martin Luther King Jr.’s Niece, 50 Years After His Murder
Longtime pro-life activist Alveda King, a niece of Martin Luther King Jr., spoke recently with The Daily Signal about her uncle’s legacy in advancing civil rights for black Americans as the nation marks the 50th anniversary of his assassination April 4. Alveda King, 67, is the first of five children of King’s younger brother, A.D…. -
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5 Things to Know About the Prosecutor Probing FBI, Justice Department Actions
While Attorney General Jeff Sessions has decided to hold off on naming a second special counsel, he reached well outside Washington for a federal prosecutor to investigate possible wrongdoing by the FBI and Justice Department. “The [Justice] Department is not above criticism and it can never be that the department conceals errors when they occur,”… -
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Self-Defense: 12 Cases Where Law-Abiding Americans With Guns Saved Lives, Prevented Crimes
In the gun control debate that reignited after the Feb. 14 shooting at a Florida high school, much of the mainstream media appears to have joined in calls for stricter laws restricting gun ownership for Americans. What the media pundits aren’t talking about so much, however, is how often guns in the right hands have… -
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Calls Grow for Second Special Counsel to Probe Justice Department Conduct
Lying to Congress, misleading a special surveillance court, and failing to disclose conflicts of interest are among possible wrongdoing that a second special counsel could investigate in connection with allegations of a politicized, partisan Justice Department. As special counsel Robert Mueller continues his investigation of alleged collusion with Russia by Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, congressional… -
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College Rejects Ben Shapiro Speech on Anniversary of Hate Crime Hoax
A private college in Minnesota refused to allow conservative author and commentator Ben Shapiro to speak on the anniversary of a hate crime hoax at the school. The Turning Point USA chapter at St. Olaf College attempted to invite Shapiro to speak April 23, but the campus administration shut down the proposal, citing the date… -
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FBI Political Correctness Allowed This Islamist Teenager to Carry Out Attack
A sickening act of youth violence in Florida glinted across the news headlines last week, and then disappeared from view. There will be no CNN town halls or student walkouts over the lost life and preventable tragedy, because there are no guns to blame. Only dropped balls. As the exploiters of crisis know full well,… -
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Trump: Sanctuary State Places ‘Innocent Americans at the Mercy of Hardened Criminals’
Mary Ann Mendoza was enraged that the illegal immigrant who killed her son—police Sgt. Brandon Mendoza—wasn’t deported for a crime committed in Colorado two decades earlier. “They are not sanctuary cities, they are outlaw cities,” @SenTomCotton said. Though she wrote a letter to President Barack Obama after her son’s death in 2014 expressing her concern,… -
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FBI Deputy Andrew McCabe Says He Was Fired to Undermine Special Counsel’s Russia Probe
Andrew McCabe, the former No. 2 FBI official fired at the weekend by the attorney general, called his dismissal an attempt to undermine special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, according to a report by The New York Times. Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired McCabe Friday night over allegations he authorized the disclosure of… -
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Senate Panel Calls for Special Counsel to Investigate DOJ Handling of Dossier
Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee are formally calling for a second special counsel to investigate the FBI and Justice Department’s handling of the Steele dossier. The Republicans, led by Chairman Chuck Grassley, last month called on the Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General to explore the FBI and DOJ’s handling of the salacious… -
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Utah Attorney General Credits School Safety App for Intercepting 86 ‘Credible’ Threats
Students and teachers at Utah schools have access to an app that allows users to report threats of violence and seek help from crisis counselors. The software application, designed to promote school safety and student well-being, has flagged 86 credible threats of school violence over two years, Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes said in a… -
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House Majority Leader Says Lawmakers Will Question FBI on Parkland ‘Failures’
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said Tuesday that lawmakers will be looking into why law enforcement failed to act quickly in the Feb. 14 Parkland, Florida, shooting. “We will also have the FBI up here talking to the Oversight and Judiciary [committees] on where the failures happened and why, to make sure they can… -
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Over 500 Members of MS-13 Linked to Crime in 22 States
More than 500 members of the violent gang MS-13 have been arrested or charged with crimes in 22 states since 2012, a new report says. The states with the most criminal cases related to MS-13 were California, with 92; Maryland, 85; New York, 80; and Virginia, 63, according to the report by Jessica Vaughan, director… -
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4 Years After the Revolution, Ukraine Still Battles Corruption and Russian Aggression
KYIV, Ukraine—Four years ago this week, central Kyiv resembled a quieted urban battlefield. Ukraine’s capital city was, at that time, reeling from months of street protests and a revolution in which nearly 130 people died. The city’s central square, the Maidan, was left a charred ruin, still brimming with protester encampments and ad hoc defensive… -
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Why Conservatives Must Be Part of Reforming Criminal Justice
The nation’s criminal justice system is “broken” in some ways, especially as it affects women and minorities, leaders said in discussing the need for reform during the largest annual gathering of conservative activists. Rep. Mark Walker, R-N.C., chairman of the largest Republican caucus in Congress, and Pat Nolan, director of the American Conservative Union’s Foundation… -
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Fact Check: Are Most Gun Crimes Committed With Handguns?
Sen. James Lankford said on NBC's "Meet the Press" that at least three times as many crimes are committed with handguns than with rifles. Verdict: True Handguns are used in about nine times as many murders and eight times as many nonfatal violent crimes than rifles, shotguns, and other firearms combined. Fact Check: Lankford, R-Okla., pointed… -
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Russian Aggression, Rising Crime Rates Could Factor in Swedish Elections
When Swedes go to the polls in September, it will be with a backdrop of increasing crime and renewed concern over Russian aggression. In January, a man at a train station on the outskirts of Stockholm died after picking up a discarded grenade, which he mistook for a toy. In August 2016, an 8-year-old British… -
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Justice Department Task Force to Crack Down on Election Interference
The Department of Justice announced Tuesday the creation of a cyber task force, including the FBI, that will counter efforts to interfere with U.S. elections. Attorney General Jeff Sessions signed a memorandum Friday, less than one week after special counsel Robert Mueller indicted 13 Russians for interfering with the the 2016 presidential election. Sessions warned of the dangers… -
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FBI Failed to Investigate Florida Shooter Despite Long History of Concerning Behavior
In the wake of the horrific shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Broward County, Florida, news and social media once again lit up with calls to “do something” about gun violence. Despite a general lack of basic details surrounding the tragedy, many immediately (and erroneously) blamed President Donald Trump and Republicans for failing… -
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Justice Department Official Hid Wife’s Payments by Anti-Trump Researcher
Bruce Ohr, the Department of Justice official who brought opposition research on Donald Trump to the FBI in 2016, did not disclose that the company that produced it at the Democratic National Committee’s behest was paying his wife, documents obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation show. Ohr also did not obtain a conflict of…