SecurityNews
Border Security Key to Curbing Coronavirus, Cuccinelli Says
Defending the southern border is a key part of protecting the United States from the coronavirus, a top U.S. immigration official said Friday. A border… Read More
SecurityAnalysis
Americans Don’t Realize How Much Law Enforcement Cares, Border Sheriff Says
Most people don’t understand the extent to which the Border Patrol and other law enforcement become humanitarian and first-aid responders for illegal immigrants trying to… Read More
SocietyNews
Bills Would Deny Federal Funds to Sanctuary States for Illegal Aliens
With a growing number of states declaring themselves sanctuaries for illegal immigrants, Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., are responding with legislation… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Iran’s Sham Parliamentary Elections Aim to Strengthen Hard-Liners’ Hand
Iran is preparing for another set of rigged parliamentary elections Friday. Once again, Iran’s clerical regime has vetoed the candidacies of almost half of the… Read More
SecurityNews
‘Endangers the Public’: Trump Tears Into LA Mayor Over Sanctuary Status
President Donald Trump accused Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti of endangering his community after the Democrat announced the city’s police department will not cooperate with… Read More
SecurityNews
As Trump Extends Emergency at Border, Here’s Why Arrests of Migrants Are Dropping
While President Donald Trump extends his declaration of a national emergency to use Defense Department money to build the southern border wall, illegal immigration in… Read More
SecurityNews
A General’s View of Why US Should Stay in Afghanistan
Despite overtures from the Taliban and declining interest among Americans, it is essential that the United States remain in Afghanistan, retired Army Gen. Jack Keane… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Palestinians Miss Opportunity by Rejecting Trump Peace Plan
President Donald Trump unveiled his long-awaited Israeli-Palestinian peace plan on Tuesday at a White House ceremony attended by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Trump declared… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Trump’s Peace Plan for Palestine Is Doomed to Fail
Twenty years ago, President Bill Clinton, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat met at Camp David where Barak offered… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Iranian Missile Attacks Offer Insights Into Tehran’s Intentions, Capabilities
Iran fired missiles at two U.S. bases in Iraq on Jan. 8, setting off a wave of speculation in the American media. Now that the… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Congress’ Animosity for Trump Is a National Security Hazard
What do the Iranian people, who have turned out in droves to protest their own government, know that many members of Congress don’t? They realize it’s their… Read More
SecurityNews
Homeland Security Officials Tout 100 Miles of New Border Wall
YUMA, Ariz.—Top officials in the Department of Homeland Security visited southern Arizona on Friday to commemorate completion of 100 miles of new border wall. Acting… Read More
InternationalCommentary
After Suleimani’s Death, Iran’s Theocracy Considers Its Options
After losing its top strategist, military commander, and arch-terrorist, Qassim Suleimani, the Iranian theocracy is weighing responses. One, Iran can quiet down and cease military… Read More
SecurityNews
Rep. Ilhan Omar Casts Iranians, Iraqis as Victims of Trump
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., berated President Donald Trump’s administration Thursday and cast the Iraqi people as victims on the House floor. Omar said the Trump… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Trump’s Handling of Iran Deserves Praise
Is it possible President Donald Trump may have perfectly played the Iran conflict? He’s been criticized for different and various reasons by people on the… Read More
PoliticsNews
House Democrats Approve War Powers Resolution Criticizing Trump’s Killing of Suleimani
The Democrat-controlled House approved a resolution late Thursday aimed at reining in President Donald Trump’s future actions on Iran and condemning him for not notifying… Read More
SecurityCommentary
A Growing Challenge for America’s Somalia Policy
In the early hours of Jan. 5, the al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group al-Shabaab attacked a joint Kenyan-American military base in Manda Bay, Kenya, where several hundred… Read More
InternationalNews
5 Top Iranian Officials You Should Know
Tensions between the United States and Iran seem to be deescalating again, but the countries clearly are still at loggerheads. Much media attention has been… Read More
SecurityNews
Trump Opts for More Sanctions, Not Military Action, After Iran’s Attack
Less than 24 hours after Iran fired 15 missiles at U.S. military facilities in Iraq, President Donald Trump signaled a strong desire to deescalate by… Read More
SecurityNews
Iran Fires 15 Ballistic Missiles at US Forces in Iraq
Iran lobbed more than a dozen ballistic missiles at U.S. military forces in Iraq, mostly at a remote base at al-Assad, the Defense Department said… Read More
SecurityCommentary
European Islamists’ Not-So-Happy Holidays Terrorism Plots
We are just one week into 2020, and already Europe has suffered its first Islamist terrorist attack of the year. On Friday, a 22-year-old French… Read More
SecurityNews
It’s Iranian Regime, Not US, That Threatens Persian Culture, Pompeo Says
The United States will not target “cultural sites” in Iran for military strikes, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, days after President Donald Trump alluded… Read More
SecurityNews
Toxic Politics Complicate President’s Obligation to Notify Congress of Military Strike
The confrontational political environment in Washington made it more difficult for the president to give Congress advance notice of the U.S. drone strike that killed… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Reputations and Respect Are Earned by Action, Not Talk
At the August 2017 gathering of the Aspen Security Forum, one of the prominent security conferences held annually in the United States, a panel discussed… Read More
5 Things to Know About Top Iranian General Killed by US Airstrike
President Donald Trump ordered an airstrike in Iraq on Thursday that killed Gen. Qassim Suleimani, one of the most senior members of the Iranian government…. Read More
SecurityCommentary
How US Strike Against Iranian General Changes Rules of Game in Iraq, Region
The U.S. airstrike Thursday night that killed Iranian Gen. Qassim Suleimani was a bold and decisive effort to remove a key Iranian military and terrorist… Read More
SecurityNews
Kurdish Opposition Prepares for War After Iran’s Top General Dies in US Drone Strike
KYIV, Ukraine—After a U.S. airstrike in Iraq killed Iran’s top military commander, members of a coalition of Iraq-based, Kurdish Iranian militias say they are ready… Read More
SecurityCommentary
For Israelis, the Term ‘Safe Spaces’ Isn’t Academic
In American academia, a “safe space” is an environment in which a person or an identity group can seek “shelter” from being exposed to perceived… Read More
SecurityNews
Political Tensions Rise as US Strike Kills Iran’s Suleimani
Iran is threatening retaliation and Iraq is considering forcing U.S. officials out of the country after an American drone strike killed Qassem Suleimani, the notorious… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Staying Safe and Keeping the Season Bright
As much as we’d like to relax and just enjoy the holiday season—the shopping, the music, the tastes, and the scents—we unfortunately must not lose… Read More
