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November 2, 2020

Vienna attacks that killed 3 involved at least one 'Islamist terrorist'

At least two civilians were killed and more than a dozen injured during a terror attack from several locations in Vienna, Austria, on Monday.

November 2, 2020

Not so 'ideological'? Volunteer group warns of planned Antifa election violence, regardless of outcome

Local and federal law enforcement agencies around the country have had security plans drawn up for weeks in anticipation of any possible civil unrest that may be triggered by the results of the 2020 presidential election.

October 31, 2020

One year later, families of Americans massacred by Mexican cartel say next to nothing has changed

It started off like any other ordinary Monday morning and it all changed in an instance.

October 30, 2020

Secretary of State Pompeo: America First foreign policy is succeeding

President Trump promised the American people that he would put their interests first, and make that pledge the foundation of every foreign policy decision he made. That approach has delivered historic outcomes for the American people.

October 29, 2020

US moves forward with seizure of Iranian missiles, petroleum bound for Yemen, Venezuela

The Justice Department announced court filings Thursday in a formal bid to force the forfeiture of multiple shipments of Iranian missiles bound for Yemen and for the sale of oil bound for Venezuela that the U.S. Navy has confiscated.

October 21, 2020

Taliban attacks increase as US troops move toward total withdrawal from Afghanistan

National Defense Secretary Robert O'Brien affirmed this week that the Pentagon was working to carry out President Trump's vow to further diminish U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan, slashing numbers to just 2,500 by early next year. However, Trump has pushed the envelope even further in recent days – advocating that all troops be brought home by Christmas.

October 7, 2020

2 ISIS 'Beatles' indicted in US on charges linked to beheadings of American hostages

Two British Islamic State terror suspects known as the “Beatles” were indicted Wednesday in the torturing and beheading of American aid workers and journalists among others once held hostage in Syria, according to court documents that went public Wednesday.

September 13, 2020

David Wurmser: High-stakes Afghan-Taliban peace talks open as Trump seeks to halt ‘endless wars’

Exactly 19 years and one day after the 9/11 attacks masterminded by Afghanistan-based Al Qaeda terrorists killed nearly 3,000 people in the U.S., Secretary of State Mike Pompeo joined representatives of the Taliban and the Afghan government in Qatar on Saturday to kick off peace talks.

September 11, 2020

Wolf says 'lone, homegrown' terror threat is top DHS focus 19 years after 9/11

Nineteen years after Al Qaeda attacked America, the terror threat to the United States has "changed and it's morphed over the years," Acting Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Chad Wolf told "Special Report" Friday.

September 11, 2020

Derrick Van Orden: This Sept. 11 Antifa is attacking us from within — President Lincoln had good advice

Now our cities are burning, occupied, and under attack from Antifa — a small group that believes some of the same things as the 9/11 terrorists.