The Pentagon Considers This Russian Sniper Rifle a Big Threat to US Soldiers. The NRA Helped Promote It.
In late 2016, the US Army released a report noting that the Russian military, through experience gained during fighting in Ukraine, was undergoing a transformation and becoming a more potent battlefield threat to American forces. One troublesome development identified by the report’s authors was the increased proficiency of Russian snipers. “The capabilities of a sniper…
A New ‘Guardian’ Report Shows Just How Far Team Trump Would Go to Discredit the Iran Deal
Cheriss May/Sipa USA/AP According to a new report from the Guardian, Trump aides hired an Israeli private intelligence firm to coordinate a “dirty ops” campaign against former Obama staffers who helped negotiate the Iran nuclear deal. The alleged plan was to discredit the agreement, which the president has called the “worst deal ever,” by digging up dirt on…
Trump Tried to Make a Russian MMA Reality Show. This Week the FBI Questioned its Star
MMA fighter Fedor Emelianenko with the Russian president in 2013Alexei Nikolsky/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. FBI agents questioned a Putin-friendly Russian MMA fighter this week while he was visiting the US for a major fight. Fedor Emelianenko arrived in Chicago on Tuesday and within hours, agents showed up at…
Rand Paul Reverses Himself, Agrees to Support Mike Pompeo
J. Scott Applewhite/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In a major reversal, Republican Sen. Rand Paul announced Monday afternoon that he would support Mike Pompeo’s nomination to be secretary of State. The Kentucky senator had previously criticized Pompeo’s support of the Iraq War and had threatened to vote against him…
The Trump Administration Just Announced More Sanctions Against Russia
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin during the APEC Summit in 2017.Jorge Silva/Pool Photo via AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In the wake of last week’s suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria, US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said on Sunday that the United…
Russia Warns of “Consequences” as Putin Denounces Syria Strikes
Russian President Vladimir Putin. April 14, 2018. Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Russian President Vladimir Putin denounced joint American, British, and French missile strikes on Syria as “an act of aggression against a sovereign state” and said he would seek an emergency meeting of the United Nations’ Security Council. “Russia condemns in the strongest…