President-elect Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE on Wednesday said his transition process is going “very, very smoothly.” Trump told reporters his meetings were…
Israel launched multiple air strikes across Syria on Sunday in response to an attack on an Israeli defense contractor’s vehicle in the Israel-occupied Golan Heights on the Syria border. Click Here: Cardiff Blues Store In a statement released Monday, the Israeli military stated, “IDF targeted nine Syrian military positions, confirming direct hits.” This appears to…
A Swedish court ruled on Wednesday to uphold an arrest warrant against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange related to investigation in that country surrounding allegations of sexual assault. Judge Lena Egelin said the warrant will remain in place, but Assange’s lawyers plan to appeal the ruling. Swedish reporter Per Nyberg tweeted: Assange, who is Australian, has…
Wikileaks has revealed a secret court order in Australia to censor reporting on a massive, years-long political bribery and corruption scandal in the country involving its central bank and several international leaders. Described as a “superinjunction,” the order blocks reporting on the order itself, as well as the content of the investigation, in a case…
Critics of fracking in the United Kingdom assailed the British government on Monday for their heavy-handed censorship of an internal government report on the impacts of the shale oil and gas drilling technique. The draft government report, titled Shale Gas Rural Economy Impacts, published by the Department of Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (or Defra),…
The U.S. military is taking the global arms race to new speeds, with the second test launching of an Advanced Hypersonic Weapon that has the ultimate aim of hitting targets anywhere on earth within an hour by traveling up to five times the speed of sound. But the test, which took place Monday at the…
Accepting Colby College’s Elijah Parish Lovejoy award for courageous journalism on Sunday, New York Times investigative reporter James Risen had a message for other writers: “Journalists have no choice but to fight back because if they don’t, they will become irrelevant.” This statement comes from a journalist who has faced his share of fights. Click…