Iran

BREAKING: Iran-linked hackers tried to compromise presidential campaign, Microsoft says

A group of hackers believed to be linked to the government of Iran tried to access email accounts associated with a U.S. presidential campaign, Microsoft announced Friday. [...]

BREAKING NEWS: Trump says he pulled back from Iran strike because it didn’t seem ‘proportionate’

President Donald Trump said Friday that he pulled back from a strike on Iran 10 minutes before it was set to be launched, saying he felt such a move was “not [...]

Facebook says it shut down Iranian-made fake Republican politicians and U.S. social media accounts

Facebook said Monday it removed 51 accounts, 36 pages, seven groups and three Instagram accounts involved in what it called “coordinated inauthentic behavior that [...]

Obama Administration Hid Efforts to Aid Iranian Windfall After JCPOA Was Signed

By Kenneth White According to the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations through a statement released yesterday, the Obama State and Treasury Department issued a [...]

Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu says Iran hid nuclear program

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused Iran of a hiding a secret nuclear weapons program. However, Iran says it is part of a move to put pressure on the [...]

Saudi crown prince calls Iran’s supreme leader ‘new Hitler’

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has denounced Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as the “new Hitler of the Middle East”, as tensions simmer [...]

Tillerson disagrees with Trump over Iran but relationship is ‘good’

Washington (dpa) – US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday insisted that his relationship with Donald Trump was “good,” though he admitted he [...]

Iran: US Warship Fired Warning Shots at Revolutionary Guard Vessel

Iran said Saturday that a United States Navy aircraft carrier fired warning shots at one of its ships in an “unprofessional” manner, state media reported. Iran’s [...]

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Choppy markets leave U.S. bank bonus decisions in limbo

10 December 2019

December is always a month of suspense on Wall Street, as dealmakers, traders and money managers at [...]

New Zealand launches criminal investigation into deadly volcanic eruption

10 December 2019

New Zealand police said on Tuesday they were launching a criminal investigation after a volcanic isl [...]

Russia banned from next Olympics and World Cup soccer

10 December 2019

Russia was banned from the world's top sporting events for four years on Monday, including the [...]

Putin says Moscow could appeal Russia sports ban

10 December 2019

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Moscow had grounds to appeal a decision by the [...]

Australia backs Russia ban, athletes group unimpressed

10 December 2019

The Australian Olympic Committee have welcomed the decision by the World Anti-Doping Agency to ban R [...]

Last Impeachment Hearing Ends With a Meh

10 December 2019

Doug Mills/ReutersThe House Judiciary Committee’s impeachment hearing on Monday was supposed to be s [...]

Lou Dobbs: DOJ IG Report Proves ‘Deep State’s Awesome Control’ of Our Government

10 December 2019

Fox Business Network host Lou Dobbs tore into the Justice Department’s top watchdog on Monday night, [...]

The Loud Life Lessons of ‘Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven’

10 December 2019

Courtesy Monique CarboniThere in the title is the crackling tone of playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis. [...]

Colbert Goes Off on Trump for Lying About FBI Inspector General Report

10 December 2019

Christmas came early for Stephen Colbert on Monday when the Justice Department’s inspector general r [...]

Hollywood Fires Back at HFPA Over Golden Globes’ Lack of Female Directors: ‘We Need a Boycott’

10 December 2019

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Democrats expected to unveil articles of impeachment against Trump, focusing on abuse of power, obstruction of Congress

10 December 2019

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot L. Engel (D-N.Y.) told reporters that he and the chai [...]

Impeachment hearings live updates: Lawyer for Democrats calls Trump ‘a clear and present danger’ as he argues case for removal

10 December 2019

The 41-member judiciary panel is holding a crucial hearing at which counsel for Democrats and Republ [...]

Democrats expected to unveil articles of impeachment against Trump, focusing on abuse of power, obstruction of Congress

10 December 2019

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot L. Engel (D-N.Y.) told reporters that he and the chai [...]

Memo from 1990s pollution case shows Elizabeth Warren in action as corporate consultant

10 December 2019

The presidential candidate’s past role on behalf of a real estate company trying to avoid paying for [...]

How could 63 million people be wrong? The GOP strains to make precedent-related defenses of Trump.

9 December 2019

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy reached for a new thread in this line of defense on Monday. [...]

New Zealand Volcano Eruption Kills Five, With Eight More Missing and Feared Dead

10 December 2019

At least five people died, and eight more were missing and feared dead, after a volcano erupted on a [...]

Brazil Killings Spur Concerns Over Development Tensions in the Amazon

10 December 2019

The killing of two indigenous leaders on a rural Amazon highway has prompted calls for a swift respo [...]

Russia, Ukraine Agree on Cease-Fire in Eastern Ukraine

10 December 2019

Putin and Zelensky agreed on limited troop, weapons withdrawal in certain areas, but talks fall shor [...]

U.S. Releases Documents Showing High-Level Doubts on Afghan War

9 December 2019

A newly disclosed cache of government documents has revealed that U.S. and allied officials harbored [...]

Citizenship Bill That Fueled Protests Wins Approval in India's Lower House of Parliament

9 December 2019

India’s lower house of Parliament passed a controversial bill to create a path to citizenship for no [...]

FBI Terminated Anti-Trump Source Stefan Halper ‘For Cause’ In 2011

9 December 2019

New IG report reveals that an FBI informant, most likely Stefan Halper, was hired and fired multiple [...]

Bill Barr And John Durham Criticize Conclusions Of IG FISA Investigation

9 December 2019

Attorney General William Barr and U.S. Attorney John Durham expressed their concern over the conclus [...]

FBI Knew The Steele Dossier Was Highly Dubious As Early As January 2017, But Still Relied On It For FISA Renewals

9 December 2019

According to the DOJ IG report, the FBI knew as early as January 2017 that the Steele dossier report [...]

DOJ IG Report Slams Bruce Ohr’s Failure To Report Repeated Interactions With Steele

9 December 2019

DOJ IG Michael Horowitz sharply criticized department attorney Bruce Ohr's decision to hide the [...]

IG Report Confirms No FISA Warrant On Carter Page Without Steele Dossier

9 December 2019

The newly released inspector general report confirms that the FBI would not have been able to spy on [...]

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5 December 2019

The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Fact-checking Donald Trump on libel law and prison At a NATO summit [...]

John Kennedy - No evidence Ukraine president helped Hillary Clinton, as GOP senator claimed

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2 December 2019

The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | New York crime did drop when 2020 hopeful Michael Bloomberg wa [...]

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Elizabeth Warren - Elizabeth Warren misstates findings of racial disparities in student loans

21 November 2019

The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly False | Elizabeth Warren misstates findings of racial disparities in [...]

A Misleading Take on Immigrant, Veterans Health Care

9 December 2019

A long-circulating headline on social media misleadingly tells users that Democrats chose to "v [...]

Video: Jordan’s GOP Talking Points

6 December 2019

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Republicans Cherry-Pick Facts on Impeachment

5 December 2019

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Meme Makes Up New Amendment

4 December 2019

A meme circulating online falsely claims that there is a 28th Amendment to the Constitution that bar [...]

FactChecking Trump’s NATO Remarks

3 December 2019

President Donald Trump repeated a slew of false claims to an international audience at the annual NA [...]

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Iran

BREAKING: Iran-linked hackers tried to compromise presidential campaign, Microsoft says

BREAKING NEWS: Trump says he pulled back from Iran strike because it didn’t seem ‘proportionate’

Facebook says it shut down Iranian-made fake Republican politicians and U.S. social media accounts

Obama Administration Hid Efforts to Aid Iranian Windfall After JCPOA Was Signed

Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu says Iran hid nuclear program

Saudi crown prince calls Iran’s supreme leader ‘new Hitler’

Tillerson disagrees with Trump over Iran but relationship is ‘good’

Iran: US Warship Fired Warning Shots at Revolutionary Guard Vessel