Tag Archives: terrorism and counter-terrorism

[ad_1] CNN  —  Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas – one of the GOP’s top targets in the Biden administration – will face lawmakers on Tuesday in the first of a series of hearings this week as Republicans prepare to escalate their attacks against him. While control of the House remains …

[ad_1] CNN  —  Former Vice President Mike Pence said in a newly released interview clip that he and his family are giving “prayerful consideration” to whether he should run for president in 2024 and that the US will have “better choices in the future” than former President Donald Trump. Asked …

[ad_1] CNN  —  The woman detained under suspicion of carrying out the deadly bomb blast in Istanbul on Sunday is a Syrian national who was trained by Kurdish militants, according to Turkish authorities. Turkish police said in a statement that the suspect entered the country through the city of Afrin …

[ad_1] Istanbul CNN  —  [Breaking news update at 1 p.m. ET] An explosion that killed at least six people and injured at least 81 others in Istantbul on Sunday is considered to be a terrorist attack, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay said, according to state news agency Anadolu. “We consider …

[ad_1] CNN  —  The battle for control of the House is now the biggest unanswered question of this year’s midterm elections after Democrats kept their narrow Senate majority. Victories in Arizona and Nevada, according to CNN projections, mean the party will enter 2023 with at least 50 Senate seats – …

[ad_1] CNN  —  Former President Donald Trump has sued the House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, as a way to challenge its subpoena for documents and his testimony, according to filings in a federal court in Florida. A spokesperson for the January 6 committee declined to comment. Trump’s attorney, …

[ad_1] CNN  —  Democrats will pick up a GOP-held Senate seat in Pennsylvania in a huge boost to their hopes of clinging to the chamber, while the red wave that Republicans hoped for has yet to materialize in the House. Democratic nominee John Fetterman’s victory over Republican Mehmet Oz means …

[ad_1] Washington CNN  —  The House select committee investigating January 6 on Monday interviewed the driver of then-President Donald Trump’s presidential vehicle on the day of the US Capitol attack, multiple sources tell CNN. In recent days, the panel has interviewed a growing number of Secret Service agents and officials …

[ad_1] CNN  —  A dispirited nation worn down by crises and economic anxieties votes Tuesday in an election that is more likely to cement its divides than promote unity. Elections are often cleansing moments setting the country on a fresh path powered by people freely choosing their leaders – and …

[ad_1] CNN  —  Democrats close their midterm election campaign Monday facing the nightmare scenario they always feared – with Republicans staging a gleeful referendum on Joe Biden’s struggling presidency and failure to tame inflation. Hopes that Democrats could use the Supreme Court’s overturning of the right to an abortion and …