A former sex slave of the Islamic State urged Congress Tuesday to fight the radical terrorist group with more fervency while at the same time offering condolences to the victims of the Orlando attack, which she said did not surprise her. Nadia Murad, a Yazidi woman who escaped captivity in 2014, said, “The USA must…
Obama’s AG spewed nonsense today, saying our best response to terrorism is love and compassion: This just shows she doesn’t understand the nature of what we are up against. This isn’t about hate and bigotry. This is about a supremacist religion that spreads itself by the sword. This is about a supremacist religion that teaches…
House Speaker Paul Ryan called on the Obama administration Monday to “release the full, unredacted transcript” of the Orlando massacre gunman’s 911 calls, slamming the Justice Department’s censoring of all references to Islam as “preposterous.” The redacted transcripts of Omar Mateen’s calls to Orlando Police — made during his assault on the Pulse gay nightclub…
In the wake of the Orlando attack, fighting the radicalization of U.S. citizens ought to remain a top priority for law enforcement agencies—but focus must not be lost on our porous U.S.-Mexico border. After all, it’s not just individuals looking for better employment opportunities that are making the trek North, terrorist organizations are also taking…
After years of brushing off criticism for avoiding the term “radical Islam,” President Obama fired a point-blank broadside Tuesday at his critics, calling the debate a “political distraction” that will do nothing to combat terrorism. Speaking from the White House during what was expected to be an update for the public on the fight against…
While investigators try to piece together what led the Orlando gunman to carry out an unspeakable act of terror, the attack is upending the 2016 campaign debate as the two presumptive rivals go toe-to-toe on terror with two very different messages. In back-to-back speeches Monday, Donald Trump doubled down on his call for a Muslim…
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has once again reminded Americans of his plans to place a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States from the Middle East. In a press release, Trump reminded us of Obama’s inability to say the words ‘radical Islam’ and called for him to step down. He also warned that if we…
The gunman who killed at least 50 people at an Orlando nightclub early Sunday was described by a former colleague as an “unhinged and unstable” person who repeatedly made racist, misogynist and homophobic remarks. Daniel Gilroy, a former police officer, worked as a security officer with G4S Security at the PGA Village complex in Port…
Well, we all knew Katie Couric and Stephanie Soechtig were going to get taken to the woodshed by The Blaze’s Dana Loesch over their controversial anti-gun feature. Under The Gun says it sought to examine the gun control debate by speaking with people from both sides, but you can’t do that when you leave interviews,…
And lo, it came to pass: As of last night, Hillary Clinton is officially the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee for President of the United States. Setting aside her party’s elite “super delegate” insurance policy, Clinton has now secured a majority of pledged delegates, which reflect the will of primary voters. And despite falling to Bernie Sanders…
In the days since Donald Trump supporters were assaulted outside his rally in San Jose last week, the city’s mayor seemed to point a finger at the presumptive Republican presidential nominee as bearing some of the blame. And the city’s police chief later said there was concern the violence could worsen in the face of a physical…
Speaking from the Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York Tuesday, the location where she last debated opponent Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton declared victory and pronounced herself as the Democrat nominee for president of the United States. “Thanks to you, we’ve reached a milestone tonight,” Clinton said. “I want to thank all of the volunteers, the…
