Before the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and abroad. Here’s today’s news.
NORTH KOREA
North Korea could detonate a hydrogen bomb over the Pacific Ocean in response to Trump’s speech to the U.N.… continue »
Before the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and abroad. Here’s today’s news.
NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR WEAPONS TEST
“The U.S. will receive more ‘gift packages’ from my country as long as it relies on reckless provocations,” North Korea’s ambassador to the U.N.… continue »
Before the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and abroad. Here’s today’s news.
NORTH KOREA
A “load of nonsense,” North Korea’s military said in response to Trump’s warning in a message relayed by state news agency K.C.N.A.… continue »
Commentary on Russian intervention in the 2016 elections has included one confidently expressed and perhaps growing view: that there may be a scandal there, but no conceivable crime. It is claimed that the Trump campaign could wink and nod at Russian hacking, and derive the full benefit, but that without considerably more evidence of direct involvement, there is no role for criminal law enforcement. … continue »
Before the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and abroad. Here’s today’s news.
JAMES COMEY
The controversy over President Trump’s firing of former F.B.I. director James Comey Tuesday was further stoked yesterday when it emerged that Comey had sought additional resources in the F.B.I.’s investigation into possible Trump-Russia ties shortly before he was dismissed.… continue »
Before the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and abroad. Here’s today’s news.
TRUMP’s WIRETAP CLAIMS
President Trump or his associates may have been “incidentally” swept up in foreign surveillance by American spy agencies, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee Rep.… continue »
Before the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and abroad. Here’s today’s news.
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FOREIGN POLICY
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived in Mexico yesterday as two threats put pressure on its relationship with the US: the new immigration orders, and another order requiring US officials to evaluate all American aid to Mexico with a view to possibly using it to pay for a border wall instead, Gardiner Harris and Kirk Semple report at the New York Times.… continue »
Before the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and abroad. Here’s today’s news.
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FOREIGN POLICY
“Dishonest” journalists “have their reasons” for failing to cover Islamic State attacks in Europe and playing down the threat posed by the terrorist group, President Trump told American military personnel yesterday, the White House later backing up his claims with a list of 78 attacks from Sept.… continue »
Before the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and abroad. Here’s today’s news.
The MUSLIM BAN
The Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security has directed personnel to preserve all documents related to the travel ban as part of an internal investigation into the roll-out of the executive order following a request from Congress, according to an internal document obtained by The Intercept’s Ryan Devereaux, Murtaza Hussain and Alice Speri.… continue »
Before the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and abroad. Here’s today’s news.
The MUSLIM BAN
Acting Attorney General Sally Q. Yates was fired by Donald Trump last night after she refused to defend his executive order banning migrants from seven Mulsim-majority countries, Michael D.… continue »
