By: Leo Hohmann – wnd.com – October 11, 2017 As she stood before the faithful at Skyline Church in San Diego, former U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann cut right to the chase. She described her new position as the church’s pastor to the United Nations in succinct terms. “We are taking this unbelievably audacious step of going to the U.N. I...

By: Staff – cbsnews.com – June 14, 2019 The Japanese owner of the Kokuka Courageous, one of two oil tankers targeted near the Strait of Hormuz, said Friday that sailors on board saw “flying objects” just before it was hit, suggesting the vessel wasn’t damaged by mines. That account contradicts what the U.S. military said as it released a video Friday it...

By: Gary Bauer – ouramericanvalues.org – June 4, 2019 This morning, President Trump held a press conference with British Prime Minister Theresa May.  According to one CNN commentator, it was a “very warm joint appearance.”  Both leaders acknowledged the importance of our trans-Atlantic alliance.  Trump joked with May several times, even eliciting a few laughs from reporters in the room....

By: Gary Bauer – ouramericanvalues.org – June 4, 2019 This morning, President Trump held a press conference with British Prime Minister Theresa May.  According to one CNN commentator, it was a “very warm joint appearance.”  Both leaders acknowledged the importance of our trans-Atlantic alliance.  Trump joked with May several times, even eliciting a few laughs from reporters in the room....

By: Kinling Lo  – scmp.com – May 16, 2019 The trade talks between China and the United States collapsed because Beijing removed details outlining the obligations it was required to meet as part of reaching a deal to end the trade war, according to a former senior US official. Susan Thornton, former acting assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific...

By: Kim Hjelmgaard – usatoday.com – May 15, 2019 The U.S. military put its forces in Iraq on high alert, and the State Department ordered all nonemergency employees Wednesday to leave the country immediately amid escalating tensions with Iran. Some U.S. allies have expressed skepticism about the Trump administration’s claims that Iran poses a growing threat. Navy Capt. Bill Urban, a spokesman at the U.S. military’s Central Command, said...

By: Jacqueline Thomsen – thehill.com – January 29, 2019 U.S. intelligence leaders said Tuesday they believe China currently poses the most dangerous and complex counterintelligence threat to the nation. “As I look at the landscape today and over the course of my career … the Chinese counterintelligence threat is more deep, more diverse, more vexing, more challenging, more comprehensive and...

By: James Stavridis – bloomberg.com – February 21, 2019 A Defense Department report warns that China’s military buildup is reaching the point where it can attempt to “impose its will on the region and beyond.” Visiting recently with senior officials from two U.S. allies in the region, Japan and Singapore, gave me a visceral feeling of how things look on the ground...

By: Lingling Wei in Beijing & Bob Davis – wsj.com – May 9, 2019 The new hard line taken by China in trade talks—surprising the White House and threatening to derail negotiations—came after Beijing interpreted recent statements and actions by President Trump as a sign the U.S. was ready to make concessions, said people familiar with the thinking of the Chinese side. High-level negotiations...

By: Louis Casiano, Stephen Sorace, Lucia I. Suarez Sang – foxnews.com – April 21, 2019 A pair holding U.S. and British nationalities were among the 11 foreigners killed after a series of explosions struck three churches and three luxury hotels in and just outside of Sri Lanka’s capital Easter Sunday, leaving at least 207 people dead and 450 others injured, officials said....