December 20, 2015 Big guns, big money coming out as battle over crude oil export ban intensifies What do Vladimir Putin, Robert Menendez and 10 other members of the U.S. Senate in five different states have in common?
December 20, 2015 Latest Clinton email release reportedly contains 57 threads with 'born classified' information The latest cache of emails from Hillary Clinton's server to be released by the State Department include 57 threads that contain what the State Department describes as "foreign government information", making it automatically classified at the time it was sent, according to a published report.Â
December 20, 2015 Russia, China expand ties with largest naval exercise yet The Russian and Chinese militaries recently completed the largest combined naval exercise ever conducted between the two nations, building on cooperation that has been expanding over the past decade.
December 20, 2015 CIA, Special Operations forces reportedly launch drone war against ISIS in Syria The drone strike that killed ISIS' most notorious online recruiter in Syria last week was part of a stepped-up effort by the CIA and U.S. Special Operations forces to target and eliminate senior members of the terror group, according to a published report.Â
December 20, 2015 Obama to propose building of new icebreakers to protect US interests in Arctic President Obama will ask Congress Tuesday to speed up the construction of new icebreaker ships in order to protect U.S. interests and resources in the Arctic, amid growing concern that the U.S. has ceded influence to Russia in the strategic waters.
December 20, 2015 Russia, China 'aggressively' identifying US operatives China and Russia are aggressively using stolen data to identify members of the U.S. intelligence community, according to a top security official.
December 20, 2015 Cruz calls on White House to release Pentagon report on Russian missile violation The White House should immediately provide Congress with a Pentagon report assessing the risks to U.S. security posed by Russia’s violation of an intermediate-range missile treaty, according to Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas).
December 20, 2015 US, South Korea brace for clash as North Korea deadline looms U.S. and South Korean bombers took to the skies on Saturday in a show of force, as the allies prepared for a potential military clash with the North as its deadline loomed for Seoul to dismantle loudspeakers broadcasting anti-North Korean propaganda across their border.
December 20, 2015 Obama administration objects as Russia moves ahead with Iran missile sale Despite a ban on arms shipments to Iran under international sanctions, Russia appears willing to proceed with the sale of advanced S-300 surface-to-air missiles to the country -- in a development triggering objections from the Obama administration.
December 20, 2015 White House reportedly pushing for deal allowing flights to Cuba by year's end The Obama administration reportedly is working to reach a deal with Cuba that would allow regularly scheduled commercial flights between the two countries by the end of this year.