January 12, 2017 White House facing questions over murky status of 53 prisoners Cuba agreed to free The status of 53 Cuban political prisoners who were supposed to be freed as part of the historic deal thawing U.S.-Cuba relations remains a mystery nearly three weeks after the announcement, prompting criticism from rights groups and lawmakers that the Castro regime is stringing along the White House.
January 12, 2017 Assange vows Clinton email release, as storm clouds gather for candidate With 75 days before voters pick their new president, email revelations are threatening to overtake Hillary Clinton’s campaign – with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange hurling another log on an already raging fire with a vow to release “significant” Clinton documents.
January 12, 2017 Ex-CIA officer facing jail in Italy claims Clinton, State Department ignored her pleas A former CIA officer and diplomat who's repeatedly denied playing a role in one of the most notorious U.S. counterterrorism programs is set to become the only American held accountable for it – and claims the Obama administration has abandoned her.
January 12, 2017 Assad must go? Obama administration's focus on Syria in doubt as death toll soars The rise of ISIS militants in Syria and Iraq, and the unwillingness of Americans to see their military involved in another foreign conflict, appear to have cooled President Obama's once-strident rhetoric demanding Syrian President Bashar al-Assad "must go" -- even as the death toll in the three-year-old civil war tops 170,000.
January 12, 2017 Message to Iran? 3 years after ‘red line,’ Syria chem weapons charges unresolved Three years after President Obama’s infamous “red line” threat to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, charges of chemical weapons use inside the war-torn country persist -- in turn fueling concerns about whether Iran can be held to the newly struck nuclear deal.
January 12, 2017 'Major disconnect': Why no red flags in Clinton’s use of personal email? Hillary Clinton was emailing more than 100 government officials for four years on a personal account, a practice 'widely known.' So why no red flags?
January 12, 2017 Americans stuck in Yemen file suit demanding State Department, military rescue them Claiming the Obama administration turned its back on them, 41 Americans stranded in war-torn Yemen filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against the State Department and Defense Department for not evacuating them -- as fighting intensifies and U.S. allies launch airstrikes.
January 12, 2017 Obscure tip line at center of Benghazi dispute has history of big payouts for terror intel A little-known federal program that doles out millions for tips on terrorists is now in the spotlight after lawmakers questioned how it was being employed in the Benghazi attack investigation.
January 12, 2017 US caught between allies amid pressure to limit NSA The Obama administration is finding itself in a sticky surveillance situation.
January 12, 2017 One year later, families have few answers on Benghazi attack On the one-year anniversary of the brutal terror attacks in Benghazi, the families of the four murdered Americans are still no closer to the truth about what happened to their loved ones than they were 12 months ago.