December 20, 2015 'Strategic blunder': Republicans slam Obama administration as Russia tries Arctic land grab Republican lawmakers slammed the Obama administration this week after Russia announced it had submitted a bid to the United Nations for huge areas of the Arctic that could contain vast quantities of oil and gas, with one lawmaker describing the application as evidence of a “strategic blunder” on the part of the administration's foreign policy.
December 20, 2015 FBI investigating security of Hillary Clinton's private email server The FBI has begun investigating the security of Hillary Clinton's private e-mail server, an attorney for the Democratic presidential front-runner confirmed to ӣƵ late Tuesday.
December 20, 2015 Attorney for Clinton aide Abedin says overpayment report 'fundamentally flawed' The federal report that purportedly found a top Hillary Clinton aide was overpaid by nearly $10,000 because she violated State Department rules while at the agency is “fundamentally flawed,” an attorney for the Clinton aide said Saturday.
December 20, 2015 State Dept, Pentagon push back on reports of US-trained fighters being abducted, killed in Syria The State Department and Pentagon pushed back Friday on claims made by multiple media outlets that the leader of a U.S.-backed Syrian rebel group and as many as 60 other fighters under him were abducted and killed by al-Nusra, an Al Qaeda offshoot operating in that country.
December 20, 2015 Information in classified Clinton emails came from multiple intelligence agencies, source says Classified emails stored on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private server contained information from multiple intelligence agencies in addition to data connected to the 2012 Benghazi attack, a source familiar with the investigation told ӣƵ.
December 20, 2015 Judge scolds State Department official for slow response to request for records from Clinton tenure A judge on Wednesday chided a State Department official for the department's slowness in responding to Associated Press requests for documents from Hillary Clinton's tenure as secretary of state.
December 20, 2015 Reported two-month gap in Clinton emails coincides with escalating Libya violence A reported two-month gap in emails from Hillary Clinton's private account during 2012 coincides with a period of escalating violence in Libya and the obtaining of a special exemption by her top aide to work for both the State Department and the Clinton Foundation.
December 20, 2015 State Department says it will turn over 5,000 pages of documents to Benghazi committee The House select committee investigating the deadly 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya has said that the State Department pledged to turn over 5,000 documents related to the attack on Tuesday.
December 20, 2015 Clinton facing new calls to turn over server after IGs request probe Hillary Clinton faced new calls Friday to turn over her personal server after key inspectors general asked the Justice Department to open an investigation into whether classified material was improperly shared on the former secretary of state's account.
December 20, 2015 New era in ties begins as Cuba raises flag at embassy in US Cuba's blue, red and white-starred flag was hoisted Monday at the country's embassy in Washington in a symbolic move signaling the start of a new post-Cold War era in U.S.-Cuba relations.