![Prosecution ties Guantanamo detainee to 9/11 hijackers]()
by Oyin Falana | Dec 7, 2017 | Featured, GITMO
GUANTANAMO BAY – A former FBI agent Wednesday testified in a military commission pre-trial hearing that alleged 9/11 conspirator Mustafa Ahmad al Hawsawi had financial transactions with Mohammad Atta, accused of flying the first plane that hit the World Trade...
by Kevin Schmidt | Dec 6, 2017 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON— House Democrat Al Green forced a vote Wednesday on a resolution that would begin the process of impeaching President Donald Trump Wednesday, But House Republicans quickly shut it down. And a majority of House Democrats also voted against the proposal after...
by Oyin Falana | Dec 6, 2017 | Featured, GITMO
NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY – The World Trade Center towers collapsing as planes crashed into them was front and center during the second day of pre-trial hearings Tuesday for alleged 9/11 orchestrator Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other alleged co-conspirators....
by Yingjie Gu & Jasmine Khayami | Dec 6, 2017 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Promoting religious freedom is the only way to counter violent religious extremism, but the U.S. is focused more on military action against terrorist groups, the president of Religious Freedom Institute said at a congressional hearing on Wednesday....
by Gerald Harris | Dec 6, 2017 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON- In a podcast episode of “Stories from our Neighbors”, Medill News Service reporter, Gerald Harris, sat down with United States Veterans. Special thanks to the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Washington, D.C. The veterans tell stories of love,...
![House and Senate brace to merge two tax bills despite key differences]()
by Kevin Schmidt | Dec 5, 2017 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON—House and Senate Republicans are on track to get a tax bill to the White House before Christmas, possibly as soon as Dec. 15, the holiday recess, but they still must resolve key differences between their two plans – especially the Senate’s elimination of...
