by Matt Sussis | Dec 5, 2017 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON—The nation’s top corporate executives say they are the most bullish about economic growth that they had been in nearly six years, according to a survey released Tuesday. The Business Roundtable CEO Economic Outlook Index, which polls CEOs on their...
by Elizabeth Strassner | Dec 5, 2017 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — With less than one year before the midterm elections, the United States is still unprepared to deal with the threat of Russian election interference, but Republicans don’t seem concerned about improving voting protections, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash.,...
by Oyin Falana & Ricky Zipp | Dec 5, 2017 | Featured, GITMO
GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba — The majority of the first day of pre trial hearings Monday for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other accused conspirators focused around what a defense attorney referred to as a “mystery motion” involving the...
by Oyin Falana & Ricky Zipp | Dec 4, 2017 | Featured, GITMO
GUANTANAMO BAY — The 26th round of pre-trial hearings for Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the accused orchestrator of the Sept 11th attack, and four other accused conspirators will begin Monday at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. Attorneys for Ammar al Baluchi,...
by Jasmine Khayami & Ricky Zipp | Nov 30, 2017 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON- Specialist Brandi J. Fox grew up in small-town Kingston, Michigan. She spent her time hunting, playing saxophone in the school band and earning a spot as the only girl on the high school football team. Fox has gone from her family farm in Kingston,...
by Yingjie Gu & Jasmine Khayami | Nov 30, 2017 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Terrorism poses a greater threat to the U.S. than ever before because of extremists’ use of technology and social media, FBI Director Christopher Wray said at a congressional hearing Thursday. “These terrorists’ use of social media...