Section: The Washington Free Beacon (USA)
The Never-Ending Impeachment
Maybe Nancy Pelosi waited to send impeachment to the Senate because she was waiting for her pens to arrive. The fancy commemorative ballpoints, featuring the speaker’s name engraved in gold, that Pelosi gave to colleagues at Wednesday’s engrossment ceremony quickly became the subject of mockery. Republicans saw them as emblematic of...
MSNBC Anchor: ‘Bleak’ Future for Children, Grandchildren of Trump’s Defenders
Morning Joe co-anchor Joe Scarborough said on Thursday that history “will be bleak” for the children and grandchildren of President Donald Trump’s defenders. “We do know how history writes this. We know that everyone who defends Donald Trump right now will be exposed. We know Mike Pence will be exposed for what he is. We...
Beacon Extra 1/15/20
Welcome to the Washington Free Beacon’s morning newsletter, your comprehensive briefing on the Enemies of Freedom. To get this newsletter sent straight to your inbox every morning, sign up here. Recent Stories in Issues Beacon Extra 1/15/20 N.C. Dem Appointee Threatens to Call Cops Over Pledge of Allegiance N.Y. Justice Dem Appears to...
Warren: Child of Sitting VP Serving on Foreign Company’s Board ‘A Very Bad Idea’
Presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren called it a “very bad idea” to allow a vice president’s child to serve on a foreign company’s board, but refused to comment specifically on former vice president Joe Biden and son Hunter Biden. The New York Times editorial board asked the Massachusetts senator if it should be...
Protesters Demand Iran’s Leaders Quit After Military Admits It Hit Plane
DUBAI (Reuters) – Protests erupted across Iran for a second day on Sunday, piling pressure on the leadership after the military admitted it had mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian airliner at a time when Tehran had feared U.S. air strikes. “They are lying that our enemy is America, our enemy is right here,” a group of protesters outside...
Iran Says Its Forces Shot Down Passenger Plane Due to Human Error
By Babak Dehghanpisheh DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran said on Saturday it unintentionally shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane killing 176 people on board due to human error, after initially denying it brought down the plane in the tense aftermath of Iranian missile strikes on U.S. targets in Iraq. Recent Stories in National Security Iran Says Its...
Trump on Iran’s Embassy Attack: ‘This Was the Anti-Benghazi’
President Donald Trump on Thursday said the attack by Iranian proxies on the U.S. embassy in Baghdad turned out to be “the anti-Benghazi.” Trump took credit for preventing the situation from escalating the way the 2012 attack on the U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya, did. Recent Stories in National Security Trump on Iran’s Embassy...
Mark Levin Rips Media, Dems Over Iran Coverage: The Victims of This Regime Get No Attention
Conservative radio host Mark Levin ripped the media and Democrats for not being harsh enough on the Iranian regime while discussing President Donald Trump’s national address Wednesday night. “One hundred and fifty billion dollars to Iran. They’re not using it on infrastructure, they’re not using it to feed their people,...
Russia’s Putin Oversees Hypersonic Missile Test in Crimea
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin oversaw military exercises near Crimea on Thursday, which included the launch of the hypersonic ‘Kinzhal’ missile, the TASS news agency reported. Russia deployed its first hypersonic nuclear-capable missiles at the end of December. Recent Stories in National Security Mark Levin Rips Media,...
Pompeo: Venezuela Needs ‘Negotiated Transition to Democracy’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday called for an end to the political crisis currently gripping Venezuela, saying that leaders there should clear the way for free and fair elections at the end of 2020. “A swift negotiated transition to democracy is the most effective and sustainable route to peace and...
