In politics, gallons of ink and countless hours of argument and debate can be swept aside or solidified by a single inflection point. Carter battling the “killer rabbit,” Reagan thundering that he “paid for this mic” or Bush prematurely swaggering
Nigerian Christian leaders have said that Islamic terror group Boko Haram has killed over 350 Christians in just the past week, forcing the closure of churches and Christian schools. Officials from the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria (EYN) said
Did President Obama watch the videos of two American journalists being beheaded by the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group? That’s what MSNBC’s Chuck Todd wanted to know during an interview with Obama on Sunday’s Meet the Press. Obama halted. “I’m
This article originally appeared in the New York Post: When it was revealed that the Boston Marathon bombers attended a Cambridge, Mass., mosque, its leaders were quick to disavow their actions. Elder brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev‘s ideology was not their own, the
Despite the best attempts of the Obama administration to declare ISIS a “regional threat” and label their ideology rootless, the truth has now penetrated the public consciousness: ISIS has global reach, largely because their ideology does as well. The latest indicator
President Barack Obama told NBC News on Sunday that he regrets the “optics” of going golfing just minutes after making a speech about the beheading of American journalist James Foley by ISIS terrorists. “I’ve got to ask. During that vacation,
On September 2, Senator Mark Udall (D-CO) responded to ISIS’s beheading of a second American journalist by suggesting a wait-and-see approach that involves appeals to “moderate Sunnis,” continued “targeted strikes,” but no boots on the ground. Udall said ISIS is
In a move unusual for a group known to have a sophisticated propaganda outfit, the jihadist terror group the Islamic State “apologized” yesterday after a video showing the beheading of American journalist Steven Sotloff surfaced online. The admission that the
In response to the growing threat to Iraq’s capital, President Obama approved sending 350 additional troops to protect the United States embassy in Baghdad this week. The additional troops were announced after the Islamic State terrorist group published a video
In a press statement Tuesday regarding the report of a second ISIS beheading of an American citizen, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) said that though President Obama stated he “currently has no strategy to deal with ISIS,” a fact that
Vice President Joe Biden delivered a passionate speech at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in New Hampshire, vowing to bring Islamic State terrorists to justice. Mentioning the deaths of American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff, Biden referred to the Islamic State
Confusion within the ISIS propaganda machine led to a hasty apology being issued yesterday as the video showing the brutal execution of Journalist Steven Sotloff was apparently accidentally leaked before the agreed time. Despite this it seems to have still
This post originally appeared in The Daily Beast: In the wake of ISIS’s latest alleged killing of an American journalist, leading lawmakers from both parties are calling for a bigger role in the U.S. war against the terrorist group. Leading
President Obama confirmed that the beheading video of American journalist Steven Sotloff was authentic during a press conference in Estonia and offered his condolences to the family. Obama added that the prayers of the American people were with the family
In response to Obama is the man who doesn’t WANT to have a plan: Tuesday, British Prime Minister David Cameron strongly condemned ISIS, calling their latest atrocity – the beheading of journalist Steven Sotloff – ‘an absolutely disgusting and despicable
British Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday condemned an Islamic State video apparently showing a militant beheading of a second US reporter and threatening to kill a British captive as “disgusting”. He said it was an “absolutely disgusting, despicable act”
Adrianne Jeffries, a reporter for The Verge, sent out a tweet to @ISIS Tuesday requesting an interview. “@ISIS Hi, I’m a reporter for @verge. I’d like to interview you. Email me…” Twitchy reports that she deleted the tweet after her
Tuesday ISIS released another disturbing video titled “A Second Message to America,” that purports to show the beheading of U.S. journalist Steven Sotloff. Last month, Sotloff’s life was threatened in the ISIS video that showed the beheading of fellow American journalist
Andrew Norfolk is the heroic, crusading Times chief investigative reporter who broke the Rotherham child sex story. But admirable though he surely is, does anyone else find something a bit disturbing about this statement he made this week? “I didn’t
Captured American journalist Steven Sotloff has reportedly been executed by a member of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group. IS has released a video that purports to show the beheading of Sotloff. White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters at
ISIS has released a video showing the beheading of American journalist Steven Sotloff, saying that the murder is in retaliation for US air strikes against the group in Iraq. Sotloff is the second American journalist to be killed by the
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest reacted to the news of a second American journalist beheaded by ISIS. Earnest said that he hadn’t seen the reports but that the administration had been watching the situation “very carefully.” Just minutes before
(Reuters) – The Islamic State militant group released a video purporting to show the beheading of U.S. hostage Steven Sotloff, the SITE monitoring service reported on Tuesday. Show full story at Reuters.
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamic State militants beheaded a Lebanese soldier who was one of 19 captured by hardline Syrian Islamists when they seized a Lebanese border town for a few days this month, a video posted on social media showed on
