Obama Deploying Drones Around U.S.
The deployment of federal drones in and around U.S. shores represents one of the Obama administration’s next steps in the nation’s expanded use of unmanned aircraft systems for surveillance purposes.
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Food Stamp Recipients are Shipping Welfare-Funded Groceries to Relatives Overseas
Food stamps are paying for trans-Atlantic takeout — with New Yorkers using taxpayer-funded benefits to ship food to relatives in Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Secret Obama Plan Forfeits Temple Mount to Palestinians
The Obama administration has quietly presented a plan in which the Palestinian Authority and Jordan will receive sovereignty over the Temple Mount while Israel will retain the land below the Western Wall.
Obama’s Arab Spring Continues: Now the Kurds Fighting Al Qaeda-linked Rebels in Syria, Receiving Fire from the Turks, Too
The local commander of a Syrian rebel group affiliated to al Qaeda was freed on Sunday after being held by Kurdish forces in a power struggle between rival organizations fighting President Bashar al-Assad, activists said.
Defense Secretary Hagel to DoD: Furloughs to Last Through At Least Next Year, Will Likely Get Worse
The audience gasped in surprise and gave a few low whistles as Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel delivered the news that furloughs, which have forced a 20 percent pay cut on most of the military’s civilian workforce, probably will continue next year, and will likely get worse.
Potential Primary Challenger to McConnell Courting Conservative Groups
Kentucky investment executive Matt Bevin has met with some of the nation’s top conservative groups ahead of an expected GOP primary challenge to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
McCain Says ‘Controversial’ Stand Your Ground State Laws Need Review (+video)
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Sunday told states to review their “stand your ground” laws amid a widening debate over the Trayvon Martin verdict and racial profiling.
Marshals Lose Track of Encrypted Radios Worth Millions, Endanger Security of Federal Judges, Witnesses, Others
The U.S. Marshals Service has lost track of at least 2,000 encrypted two-way radios and other communication devices valued at millions of dollars, according to internal agency documents, creating what some within the agency view as a security risk for federal judges, endangered witnesses and others.
Cassini Takes First-Ever Pictures of Earth from Spacecraft Orbiting Saturn
Thousands of astronomy fans looked to the heavens and posed for a unique picture on Friday afternoon – a shot of planet Earth from Saturn.
Paris Riots Sparked by Police Identity Check on Veiled Muslim Woman
Two nights of rioting in the Paris suburb of Trappes have left dozens of cars destroyed, at least 10 arrests and a 14-year-old injured, after police carried out an identity check on a Muslim woman in a full-face veil.