Sen Al Franken (D-MN) and Chuck Schumer run away from TRN's Jason Mattera's tough questions about their involvement in the IRS scandal.
- Fri, May 24, 2013
Islamist militants staged twin suicide car bombings on an army base and a French-run uranium mine in Niger on Thursday, killing at least 20 people.
- Topics:
- Foreign Affairs
- War on Terror
- islamists
- Niger
- Fri, May 24, 2013
The murder of a British soldier on the streets of London appears to be the work of Islamic radicals. Police arrest two more suspects. British Prime Minister says the attack will "bring us together."
- Fri, May 24, 2013
The Boy Scouts of America threw open its ranks Thursday to gay Scouts but not gay Scout leaders, a move that LGBT activists are calling the "first step" to full inclusion of gays in scouting.
- Fri, May 24, 2013
President Barack Obama announced a renewed push to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba, including lifting a moratorium on prisoner transfers to Yemen.
- Thu, May 23, 2013
In a wide-ranging national security speech, the president will address controversial drone strikes and transparency around their use.
- Thu, May 23, 2013
British Prime Minister Speaks out against gruesome murder of soldier.
- Thu, May 23, 2013
Protesters vented their anger at the IRS in Cincinnati on Tuesday. The IRS is under investigation, amid revelations that a Cincinnati-base IRS division singled out conservative groups for additional scrutiny.
- Thu, May 23, 2013
Law enforcement sources say police have evidence of a criminal connection between Ibragim Todashev and Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev's involvement in an unsolved grisly triple murder in Waltham, Mass.
- Thu, May 23, 2013
The star witness at a hearing investigating the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups invoked her constitutional right to not answer questions.
- Thu, May 23, 2013
Law enforcement officials say a man was fatally shot while he was being questioned in the Boston Marathon bombing case after he lunged at an FBI agent with a knife.
- Wed, May 22, 2013
State Department Deputy Spokesman Patrick Ventrell announced on Monday that employees identified by the Accountability Review Board as responsible for the security failures that lead to the Benghazi attacks are receiving pay five months after being put on administrative leave.
- Wed, May 22, 2013
White House Spokesman Jay Carney became a little defensive when he was asked by CBS' Major Garrett if the recent scandals were "partisan fishing expeditions" on Tuesday. After Carney asserted that Benghazi, IRS targeting, and Department of Justice seizure of AP records all had partisan elements.
- Wed, May 22, 2013
In Tuesday's Senate hearings into the ever-widening IRS scandal, outgoing IRS chief, Steve Miller, acknowledged that the planted question that broke the story last week was his idea. The "planted question" refers to the way in which the IRS chose to release the findings of the Inspector General's report a week ago Friday.
- Wed, May 22, 2013
A federal appeals court has backed the U.S. government's refusal to make public photos and video of Osama Bin Laden taken after his death.
- Wed, May 22, 2013
In an online video, ex-congressman Anthony Weiner says he's going to run for NYC mayor. Weiner resigned from Congress after admitting he sent lewd pictures of himself to several women via Twitter.
- Wed, May 22, 2013
Myanmar President Thein Sein invited US companies to help create a "market economy" and end the isolation of his once-reclusive state, during a landmark visit to Washington.
- Tue, May 21, 2013
American Ryan Fogle, who was arrested in Russia on charges of spying for the U.S., was spotted at the Moscow airport. He is believed to be headed home.
- Topics:
- Foreign Affairs
- Russia
- spying
- diplomats
- Tue, May 21, 2013
Three families from Newtown, Connecticut will lobby Illinois senators today to enact a controversial new gun control law.
- Tue, May 21, 2013
NewsBusted takes a comedic look at the headlines of last week.
- Tue, May 21, 2013
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said on Monday that President Barack Obama is endorsing a federal shield law for reporters seeking to protect their confidential sources, and 'is very happy to see the Senate take it up again."
- Tue, May 21, 2013
Syrian state media reports government forces are pushing deeper into Qusair, a strategic opposition-held town near the Lebanese border. Amateur video, shot over the weekend, shows rebels under attack as the area was shelled.
- Tue, May 21, 2013
North Korea on Monday fired more projectiles into the sea off its east coast, South Korean officials said, urging Pyongyang to refrain from "tension-creating acts."
- Mon, May 20, 2013
Fox News reacted aggressively Monday to the news that one of its reporters, James Rosen, had been heavily targeted by the Justice Department. Brit Hume, the longtime anchor for the network, appeared multiple times throughout the day to condemn the targeting of reporters.
