Rowan Scarborough

SOCOM diversity officer reassigned pending investigation into social media posts

U.S. Special Operations Command has reassigned its first "chief of diversity and inclusion" while it investigates Richard Torres-Estrada's social media posts.

March 30, 2021

Yes, Georgia voters can drink water while waiting in line

The new Georgia election law allows polling places to provide water to voters in addition to permitting those casting a ballot to bring their own liquid refreshments, an election official tells The Washington Times.

March 29, 2021

Special Operations Command gets 1st diversity chief

The U.S. command that oversees Navy SEALs, Green Berets, Delta Force and other covert warriors has hired its first "chief of diversity and inclusion."

March 28, 2021

GOP letter accuses Biden of violating restrictions on domestic snooping

House Republicans who oversee U.S. intelligence are accusing the Biden administration of violating federal law by injecting a counter-foreign terrorist agency into the job of assessing domestic extremism.

March 25, 2021

Biden violating restrictions on domestic snooping: GOP intel members

House Republicans who oversee U.S. intelligence are accusing the Biden administration of violating federal law by injecting a counter-foreign terrorist agency into the job of assessing domestic extremism.

March 25, 2021

Ex-FBI agent Strzok repeats false disinformation claims about Republican senators

Fired FBI agent Peter Strzok, whose Crossfire Hurricane probe into the Trump campaign relied on a since-discredited Russia-sourced dossier, is rebooting an unverified Democratic claim that two Republican senators relied on Kremlin disinformation from a Ukrainian politician.

March 22, 2021

Democrats’ elections bill would end culling inactive voters from rolls, watchdog says

Democrats are putting the brakes on culling outdated voter rolls with the proposed enactment of H.R. 1, a far-reaching, vote-counting overhaul that conservatives say will make the federal election bureaucracy less open and more secret.

March 17, 2021

Democrats election bill will let noncitizens to register to vote, conservatives warn

The Democrats' election overhaul bill will result in registering noncitizens as new voters even though those U.S. residents are prohibited by federal law from doing so, conservative groups contend.

March 14, 2021

U.S. ‘being systematically undermined’ by China as ‘radical tendencies’ go unchallenged

The Pentagon's top strategist believes communist China poses an existential threat to the U.S. after abandoning its old strategic policy of "hide and bide" -- that is, to mask a burgeoning national military while waiting for the right time to unleash an aggressive foreign policy.

March 14, 2021

Clear and present danger: U.S. ‘elites’ fail to ‘understand the danger China poses’

The Pentagon's top strategist believes communist China poses an existential threat to the U.S. after abandoning its old strategic policy of "hide and bide" -- that is, to mask a burgeoning national military while waiting for the right time to unleash an aggressive foreign policy.

March 10, 2021

James H. Baker, Pentagon strategist, says Iran nukes ‘probable’

The Pentagon's top strategist believes it is "probable" that Iran's anti-American Islamist regime will one day possess nuclear weapons, according to his talking points obtained by The Washington Times.

March 9, 2021

Anti-Trump activist sees more legal trouble after Capitol riot

Anti-Trump activist John Earle Sullivan is caught up in another legal tangle in addition to the criminal charges he faces in Provo, Utah, for a summer protest and in Washington for the Jan. 6 invasion of the U.S. Capitol.

March 7, 2021

Democrats dismiss Antifa violence in wake of U.S. Capitol riot

Democrats in the post-Jan. 6 era are downplaying Antifa's years of violence, saying the left-wing group's rioting is not comparable to the right-wing militias and Proud Boys who stormed the U.S. Capitol.

March 4, 2021

Biden’s Pentagon pick praises Trump strike that killed Soleimani

President Biden's pick to be the Pentagon's policy chief said on Thursday the world "probably is a better place" because of President Trump's decision to kill Iranian terror leader Qassem Soleimani.

March 4, 2021

National Guardsmen in D.C. fed undercooked chicken, metal shavings: Report

Michigan National Guard troops deployed to the U.S. Capitol have been fed raw chicken and dishes with metal shavings, a Detroit TV station reports.

March 2, 2021

UCLA student invaded Capitol as Groyper member, FBI affidavit states

Justice Department court filings have singled out fringe-right Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys for instigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

February 28, 2021

FBI document shows paid spy Stefan Halper behind Michael Flynn-Cambridge rumor

A declassified document confirms that it was noted FBI-paid spy Stefan Halper who told of a supposed inappropriate encounter between retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn and Russia-born scholar Svetlana Lokhova at the University of Cambridge in 2014.

February 25, 2021

Researchers’ technical analysis shows no massive voting fraud in 2020 election

A research nonprofit says it did an extensive examination of 2020 voting data in eight swing states and concluded "evidence of fraud or compromise was not found."

February 23, 2021

8 court cases against anti-Trump dossier yield only 1 victory

Targets of Christopher Steele's discredited 2016 anti-Trump dossier have battered him and his facilitators in eight lawsuits, but courtroom victories remain elusive. Of the eight, judges dismissed five, one was dropped and one is pending.

February 21, 2021

Russel Honore: Capitol Police ‘complicit’ in riot

Retired Army Lt. Gen. Russel L. Honore, whom House Speaker Nancy Pelosi named to head a security review of the U.S. Capitol, has stated that he believes the U.S. Capitol Police and the House and Senate sergeants at arms were "complicit" in the deadly Jan. 6 riot.

February 18, 2021