Rowan Scarborough

John F. Kelly to be Donald Trump’s DHS chief

President-elect Donald Trump has picked retired Marine Gen. John F. Kelly to be the new secretary at the Department of Homeland Security, sources said Wednesday, selecting a career military man who, as head of American forces in Latin America, repeatedly warned of the dangers of drug legalization and the porous southwestern border.

December 7, 2016

Donald Trump, James Mattis differ on Vladimir Putin, Russia

President-elect Donald Trump and his incoming defense secretary hold decidedly different views on Russian President Vladimir Putin, potentially creating a policy breach on how to handle an iron ruler who laments the passing of the Soviet empire.

December 6, 2016

Green Berets in ISIS fight frustrated with top brass micromanagement

The secretive teams of Green Berets guiding rebels in northeast Syria have expressed frustration with the amount of micromanagement they receive from a top-heavy headquarters in Iraq and the United States.

December 4, 2016

Iran regime even more oppressive since nuclear deal, dissidents say

Now free in the West, recently escaped political dissidents say Iran's regime has grown more oppressive since its nuclear deal with the U.S. and other world powers that had hoped the agreement would moderate the Islamic-ruled nation.

November 29, 2016

Donald Trump to inherit ‘weak’ Army, military too small to win major wars, report finds

The Washington think tank that helped forge the defense views of President-elect Donald Trump says in a report that the armed forces are too small to win major wars.

November 27, 2016

John Kelly, Trump Cabinet mention, a border security hawk

What attracted Team Trump to retired Marine Gen. John F. Kelly for a Cabinet post was a dissertation on the southern border he delivered to the Senate Armed Services Committee in 2015.

November 27, 2016

Wisconsin elections officials see no proof of hacking of voting machines

The Wisconsin Elections Commission has found no evidence that any of its voting machines were hacked during the Nov. 8 election.

November 27, 2016

Iran positioning Shiite militias in Iraq as regional expeditionary force

Iran has positioned thousands of loyal Iraqi Shiite militia fighters around Mosul with a strategic goal of creating long-lasting armies inside Iraq that can also deploy as an expeditionary force to Syria, Yemen and other contested regions.

November 21, 2016

Paul Ryan to drive Donald Trump agenda during first 100 days as transition team lags

President-elect Donald Trump's transition team is relying heavily on the staff of House Speaker Paul D. Ryan to put together a legislative plan for the first 100 days in office, hoping for major steps on both the economy and Obamacare.

November 20, 2016

Army illegally barred Silicon Valley company from proposing software add-on: Judge

A federal judge has accused the Army of acting "arbitrarily and capriciously" and violating the law when it excluded a Silicon Valley firm from proposing its add-on for a battlefield intelligence data processor.

November 17, 2016

Navy SEALs find beachhead in public office, expect reinforcements

Navy SEALs, the most glorified warriors in the war on Islamic terrorists, are not a political force in America, but unprecedented victories in this year's elections have put former frogmen on a political beachhead.

November 16, 2016

Military needs counterrevolution, reverse social engineering policies, Hunter

A key congressional supporter of Donald Trump says the president-elect's defense secretary should move quickly to reverse a number of social engineering policies adopted in the Obama years that "have cut down on the warrior mentality."

November 13, 2016

Donald Trump, Republicans defy Nate Silver, polls

Major media pollsters and pundit forecasters wrongly called the presidential election for Hillary Clinton, had her winning states that Donald Trump actually captured and wrongly predicted Democratic victories in the Senate.

November 9, 2016

U.S. leaving Mosul reconstruction to Iraq — potentially creating opening for Iran

The U.S. spent more than $160 billion to rebuild war-wrecked Iraq and Afghanistan, but there appears to be little appetite in Washington to fund a third big reconstruction era for Iraq's ongoing second war.

November 6, 2016

Radical Islamic jihadists weigh in on U.S. presidential election: They hate both candidates

The two presidential contenders suffer through low approval ratings not only from Americans but also from jihadis.

November 1, 2016

Judge orders Army to include Palantir in reboot of battlefield intelligence system

Palantir founder Peter Thiel won a battle with the Army when a federal judge ruled it improperly excluded his computer data system from consideration for a new multimillion-dollar contract.

October 31, 2016

Election poll accuracy in doubt with disparity, outdated methodology

What a difference four years, and perhaps Republican Donald Trump, make. National polls are anything but uniform. Perhaps this disparity was signaled in 2014, when pollsters badly missed in a number of key races by undercounting Republican voters.

October 30, 2016

Hillary Clinton scandals, FBI ‘politicization’ date back to first lady tenure

Hillary Clinton remains embroiled in email and pay-for-play scandals from her days as secretary of state, but as first lady she also fell into questionable behavior that dogged her husband's first term.

October 27, 2016

Hillary Clinton embraces George Soros’ ‘radical’ vision of open-border world

Hillary Clinton has aligned herself closely with a vision for America laid out by her benefactor -- left-wing financier George Soros, who talks of "international governance," more open borders, increased Muslim immigration and diminished U.S. global power.

October 20, 2016

Obama administration sues Peter Thiel; Palantir; conservatives see political reprisal

A bitter struggle between an innovative Silicon Valley software inventor and the Army has shifted from the raging battlefields of Afghanistan to a sedate federal claims court in Washington.

October 16, 2016