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Rowan Scarborough

Rowan Scarborough spent over 30 years at The Washington Times covering national security, including the Democrats' "Russia Hoax." He wrote two books, "Rumsfeld's War" and "Sabotage." A Navy veteran, Mr. Scarborough graduated summa cum laude from the University of Maryland. He reported for The Salisbury (Md.) Daily Times, Wilmington (Del.) News Journal and Defense Week.

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White House analyst Kashyap Patel files lawsuit against Politico, reporter

A White House analyst filed a defamation lawsuit Monday against Politico and a reporter for two stories the complaint says falsely accused the analyst of hijacking Ukraine policy-making and intervening with President Trump.

November 18, 2019

Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, NSC’s Ukraine director, to testify of ‘outside influencers’

The public on Tuesday will get its first look at Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman in action. And if he follows his closed-door testimony, he will knock his commander in chief while retelling his version of potentially damning conversations with a Trump ambassador.

November 17, 2019

Attorney General Barr indicts progressives’ anti-Trump ‘resistance’

Attorney General William Barr lashed out at the Democratic Party "resistance" against President Trump, saying it is a "incendiary" and "scorched earth" movement signaling that America is ruled by an occupying military power, not an elected executive.

November 16, 2019

Alexander Vindman claims Obama, not Trump, gave Javelins to Ukraine

Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a main accuser in the Democrats' impeachment drive, wrongly credited President Obama for sending advanced anti-tank weapons to Ukraine when President Trump was the first.

November 13, 2019

Obama National Security Council ‘detailees’ led Trump opposition

Trump backers say the president has strong opposition from his National Security Council because he chose foreign policy experts instead of his loyalists as top advisers in the beginning and the staff was full of Obama supporters.

November 12, 2019

Donald Trump aides fight over Ukraine policy

House impeachment transcripts show an internal White House struggle over Ukraine policy, with National Security Council staffers taking aim at President Trump and his political appointees.

November 10, 2019

Impeachment Democrats worry about ‘BleachBit’ repeat

Democrats are being sticklers for State Department impeachment witnesses preserving their internet messages, rekindling memories of the Hillary Clinton "BleachBit" saga at the same agency.

November 9, 2019

Impeachment testimony jabs Adam Schiff on Trump-Russia dossier

During House Democrats' impeachment probe interview of National Security Council staffer Fiona Hill, Rep. Adam B. Schiff got slapped down for championing the unsubstantiated Russia-collusion dossier on President Trump.

November 8, 2019

Astan-e Quds Razavi, Iranian religious foundation, funds terrorism, spies: Report

A supposed Iranian religious foundation is in fact secretly funding terrorism and spies, such as the recruitment of former Air Force intelligence specialist Monica Witt, who defected to Iran in 2013 with valuable security secrets, a dissident group is claiming in a new report.

November 7, 2019

Kurt Volker refutes whistleblower claim he pressed ‘quid pro quo’ in Kyiv

Former Special Ukraine diplomat Kurt Volker, a key witness in the Trump impeachment proceedings, is directly rebutting the whistleblower's allegation that he pressed the president's supposed "quid pro quo" in Kiev.

November 6, 2019

Anti-Trump chronology: D.C. establishment plot culminates with impeachment

ANALYSIS: Democratic operatives, the press and the FBI have worked daily from his 2016 anti-Washington candidacy to his third year in the Oval Office to disable and cast aside Donald Trump, a chronology of events shows.

November 4, 2019

Sidney Powell, Michael Flynn lawyer, puts Obama Justice Department on trial

Sidney Powell, the Dallas defense lawyer who rode into Washington determined to exonerate retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, specializes in unearthing stashed evidence and prosecutorial misconduct.

October 30, 2019

Michael Flynn: Prosecution says no new evidence to help him

The Justice Department rejected Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn's newest bid to gain more evidence, saying on Tuesday there is nothing more in the file that relates to his December 2017 guilty plea to lying to FBI agents.

October 29, 2019

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi tried to stay healthy in Syria, companion says

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi tried to stay healthy as he moved around Syria to evade death at the hands of U.S. military and allies, a onetime traveling companion says.

October 28, 2019

Joseph Mifsud gave deposition to John Durham in ‘Russia-gate’ probe

A new question about the mysterious Maltese professor Joseph Mifsud is: What did he say on a taped deposition handed to the team of special Justice Department investigator John Durham?

October 27, 2019

Pentagon accused of leaking Flynn phone calls to Washington Post, fueling Trump-Russia probe

The attorney for former Trump National Security Adviser Michael Flynn says a senior Pentagon official "is believed to be" the person who leaked the Flynn-Sergey Kislyak phone call transcripts to The Washington Post.

October 25, 2019

FBI ambushed Michael Flynn, then celebrated

The FBI under James B. Comey "unilaterally" made the decision to interview retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, excluding input from the Justice Department, ignoring the White House counsel and leading Flynn to believe agents were arriving as friends to discuss terrorism, his lawyer says.

October 25, 2019