Stories By Will Porter
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U.S. Downs Syrian Jet, May be Preparing for Long-term Occupation
June 18, 2017The U.S. military shot down a Syrian aircraft on Sunday after it allegedly bombed U.S.-backed rebels...
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4,000 Additional Troops to be Deployed to Afghanistan
June 16, 2017In an attempt to turn around the war the Secretary of Defense says America is losing,...
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Conspiracy Fact and Theory
Declassified Documents Shed Light on U.S. Role in 1953 Iran Coup
June 16, 2017The State Department released a “retrospective” volume of declassified documents on Thursday on the 1953 coup...
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Russia Sanctions Bill Passes in Senate 97-2
June 15, 2017The Senate voted to impose a new round of sanctions on Russia on Wednesday over “aggressive...
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U.S. Authorizes $12 Billion Arms Deal with Qatar
June 15, 2017Just days after condemning the Gulf monarchy for its ties to terrorism, the Trump administration on...
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Senate Kills Bill That Would Halt Saudi Arms Deals
June 14, 2017The Senate voted to support a sale of $510 million in precision-guided munitions to the Kingdom...
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Texas Woman Wants Her Nuggets Now, Calls Police Over Food Delay
June 14, 2017After an agonizing wait of several whole minutes, a Central Texas woman dialed 911 when a...
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Defense Secretary Mattis: “We Are Not Winning the War in Afghanistan”
June 13, 2017Secretary of Defense James Mattis said the United States was not winning the war in Afghanistan...
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North Korea Releases American Prisoner, Said to be in Coma
June 13, 2017American university student Otto Warmbier has been released after 17 months of captivity in North Korea,...
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Hostage Crisis: Wild Bobcat Holds New Jersey Family Captive
June 12, 2017New Jersey police say a mother was forced to barricade herself and her two young children...
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Despite U.S. Resistance, Syrian Forces Reach Iraqi Border
June 12, 2017In what the Syrian Army General Command called a “turning point” in the conflict, the Syrian...
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Trump Backs NATO Mutual Defense Pact
June 9, 2017Abandoning statements made during his presidential campaign that NATO was “obsolete,” President Trump on Friday came...
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Senate Moves Forward on Iran Sanctions Bill
June 9, 2017Hours after a pair of deadly terrorist attacks in Iran's capital city left at least 40...
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U.S. Strikes Pro-Assad Forces for Third Time in One Month
June 8, 2017In what has quickly become a trend, American bombers yet again struck pro-Assad militia forces stationed...
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Comey on Russiagate: Where’s the Proof?
June 8, 2017So did Russia interfere in the 2016 election, as Comey asserts with such confidence? A neutral...
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James Comey, Other U.S. Officials Sued by Former Intelligence Contractor
June 7, 2017A former intelligence contractor has filed a lawsuit against former FBI Director James Comey and other...
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U.S. Bombs Pro-Assad Forces, Again
June 7, 2017American warplanes again targeted Shia militia forces allied to the Syrian government on Tuesday, the second...
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Cops and Robbers
Supreme Court Takes Steps Toward Reining in Asset Forfeiture Abuse
June 6, 2017The Supreme Court has placed new limits on criminal asset forfeiture and the government's ability to...
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The Daily Sheeple’s Will Porter on the Foreign Policy Focus Podcast #49
June 6, 2017Will Porter’s appearance on Foreign Policy Focus, episode 49. Articles discussed: “U.S. Admits Over 100 Civilians...
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Israel Expected to Approve 2,500 West Bank Settlement Units
June 5, 2017The Israeli Civil Administration is expected to approve around 2,500 new housing units in the occupied...
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Illinois Man Jumps into Moving Car, Rescues Driver Who Was Having a Seizure
June 5, 2017An Illinois man risked his life on Friday when he jumped through the window of a...
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Trump Backs Off Support for Moving U.S. Embassy in Israel
June 2, 2017President Trump has decided against moving the American embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem,...
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Hundreds of Civilians Dead in Mosul Airstrike
June 2, 2017At least 200 Iraqi civilians were killed in an air raid on Mosul’s Old City Tuesday,...
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Cops and Robbers
Police Sex Scandal Case Settled for Just Under $1 Million
June 1, 2017Jasmine Abuslin, a woman who said she had been sexually involved with over 30 police officers...
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U.S. Continues to Work with Iraqi Special Forces Unit Despite Evidence of Torture
June 1, 2017Despite definitive evidence that its officers have committed severe rights abuses for at least two years,...
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Cops and Robbers
New York Police Sergeant Charged With Murder of 66-Year-Old Mentally Ill Woman
May 31, 2017A police sergeant was charged with murder on Wednesday for the October shooting of Deborah Danner,...
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American Foreign Policy is a Trainwreck
May 31, 2017Over the last several years, figuring out whose side America is fighting on in Iraq and...
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Space Industry Mogul “Absolutely Convinced” of Alien Presence on Earth
May 30, 2017In an interview on “60 Minutes” Sunday night, entrepreneur and aerospace mogul Robert Bigelow said he...
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Is the U.S. Planning a Long-Term Presence in Syria?
May 30, 2017As gains are made against the Islamic State and other Islamist rebel factions in Syria, the...
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Belgian Monarchy Angered Over New Burger King Ad
May 29, 2017Representatives of the Belgian monarch, King Philippe, are not pleased with a new Burger King ad...