Rowan Scarborough
Articles by Rowan Scarborough
Donald Trump rapped for inattention, lack of funding for Coast Guard: ‘Nonsensical’
President Trump's pledge Tuesday night in an address to Congress to rebuild the military did not include the armed services' fifth branch -- the U.S. Coast Guard. Published March 2, 2017
Noncitizens lurking on Virginia voter rolls
When Virginia Delegate Robert Marshall asked the state's 133 local governments to provide numbers on noncitizens and jury pools, Loudoun County produced some hefty figures. Published March 1, 2017
Homeland Security report undercutting Donald Trump’s travel ban drafted to be leaked to press
Trump administration officials believe that a Department of Homeland Security report that undercut the president's position on his travel ban was drafted with the express intent of leaking it to the press, a source close to the department says. Published February 26, 2017
Coast Guard icebreakers in Arctic vital to U.S. access
Russian President Vladimir Putin not only is lurking in the Middle East and Eastern Europe but also is building up military forces in the expansive Arctic as the U.S. watches. Published February 19, 2017
Nearly 2 million non-citizen Hispanics illegally registered to vote
A large number of non-citizen Hispanics, as many as 2 million, were illegally registered to vote in the U.S., according to a nationwide poll. Published February 15, 2017
Army depicted Hillary Clinton as insider threat in cyber security training
The U.S. Army depicted former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as an insider threat in a Powerpoint presentation to soldiers on cyber security. Published February 15, 2017
Iran growing network to train foreign terrorists, dissident group says
Iran's hard-line Islamic regime has escalated its overseas terrorist operations, establishing a network of over a dozen internal training camps for foreign fighters, the regime's largest resistance group said at a press conference on Tuesday in Washington. Published February 14, 2017
Noncitizen voters feud between academics resurfaces with fraud probe
A small research group has entered the debate on voter fraud, siding with academics who estimate that large numbers of noncitizens illegally register and vote in U.S. elections. Published February 12, 2017
Obama appointees flee Pentagon, Trump left with scores of vacancies to fill
The Pentagon has been stripped of almost all of its political appointees from the Obama administration, but an uncertain Senate future awaits the candidates whom President Trump will nominate to remake the armed forces in his image. Published February 8, 2017
Navy releases road map for diverse force protected against discrimination
The Navy has issued its last major directive of the Barack Obama era with a "diversity road map" that paves the way for a multiethnic force of sailors and civilians who are protected against discrimination based on "gender identity" or "sex stereotyping." Published February 5, 2017
Kellyanne Conway correctly spoke about Bowling Green Iraqi terrorists, misspoke on ‘massacre’
When senior White House adviser Kellyanne Conway misspoke and described a terrorist "massacre" in Bowling Green, Kentucky, it was a garbled reference to the fact that two Iraqi refugees who settled there turned out to be committed terrorists. Published February 5, 2017
Central Command didn’t distort reports on ISIS war, Pentagon says
A Pentagon investigation into allegations that U.S. Central Command "cooked the books" in battlefield intelligence has concluded that no senior officials falsified reports or deliberately distorted them to make war progress against the Islamic State look better than it was. Published February 1, 2017
Obama refugee vetting procedure enabled Iraqi terrorists to enter U.S.
Aws Mohammed Younis Al-Jayab in 2012 was among the first Iraqi refugees to enter the U.S. after President Obama lifted a six-month freeze on such entries as his aides tightened a shaky vetting process. Published January 31, 2017
Donald Trump’s National Security Council reorganization copies previous GOP president
President Trump's reorganization of the National Security Council principals committee, and the participation of the Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, is a duplicate of what George W. Bush did in February 2001 when he issued his NSC directive. Published January 30, 2017
Voter fraud debate as divided as America is politically
President Trump's vow to investigate illegal voting in America has placed the spotlight on a handful of conservative groups that have fought voter fraud in the shadows of more prominent issues such as Obamacare and terrorism. Published January 29, 2017
ISIS finds success infiltrating terrorists into refugee flows to West
The Islamic State has planned to infect refugee flows to the West with mass killers, and it has had some violent successes. Published January 29, 2017
Nation’s ‘voting rolls are a mess,’ say longtime fraud watchdogs
President Trump's vow to investigate illegal voting in America has placed the spotlight on a handful of conservative groups that have fought voter fraud in the shadows of more prominent issues such as Obamacare and terrorism. Published January 29, 2017
Hillary Clinton received 800,000 votes from noncitizens, bolsters Trump argument, study finds
Hillary Clinton garnered more than 800,000 votes from noncitizens on Nov. 8, an approximation far short of President Trump's estimate of up to 5 million illegal voters but supportive of his charges of fraud. Published January 26, 2017
ISIS drone dropping precision bombs alarms U.S. military
In a new threat to the West, the Islamic State on Tuesday debuted on social media a commercially available drone dropping small bombs with pinpoint accuracy onto Iraqi targets in and around Mosul. Published January 24, 2017
ISIS finds easy recruits in prisons of Indonesia
The Islamic State is seeking a foothold in the prisons of Indonesia, a country with the world's largest Muslim population and significant poverty. Published January 22, 2017
