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President Donald Trump recently fired Michael Atkinson from his position as inspector general for the United States’ intelligence community. And in a bold move on Thursday, Alex Joel, a senior officer for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence who worked closely with Atkinson in the past, vigorously defends…

The fire has been the worst since the 1986 nuclear explosion, says the environmental group. (File)Kiev, Ukraine: Ukraine said Tuesday only small fires remained in the Chernobyl exclusion zone, with rain coming to the rescue in the battle against a huge blaze.The fire broke out 10 days ago at the…

April 13, 2020 | 2:50pm | Updated April 13, 2020 | 4:32pm Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani called Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden “crooked old Joe” and raised allegations that the former vice president and his son profited from his time in the Obama administration. “So we’re not dealing with a…

US Attorney General Bill Barr told Fox News host Laura Ingraham that President Trump was right to fire ICIG Michael Atkinson. President Trump informed Congress by letter last Friday he was removing the inspector general for the intelligence community, Michael Atkinson, effective thirty days from last Friday. Trump said in…

Ukrainian firefighters reported that radiation levels at the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone spiked to over 16 times their normal level this week as wildfires continue to ravage the desolate, forested area. The fires are said to have unleashed radioactive elements previously trapped in soil and plants into the atmosphere, carrying them…

April 8, 2020 | 3:06pm Enlarge Image Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Michael Atkinson (inset) AP; EPA GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley is trying to round up bipartisan backing for a letter demanding President Trump explain why he fired Michael Atkinson, the intelligence community’s independent watchdog who handled the…

Donald Trump is on a search-and-destroy mission to remove anyone who might get in the way of him committing more crimes or using the federal government as a personal piggybank for himself and his friends. And he’s using the coronavirus pandemic as a cover, knowing that both the media and Congress…

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(CNN)President Donald Trump fired Michael Atkinson, the inspector general of the intelligence community, late on a Friday night amid the coronavirus pandemic in hopes that you wouldn't know what he did. Or you'd note it in passing, and then quickly move on to other pressing worries like, well, the coronavirus…

April 6, 2020 | 9:23am | Updated April 6, 2020 | 1:05pm Just days after his firing last week, Michael Atkinson aired his disappointment regarding his removal from his post in an unusual statement. “While I understand that the President can remove Inspectors General for cause, I am disappointed and…