Kellan Howell
Articles by Kellan Howell
Trump fires back at Rubio after ICE says Kathryn Steinle’s suspected killer was deported 5 times
Donald Trump wants to know what Florida Senator Marco Rubio has to say about a San Francisco woman who may have been killed by a convicted felon with five previous deportations. Published July 4, 2015
Golden Hammer: FEMA mismanaged New York’s terror defense grants
Neither the state of New York nor the New York City -- prime terror targets -- has defined homeland security goals or strategies for spending about $67 million in federal grant money, a new report from the Department of Homeland Security revealed this week. Published July 2, 2015
Feds spend over $600K on anti-tanning bed campaign for moms
The federal government is spending over half a million dollars to create a social media campaign to persuade mothers to keep their daughters from going to tanning salons. Published July 1, 2015
Iran human rights abuses of women, children worsen amid Obama nuclear talks
As the U.S. and its world partners race to reach a nuclear deal with Iran, women and children in the Islamic republic struggle under harsh, discriminatory laws despite numerous calls for reform from human rights groups and the international community. Published June 28, 2015
Jim Inhofe: My gay friends thought Supreme Court marriage ruling was bad
Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma said Friday that he has lots of friends in the gay community who thought the Supreme Court's decision to allow same-sex marriages across all 50 states was a "bad decision." Published June 27, 2015
Chris Christie launches campaign website ahead of official kickoff
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie launched his presidential campaign website on Saturday, three days ahead of his formal 2016 kickoff on Tuesday. Published June 27, 2015
Bill Maher: Donald Trump is a ‘Frankenstein Monster’ created by the tea party
Late-night talk show host Bill Maher unloaded on Donald Trump, one of the newest GOP presidential candidates, Friday night, calling him a "Frankenstein monster that was created with the tea party" who isn't going away anytime soon. Published June 27, 2015
Confederate flag outside S.C. Statehouse torn down; 2 activists arrested
Two activists were arrested in Columbia, South Carolina, on Saturday morning after one woman climbed the 30-foot flagpole outside the Statehouse to remove the Confederate flag, ignoring calls from police to come down. Published June 27, 2015
Supreme Court’s gay marriage ruling applauded by businesses, CEOs on Twitter
The Supreme Court's historic ruling Friday on gay marriage sparked a tidal wave of comments on social media with brands such as Southwest Airlines, Visa and YouTube jumping in on the discussion. Published June 26, 2015
Fairfax Co. school board adds lessons on gender identity, sexual orientation
The Fairfax County School Board voted Thursday night to amend its family life curriculum to include education on sexual orientation and gender identity, despite objections from hundreds of parents. Published June 26, 2015
FDA bans artificial trans fats from grocery shelves; critics see nanny-state overreach
The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday said artificial trans fats had to be off U.S. grocery shelves within three years, prompting charges that the Obama administration was engaging in regulatory overreach in service of a nanny-state agenda that won't stop here. Published June 16, 2015
Broadcasting Board of Governors has no oversight of multimillion-dollar grants: audit
The Broadcasting Board of Governors, the agency that manages Radio Free Asia and other U.S. international broadcasting, had almost no oversight of millions of tax dollars spent on these groups annually, according to a watchdog audit released on Tuesday. Published June 16, 2015
Fredricka Whitfield, CNN anchor, calls Dallas gunman ‘courageous and brave’
CNN anchor Fredricka Whitfield appears to have misspoken while referring to the gunman who opened fire on the Dallas Police headquarters as "courageous and brave." Published June 13, 2015
Soldier to attempt world record bomb suit run for charity
An Army sergeant from the Yakima Training Center in Washington will attempt Saturday to break the world record for running while wearing a bomb suit in order to raise money for charity. Published June 13, 2015
Ex-NSA official: Cybersecurity breach gave China intelligence ‘crown jewels’
A former NSA official said that the latest data breaches on the Office of Personnel Management gave Chinese hackers the "crown jewels" of American intelligence. Published June 13, 2015
Chris Christie rings up $124K foreign travel bill
New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie's recent trips to the United Kingdom, Mexico and Canada cost taxpayers in the state nearly $124,000. Published June 13, 2015
Islamic State winning the social media war, State Dept. says: ‘We must do a better job’
An internal State Department memo reveals that top officials don't have confidence in the U.S. strategy against Islamic State social media propaganda machine. Published June 13, 2015
Hillary Clinton granted no-fly zone status for campaign event
A no-fly zone will be enforced over Roosevelt Island in New York on Saturday as former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton kicks off her 2016 campaign. Published June 13, 2015
Army turns to 3-year sabbatical offer to keep top soldiers
The U.S. Army will allow some soldiers, both officers and enlisted, to take up to a three-year sabbatical from service to pursue educational or other personal goals in order to keep top soldiers from leaving the force. Published June 13, 2015
Golden Hammer: Report finds feds mismanaging high-risk IT systems
In the wake of the largest data breach the federal government has ever seen, a new watchdog report concludes about a quarter of the federal government's information technology investments are in "urgent" need of attention because of poor management, oversight and maintenance. Published June 11, 2015
