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72 House Democrats ask Obama to take in 100,000 Syrian refugees

We have seen the biggest refugee migration since world war II in our lifetime.  This is a big big ordeal.  Millions of Syrians have fleed th...

The Sharia States of Ameristan

Here's the scenario:   The Iranian weapons program yields a weapon of absolutely unrealistic power. Unrealistic as in "fictional&q...

Fact Check: An AR-15 Wasn’t Used In Orlando, And It Wouldn’t Have Mattered Anyway

The Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando, Florida is the deadliest Islamic terror attack in the United States since the terror attacks of 9/11. 49 p...

Catholic archdiocese defends nuns accused of defacing Sex party poster

The Catholic archdiocese of Melbourne has defended the Missionaries of Charity after a photograph emerged purporting to show two nuns from t...

Sanders jabs at Clinton's foreign policy credentials following speech

Bernie Sanders took a swipe at Hillary Clinton’s foreign policy credentials on Thursday in the wake of the Democratic presidential fro...

Clinton attacks Trump's foreign policy as a threat to U.S. safety

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton lambasted Donald Trump's foreign policy platform as "dangerously incoherent" in a...

Bosnia police arrest five, seize arms intended for Islamists in Sweden

Police in Bosnia have arrested five people suspected of trafficking arms to Islamists in Sweden and seized large amounts of weapons and military equip...

Hillary Clinton Posted Names of Hidden Intelligence Officials On Her Email

Federal records reveal that Clinton swapped these highly classified names on an email account that was vulnerable to attack and was breached...

U.N. adds Saudi coalition to blacklist for killing children in Yemen

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon slammed the Saudi Arabia-led coalition fighting in Yemen for killing and maiming children by adding it to...

Judge orders Obama administration to release new Clinton emails

A federal judge has ordered the Obama administration to release new emails connected to Hillary Clinton before Democratic National Conventio...

Paul Ryan says he will vote for Donald Trump

The speaker of the House of Representatives says he will vote for Donald Trump. Rep. Paul Ryan made that statement in a column submitted ...

Lavrov: World War II put an end to Kuril Islands transfer story

According to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, World War II put an end to the story of the Kuril Islands’ transfer from one state to ...

Clinton IT aide to plead Fifth in email case

The man believed to have set up and maintained Hillary Clinton’s private email server will assert his Fifth Amendment rights against self-i...

Attempted North Korea missile launch fails: South Korea

North Korea attempted to fire a missile from its east coast on Tuesday but the launch appears to have failed, South Korean officials said, in what wou...

Bernie Sanders Blasts Hillary Clinton's Refusal to Debate as 'Insulting' to Voters

Bernie Sanders blasted Hillary Clinton for her refusal to debate him two weeks before the California Democratic primary. "...

Dalai Lama says 'too many' refugees in Europe

The Dalai Lama said in an interview published Thursday that Europe has accepted “too many” refugees, and that they should eventually retur...

In dramatic statement, European leaders call for ‘immediate’ open access to all scientific paper

In what European science chief Carlos Moedas calls a "life-changing" move, E.U. member states today agreed on an ambitious new open-acc...

Argentina's last military dictator jailed for role in international death squad

Argentina’s last military dictator, 88-year-old former general Reynaldo Bignone, was today sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in Opera...

Fewer than 500 of 163,000 asylum seekers found jobs

Using figures from Sweden's employment agency Arbetsförmedlingen and migration authorities Migrationsverket, SVT reported on Tuesda...

State Dept. watchdog: Clinton violated email rules

A State Department watchdog concluded that Hillary Clinton failed to comply with the agency’s policies on records while using a person...

North Korea: Kim Jong-un's aunt 'lives American Dream'

An aunt of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been running a dry-cleaning business in the US after defecting with her family in 1998, the Washing...

As many as 240,000 women have tried DIY abortions because of strict Texas laws

Between 100,000 and 240,000 women of reproductive age in Texas have attempted self-induced abortions as access to abortion clinics throughout the stat...

Wealthy sex assault survivor pledges to defeat GOP lawmaker who won’t let victims sue their abuser

ealthy New York businessman has made it his personal mission to defeat state lawmakers who won’t pass a bill to allow child sex abuse survivors ...

China says Nanjing more worthy of remembrance than Hiroshima

China said on Friday (May 27) that Japan's World War II violence is more worthy of remembrance than the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, ahead of a hi...

Senator calls for investigation of Purdue Pharma following Times story on OxyContin

.S. senator on Friday called for federal investigations of OxyContin’s manufacturer in response to a Los Angeles Times report that found the bes...

Alabama Chief Justice Suspended Over Gay Marriage Stance

Roy Moore, chief justice of the Alabama state Supreme Court, was suspended for his efforts to block same-sex marriage, counter to a U.S. Supreme Court...

U.S. plans new wave of immigrant deportation raids

U.S. immigration officials are planning a month-long series of raids in May and June to deport hundreds of Central American mothers and children found...

U.S. election: Manufacturing the masks

There's no masking the facts. One Chinese factory is expecting Donald Trump to beat his likely U.S. presidential rival Hilary Clinton in the popul...

State Department email audit faults Hillary Clinton

 Hillary Clinton and her team ignored clear guidance from the State Department that her email setup broke federal standards and could leave sensi...

Trump the Magnificent

On the morning of May 19th, American news watchers were greeted with an early morning report of a missing plane. Specifically, flight EgyptAir MS804 d...

Donald Trump is trying out a new moniker for Hillary Clinton

Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump appears to be test-driving a new moniker for Hillary Clinton, his Democratic counterpart.  ...

The Inevitability Trap

e Sunday before Election Day, Hillary Clinton addressed a crowd of voters at an afternoon rally in Nashua, New Hampshire. The state has long served as...

Lewandowski says campaign understands delegate rules, calls Trump 'presumptive nominee'

Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski on Sunday dismissed criticism about his team failing to understand GOP delegate rules and declared his...

Gov. McCrory Stands Behind Parts of North Carolina's 'Bathroom Law

Heated debate, protests and boycotts over North Carolina's controversial law, which some consider discriminatory towards members of the LGBT commu...

Paul Ryan Says He Doesn’t Want and Won’t Accept the GOP Nomination

House Speaker Paul Ryan sought to shut down speculation on Tuesday that he might become the Republican presidential nominee in the event of a con...

N.C. Governor Signs Order That 'Clarifies' Controversial Gender Identity Bill

Responding to criticisms over his state's controversial new law that voids cities' anti-discrimination rules protecting members of the LGBT co...

Brazil's congressional committee votes in favour of impeaching Dilma Rousseff

President suffers damaging setback as committee sets stage for full vote in lower house of Congress later this week Brazil’s president D...

Introducing Based Mom - Crusader Against Tyranny

Have you heard of based mom?  Well her actual name is Christina Hoff Sommers (The Factual Feminist)and she has been called by a stunning majority...

Sanders Digs In, Clinton Calls for Unity in Spat Over Qualifications

NEW YORK - Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders continued a charged back-and-forth Thursday over their qualifications for the Oval Office, with Sanders ...

'One Person, One Vote' Upheld by U.S. Supreme Court

The court's rejection of the challenge was a victory for the federal government, which advocated using total population as a metric for redistrict...

This war is for America’s soul: Donald Trump, Paul Ryan and how wealthy white elites protect thems

It's the elites vs the people in this presidential campaign, and nothing less than democracy is at stake. oday’s political crisis is the ...

Donald Trump on North Korea going to war: 'Good luck, enjoy yourself folks'

Donald Trump on Saturday told a crowd of thousands he was sanguine about potential hostilities between North Korea and its neighbors. Speaking...

Gareth Bale Comments on El Clasico 2016, Zinedine Zidane and More

By Rory Marsden Gareth Bale has indicated he is not currently being used in his favoured position ahead of Real Madrid's meeting with...

Trump fends off controversy hoping to clinch Wisconsin

By SCOTT BAUER and JULIE PACE Latest News Advertisement MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Next Tuesday's Wisconsin presidential primary is emerging a...

Obama: Trump 'doesn't know much about foreign policy'

President Barack Obama said Donald Trump's suggestion that Japan and South Korea should consider obtaining nuclear weapons demonstrates the Republ...

Judicial Watch Lawsuit Uncovers New Hillary Clinton Email Withheld from State Department

Email Shows Clinton Engaged On Blackberry Issues (Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that it has obtained State Depar...

How to inoculate people against Donald Trump’s fact-bending claims

A potential Donald Trump presidency terrifies people worldwide. Hisracism, bullying, and enthusiasm for violence are a great ...

Poland slams door on refugees

The Brussels terror attacks prompted Poland to rethink its already unenthusiastic position on accepting asylum seekers and stop re...

Past Terrorist Attacks Helped Trump Capitalize On Anti-Muslim Sentiment

Before President Obama made a statement on the terrorist attacks in Brussels today, presidential contender Donald Trump had already weighed ...

Ted Cruz calls for law enforcement to ‘patrol and secure’ Muslim neighborhoods

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) said following Tuesday's terrorist attacks in Brussels that law enforcement should "secure" Muslim neighborhoods,...

The Latest: Obama says Cuba's isolation deters change

HAVANA (AP) — The Latest on President Barack Obama's trip to Cuba (all times local): President Obama says Cuba's isolation has in som...