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Feb 16 2015
News
ISIS Empire: Smuggling, shakedowns, donations feed swelling terror budget
As the Islamic State seeks to export its brand of barbaric terror to would-be affiliates, the U.S. faces a growing challenge to find the sources of ISIS funding and blunt its flow to allied militants.
The terror army's most recent atrocity was the mass beheading of 21 Coptic Christians in Libya. It remains unclear how closely tied those militants are to ISIS in Iraq and Syria, but the
Fox News Digital
Aug 07 2013
News
Obama on Leno: Terrorist threat 'still out there'
It may have been The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, but President Obama's interview Tuesday night did cover some serious subjects like terrorism.
The temporary closing of U.S. embassies in the Middle East and Africa is "a reminder that for all the progress we've made -- getting (Osama) bin Laden, putting al-Qaeda between Afghanistan and Pakistan back on its heels -- that this radical,
USA TODAY
Aug 07 2013
News
Obama Says Private Capital Should Take Lead Mortgage Role
President Barack Obama is calling for private capital to take the lead role in the nation’s mortgage market with the U.S. government continuing to provide a backstop only against catastrophic risk. The president for the first time is endorsing an approach to remake the housing finance system as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (FMCC) are wound down. He said the government still must play a role to
Bloomberg
Dec 12 2012
News
Three Months Later: 12 Unanswered Questions on Benghazi
Three months ago today, President Obama woke up to the news that US Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans had been murdered during a terrorist attack on our consulate in Benghazi. The president had been informed that an active attack was underway the night before -- but how actively he followed the developing raid, and what (if any) orders he issued, remains a mystery.
Townhall
Mar 12 2019
Perspectives Blog
Political Polarization in America, in Two Fascinating Charts
Polarization in America is something I've been able to get a clear sense of when reading the news or checking social media, but ever since I saw these two charts illustrating the problem, I haven't been able to get them out of my head.
The first, from The Economist (Lean Left media bias), shows the distribution of ideology of House candidates who won their primaries in 2018.
Julie Mastrine
Jan 26 2022
Headline Roundup
Germany's Reluctance to Oppose Russia's Ukraine Threat
News coverage across the political spectrum is pointing out how Germany isn't joining the U.S. and its European allies in opposition to Russia's military buildup on the Ukrainian border.
The U.S. and other nations from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and European Union are preparing troops and sending weapons to Ukraine in response to Russia's possible invasion of the
Foreign Policy
NBC News Digital
National Review (News)
Nov 10 2014
News
South Carolina Seeks Dismissal Of Gay Marriage Challenge
South Carolina's attorney general is asking a federal judge to toss out a challenge to the state's gay marriage ban.
Attorney General Alan Wilson argues in court documents filed Monday that a federal case brought by a same-sex couple in Charleston should be dismissed. He cites last week's federal appeals court decision upholding such bans in other states.
Wilson said the Sixth U.
HuffPost
May 24 2016
Opinion
This was not the only way: Obama is right to visit Hiroshima, and right not to apologize for the bomb — but the judgment of history is more complicated
This week, President Obama will become the first sitting U.S. President to visit Hiroshima. To no one’s surprise, critics have charged that the visit will be the latest stop on Obama’s global “apology tour” — but the White House has already ruled out a presidential apology for Harry Truman’s decision to drop an atomic bomb on the city in August 1945.
Obama is right to go to Hiroshima.
New York Daily News
May 03 2015
News
Baltimore Rally: Burn Down Stores to Get Them "Out of our Communities"
During a large rally in front of Baltimore’s City Hall, a young man introduced as “Brother Rose,” in winding and sometimes incoherent speech, praised the burning of a CVS store at the corner of Pennsylvania and North Avenues. “America didn’t care until we started affecting things they profit from… What we saying, ‘Let’s get you out of our communities.’”
He also said, “Without us running
Breitbart News
Jun 06 2012
News
Gov. Walker survives recall in Wisconsin
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker won a vote to keep his job on Tuesday, surviving a recall effort that turned the Republican into a conservative icon and his state into the first battleground in a bitter, expensive election year.
Walker defeated Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett (D). That made Walker the first governor in U.S. history to survive a recall election; two others had failed.
Washington Post