Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) floated the possibility that the Senate might stay in session beyond the two weeks remaining on the legislative calendar. Speaking on the Senate Floor the soon-to-be minority leader outlined the items remaining on the
CNN’s “One Day of Gun Violence” is an interact map intended to give readers the chance to see how “gun violence” rears its head on an average day in America. The map lists “83 incidents” that took place on July 12,
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos proved their mastery of the Kansas City Chiefs once more on a chilly Sunday night at Arrowhead Stadium. Manning threw two touchdown passes, recently signed Connor Barth was perfect
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — If this was a Super Bowl preview, with Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady in starring roles, the NFL will be thrilled. Rodgers threw for 368 yards and two touchdowns, Eddie Lacy powered for key yards
The latest Taliban strike in Kabul killed a South African father and his two children, Afghan officials said Sunday, as the city police chief resigned after at least nine militant attacks in two weeks. As the US-led NATO war against
On this weekend’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday,” while discussing the troubles President Barack Obama has had with his defense secretaries, Bob Woodward interrupted Associated Press Julie Pace who was saying how the president is “skeptical of military options” to
Fifty years ago, in 1964, a Korean War veteran, electrical magazine editor, and self-taught expert on Communism named John Stormer published None Dare Call it Treason. It eventually sold 7 million copies. The premise of the book was fairly simple:
The State of Israel is politically adrift. As it reels from a new wave of violence incited by Palestinian leaders, and debates a new bill that would define the country formally as a “Jewish state,” the coalition government of Prime
The best regular season matchup thus far takes place in Lambeau Field with New England visiting Green Bay. The possible Super Bowl preview features a battle of two iconic quarterbacks. Believe it or not, the 3-7-1 Carolina Panthers are still
MSNBC Military Analyst and Ret. Col. Jack Jacobs argued that the White House made Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel responsible but not giving him the power to handle his responsibilities on Saturday’s “Up” on MSNBC. “Anybody who’s going to take
On Black Friday in the Westlake section of Los Angeles at about 6 p.m., the Los Angeles Police Department started detaining Ferguson protesters, shackling them with zip ties and running background checks. Lt. Andy Smith for the LAPD said bluntly,
Columnists David Brooks and Mark Shields slammed the Obama administration for their treatment of outgoing Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Friday’s “PBS NewsHour.” Shields, who admitted he was a “sympathizer” of Hagel’s, said “when you’re looking for your fourth secretary
CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court on Saturday dismissed murder charges against former President Hosni Mubarak in connection with the killing of hundreds of protesters in the 2011 uprising that ended his nearly three-decade rule, citing the “inadmissibility” of the
Los Angeles-area animal rights activists will gather on Black Friday to protest the sale of fur on Rodeo Drive, in what organizers call “the bloodiest street in America.” The Beverly Hills protest is just one of many events scheduled as
The Chinese Defense Ministry issued a statement this week thanking outgoing Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel for his service and his contributions towards strengthening relations between China and the United States. The statement is particularly notable because of rumors of Hagel’s
This article originally appeared at National Interest: A U.S.-China war would be a battle between networks, according to one prominent security analyst. Speaking to a packed room of mostly undergraduate students at George Mason University earlier this week, Elbridge Colby, the
A crowdfunding campaign advertising itself as the Ferguson Legal Defense Fund has been running a campaign since October that boasts a goal of raising $250,000 for protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, seeking “money for jail, bail & life.” Protesters have been
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — U.S operation forces took part in a rescue mission that freed eight hostages in a remote corner of Yemen, but a Yemeni official said Wednesday that it did not liberate five others, including an American journalist
On November 26, California Attorney General Kamala Harris’s office said that it will ask that the judgment against California’s “good cause” requirement for concealed carry permits be referred to an “en banc” [full] panel of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Richard Sherman provided the moment of the game against the 49ers once again, a mere 10 months after his touchdown-saving deflection in the NFC championship that sent the Seattle Seahawks to the Super Bowl. Sherman
On CNN Wednesday, leftist Professor Cornel West, given the chance to bloviate about the non-indictment of Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting of Michael Brown, decided to impart his perspective with a vengeance, even targeting President Barack Obama and blurting
On paper, a terrific trio of games of Thanksgiving. So, those hosting Thanksgiving dinner, expect some distracted football fans looking to break away from the dinner table quite a bit. Let’s take a closer look at this year’s tempting troika
In his new book America in Retreat: The New Isolationism and the Coming Global Disorder (Sentinal, $32.95), Wall Street Journal columnist and Pulitzer winner Bret Stephens makes a timely analogy between the broken windows policing theory and Pax Americana, or what
Foreign Policy Managing Editor Yochi Dreazen and USA Today Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page wondered aloud who would want to take the position of Secretary of Defense in the Obama administration on Wednesday’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” on MSNBC. “Who wants this
Pulitzer Prize-winning Wall Street Journal columnist Bret Stephens’s new book, America in Retreat: The New Isolationism and the Coming Global Disorder, presents the dangers of an isolationist foreign policy and prescribes a solution for bringing America back to the forefront of
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Wide receiver Jason Avant arrived in Kansas City a few days ago, a mid-season signing by the Chiefs. He was leaving his hotel Tuesday when a woman mustered up the courage to approach him. She
Ferguson protesters are throwing bottles and fireworks at law enforcement, according to the St. Louis Police Department. The violent protests intensified following the announcement that a grand jury will not indict Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson, who fatally shot 18-year-old
HOUSTON, Texas — The Ferguson protest has reached at least three Texas Cities: Houston, Austin and Dallas. The protests originated in Ferguson, Missouri after a police officer shot and killed an 18-year-old in apparent self-defense. The Ferguson protests heated up
Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, a.k.a. “Little Barack,” responded to the grand jury’s decision not to indict Darren Wilson for the death of Michael Brown by saying, “This is just a sad day for America, in my opinion, when you think
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has accused the Nigerian military of cowardice and of terrorizing the civilian population in the northeast part of the country. Abubakar is Nigeria’s highest ranking Muslim leader, and his stinging words, spoken
On October 11, Rengin Yusuf died. She was a mom, a warrior and a young Peshmergan fighter who died in battle against ISIS. According to Sandor Jaszberenyi’s piece in the Wall Street Journal, she was part of a brave group
On the eve of Thanksgiving, the federal government is presenting Americans with a plethora of proposed regulations, among them several disturbing rules out of the U.S. Department of Education (USED) that suggest ever-increasing control over education by the federal government.
Outgoing Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel reportedly had a disagreement with Obama’s National Security Adviser Susan Rice before he was removed by President Obama this week. The New York Times reports Hagel had “a dispute” with Rice over Obama’s policy on
A columnist for Time magazine hopes that Americans don’t get too worried about the violent riots spiraling from Ferguson, Missouri out into the rest of the country. Violent riots are good, she says. In fact, she thinks riots are “a
In a statement released Monday night, the American Civil Liberties Union affirmed their belief that police are not entitled to fair and just treatment under the law. Despite the fact that a grand jury spent months evaluating vast amounts of
Islamic State jihadists have kidnapped 78 family members of Iraq’s defense minister, reports Kurdish media network Rudaw. Ismat Rajab, a Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) official in the Mosul area, told Rudaw on Sunday that the Islamic State (IS, also known
Talk radio host Rush Limbaugh reacted to the departure of Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel by arguing that he was fired for disagreeing with President Barack Obama on ISIS on Monday. Limbaugh continued, “This guy [Obama] does not tolerate dissent,
Outgoing Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, in a statement to Pentagon staff, says he made the decision to resign “after much discussion” with President Obama. Allegations have surfaced from anonymous defense officials that Hagel, the lone Republican on Obama’s national security team and the
Monday at the White House briefing when asked about reports about a conversation between Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) where Hagel allegedly expressed his frustration about being micromanaged by the White House, press secretary Josh Earnest
NBC News Capitol Hill reporter Luke Russert said that Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel struggled to penetrate the Obama administration’s inner circle as the “outsider” and that his departure as Secretary of Defense was manifestation of the “daylight” between Obama and
