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Almost 200 people attended a joint House-Senate committee, this week, at the capitol in Boise, Idaho, and many wore anti-Common Core buttons. Parents and educators spoke out against the standards. House Education Committee chairman Reed DeMourdant and Senate Education Committee

Police say they the body of an American woman in her 20’s was found five days after she went missing in Thailand. Identified by the State Department as Lily Glidden, police say they found her body Jan. 18 in the Kaeng

The United States State Department has warned U.S. Olympic athletes that wearing team USA colors around Sochi may put them in danger during the Winter Games in two weeks.  According to the Wall Street Journal, the U.S. Olympic Committee sent

On Hugh Hewitt’s Wednesday radio show, CNN’s “The Lead” anchor Jake Tapper acknowledged a double standard in the media pertaining to the so-called “BridgeGate” scandal surrounding Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) and the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack on the U.S.

In a a move that would surprise exactly no one, President Barack Obama is reported to be considering using his executive powers to relieve some sanctions on Iran, regardless of whether Congress passes new bipartisan sanctions currently under consideration that

On Monday, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon withdrew his invitation for Iran to join peace talks over Syria, stating he was “deeply disappointed” by Iran’s refusal to accept the Geneva 2012 roadmap, which would require Iran to withdraw “troops and militias”

Newly released records confirm a 2012 Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) report that the State Department cleared the way for a visiting delegation of Muslim Brotherhood officials to enter the country without undergoing routine inspection by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents.

In March, the Latino population in California will overtake the white population, according to a report in Gov. Jerry Brown‘s 2014-15 budget proposal.  The date was pushed back from the initial date that was supposed to be seven months before

One of the big data companies responsible for the Obamacare website scored an over-$19 million taxpayer-funded contract from the State Department for its new visa-processing system as well as help managing oversight in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda,

The Senate Intelligence Committee revealed that the State Department received “hundreds” of intelligence reports in the months before the Sept. 11, 2012 Benghazi attack warning that terrorist groups would strike U.S. facilities in Libya. The report, released on Wednesday, excoriated

A Senate Intelligence Committee report on the Benghazi attack concludes that the State Department failed to appropriately upgrade security at the site given the deteriorating security in the region. Republican Senators specifically lay blame on Under Secretary Kennedy who made

A just-released bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee report blames the State Department for the September 11, 2012 terror attack in Benghazi saying “the attacks were preventable, based on extensive intelligence reporting on the terrorist activity in Libya–to include prior threats and

The U.S. State Department has blasted recent comments by Israel’s defense minister, Moshe “Boogy” Ya’alon, about Secretary of State John Kerry as “offensive.” Ya’alon had accused Kerry of “misplaced obsession and messianic fervor” in his efforts to push for a

The United States State Department issued a Nigeria travel warning because of the radical Islamic uprising in the country. The terrorist group Boko Haram controls the northeast, but officials believe they could expand. The Department continues to recommend against all but essential

(AP) Rodman apologizes for not helping US missionaryBy ARITZ PARRAAssociated PressBEIJINGFormer basketball star Dennis Rodman apologized on Monday for not being able to help an American missionary detained in North Korea during his trip there to play in a game

Feelings towards Common Core are starting to sour at the New Haven Public Schools in Connecticut. From the tests to lack of computer access for poorer students, the teachers have found many problems with the program. A community conversation took

The United States sent military advisers to Somalia in October to aim their fight against the radical Islamic terrorist group al-Shabab. It is the first time the U.S. military has been in the country since the “Black Hawk Down” incident

The United States is still concerned about security in Sochi, Russia during the 2014 Winter Olympic games after many terrorist attacks in the country. The games begin on February 7. President Vladimir Putin claims there will be plenty of security

By JONATHAN MATTISE and BRENDAN FARRINGTONAssociated PressCHARLESTON, W.Va.A chemical spill left the water for 300,000 people in and around West Virginia’s capital city stained blue-green and smelling like licorice, with officials saying Friday it was unclear when it might be

(AP) US names militants involved in Benghazi attackBy DEB RIECHMANNAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe Obama administration for the first time on Friday identified two militant groups in Libya, including one led by a former Guantanamo Bay detainee, as being allegedly involved in the

(AP) Chemical spill shuts down much of W.Va. capitalBy JOHN RABYAssociated PressCHARLESTON, W.Va.Schools and restaurants closed, grocery stores sold out of bottled water, and state legislators who had just started their session canceled the day’s business after a chemical spill

Jenny Beth Martin, co-founder and National Coordinator of the Tea Party Patriots, said her group was still waiting for President Barack Obama to hold any of his own top officials accountable as Chris Christie did on Thursday. The Republican New

U.S. officials told the Washington Post that Abu Sufian bin Qumu, a former Guantánamo Bay detainee and leader of a paramilitary group with al-Qaeda ties, had a role in the Benghazi embassy attacks on September 11, 2012. Qumu, currently a leader

As Secretary of State John Kerry continues to press Israel to make additional concessions for the sake of peace, a senior Palestinian official has reiterated what clear-eyed observers have known for years: that the Palestinian Authority has no intention of

NBA Commissioner David Stern distanced himself and the league from Dennis Rodman in a statement on Tuesday.  “The NBA is not involved with Mr. Rodman’s North Korea trip and would not participate or support such a venture without the approval

Recounting his initial refusal to stand up for the subjugated Jews of Nazi-Germany, Pastor Martin Niemoller concluded his famous poem stating, “Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out– Because I was not a Jew. Then they

Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton told Breitbart News on Monday that his group, a government accountability and watchdog organization, is having to fill in the gaps of the congressional investigations into Benghazi.  House Speaker John Boehner’s disjointed five committee process,

Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York has reversed his long-standing opposition to legalizing marijuana. Cuomo is bypassing the legislature, where the Senate has blocked legalizing medical marijuana, and plans to use an executive action that would allow limited use marijuana

(AP) APNewsbreak: Rodman names team for exhibitionBy DAN GELSTONAssociated PressDennis Rodman has named a team of former NBA players to participate in an exhibition basketball game in Pyongyang, North Korea. Rodman leads a team that includes former NBA All-Stars Kenny

(AP) Senior al-Qaida figure dies in custody in LebanonBy BASSEM MROUEAssociated PressBEIRUTThe leader of an al-Qaida-linked group that carried out attacks across the Middle East before shifting its focus to Syria’s civil war died on Saturday while in custody in