The Washington Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that a florist who refused to provide services for a same-sex wedding broke the state’s antidiscrimination law, even though she claimed doing so would violate her religious beliefs. A lower court had fined Barronelle Stutzman, a florist in Richland, Washington, for denying service… Read More
South Korea shocked by arrest of country’s rich heir
South Korea was taken by surprise Friday with the arrest of the scion of the country’s richest family and de-facto leader at Samsung over his alleged involvement in a massive corruption scandal that engulfed the president and riveted the nation. Prosecutors believe Lee Jae-yong, 48, a vice chairman at Samsung… Read More
Trump’s new pick for national security adviser declines
Vice Admiral Robert Harward has turned down an offer to be President Donald Trump’s new national security adviser. Harward told The Associated Press that the Trump administration was “very accommodating to my needs, both professionally and personally.” “It’s purely a personal issue,” Harward said Thursday evening. “I’m in a unique… Read More
Tragic! ISIS suicide bomb kills at least 75
An Islamic State suicide bomber struck inside a famed shrine in southern Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least 75 people in the deadliest attack in the country in more than two years. The bomber entered the main hall of the shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sehwan and detonated his… Read More
Confirmation for Trump’s EPA pick on the way
Senate Republicans are poised to use their majority to confirm President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, despite calls from Democrats for a delay. A vote on Scott Pruitt’s nomination is set for Friday. As part of a public records lawsuit, a state judge in Oklahoma on… Read More
Bombshell! Trump DESTROYS the dishonest media
If President Donald Trump’s press conference Thursday was a boxing match, it would’ve been a brutal knockout. Trump laid into the dishonest media with quick wit and quickly established this was different than anything the mainstream was used to. No more Mr. Nice Guy. This was a no-holds-bar attack from… Read More
Elizabeth Warren just got REALLY bad news
Republicans just dropped some really bad news on the desk of liberal leaders Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders. Five conservative lawmakers just took aim at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau – the darling of anti-business Democrats like Warren. The law was protected for years by the Massachusetts senator with… Read More
Trump reveals new Labor Department head
President Donald Trump moved to fill vacancies in his new administration on Thursday — and his latest nomination to lead the Labor Department has liberals shocked. R. Alexander Acosta, a Florida law school dean and former Justice Department attorney, is the first Hispanic-American nominee in Trump’s Cabinet. So much for… Read More
Judge: Complaint against Christie in bridgegate may proceed
A New Jersey judge ruled for the second time that a criminal complaint against Gov. Chris Christie can go forward, saying Thursday evidence establishes the Republican had reason to believe lane closings at the George Washington Bridge in 2013 were more than just a routine traffic study and failed to… Read More
Accomplice pleads guilty to supplying guns for terror attack
A California man pleaded guilty Thursday to providing the high-powered rifles used to kill 14 people in the San Bernardino terror attack. Enrique Marquez Jr. appeared in federal court in Riverside with his hands cuffed and chained to his waist as a judge accepted his plea agreement with prosecutors. In… Read More