Ethiopians swept the Kenyans off the podium at the Boston Marathon on Monday, winning both the men’s and women’s races for the first time in history and taking five of the six spots on the victory stand. Lemi Berhanu Hayle won the men’s race in 2 hours, 12 minutes, 45… Read More
Pentagon lied to Congress on sexual assault cases
The Pentagon misled Congress by providing inaccurate or vague information about sexual assault cases in an effort to blunt support for a Senate bill that would make a major change in how the military handles allegations of sexual misconduct, an Associated Press investigation found. At issue is whether local district… Read More
‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ star dies
Everybody loved Doris Roberts. The spunky actress who played the sharp-tongued, endlessly meddling mother on CBS’ “Everybody Loves Raymond” received an outpouring of praise on Monday following news of her death. Phil Rosenthal, the sitcom’s creator, called her “a wonderful, funny, indelible actress and friend” on Twitter. CBS said in… Read More
Justices split over Obama’s immigration policies
The Supreme Court appeared divided between its liberal and conservative justices Monday over President Barack Obama’s immigration programs that could affect millions of people who are in the country illegally. The administration’s best hope for a favorable ruling after 90 minutes of arguments at the high court appeared to rest… Read More
US sending Apaches, 200 more troops to fight ISIS
The U.S. has agreed to deploy more than 200 additional troops to Iraq and to send Apache helicopters for the first time into the fight against the Islamic State group in Iraq, the first major increase in U.S. forces in nearly a year, U.S. defense officials said Monday. The uptick… Read More
[Report] Obama being blackmailed over 9/11
Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir has personally delivered a threatening message to President Barack Obama and key members of Congress. The Saudis are prepared to sell off $750 billion in United States assets if a bill that would allow the Saudi government to be sued over 9/11 passes Congress, according to The New York… Read More
Cash for votes? Trump says Cruz bribed delegates
Despite trailing in national polls, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz was handed all 14 delegates up for grabs at the Republican Party convention in Wyoming this weekend. And billionaire Donald Trump is claiming it was the result of payoffs, plain and simple. Wyoming delegates are awarded through a convention process featuring… Read More
Olympics in danger as Brazil plunges into turmoil
Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies voted overwhelmingly yesterday to open impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff, a move that plunges the country into deeper chaos just months before the summer Olympic games. The 367-137 vote was well over the 342 votes needed for the proceedings to move ahead to the Senate, where… Read More
Benghazi hammer set to drop on Clinton
Nearly two years after it was created, the House Benghazi Committee is nearly done with its work, according to a top Republican lawmaker. And the timing of it couldn’t be worse for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential hopes. “We’re getting close to wrapping it up,” Kansas Rep…. Read More
ObamaCare entering billion-dollar death spiral
New federal reports show that the ObamaCare state co-ops have entered their “death spiral” and all but a handful may cease to exist by the end of the year. And it has cost taxpayers a fortune. When they passed the health care law in 2010, Democrats insisted on creating the… Read More