When one thinks of international organized crime rackets, one likely imagines the dramatic Hollywood crime movies that feature pinstripe-suited Italian gangsters running numbers, or tattooed Russian mafia thugs smuggling guns, or violent Mexican cartels dealing drugs. What one doesn’t think of, though, is thieves stealing trucks full of pistachios and… Read More
Supreme Court to tackle Obama immigration “amnesty”
When President Barack Obama used an executive order to go around Congress and grant temporary “amnesty” to millions of illegal immigrants, conservatives were up in arms. Obama defended his actions as necessary, while opponents argued it was an excessive — and illegal — overreach of executive power. Now, the raging… Read More
Charges against Trump campaign manager to be dropped
By Stephen Dietrich, Managing Editor Opponents of Republican frontrunner Donald Trump went on the offensive when campaign manager Corey Lewandowski was charged for simple battery against reporter Michelle Fields, demanding Trump fire him immediately — and said that Trump’s refusal was an example of everything wrong with his presidential campaign…. Read More
Obama headed to CIA headquarters to discuss ISIS tactics
President Barack Obama claimed progress Wednesday in the U.S.-led fight against the Islamic State group, even as political turmoil in Iraq and renewed violence in Syria threatened to jeopardize hard-fought gains. During a rare presidential visit to CIA headquarters, Obama said it had been “a bad few months” for the… Read More
Kerry: US opposes all kinds of torture
Secretary of State John Kerry has a message to the world: The U.S. opposes torture. Seeking to remove even a “scintilla of doubt” about American values, Kerry says the U.S. rejects torture in any form, at any time, by any government or group. Kerry didn’t mention Republican presidential candidates Donald… Read More
[Revealed] Obama’s 5 biggest blunders
President Barack Obama’s presidency has been riddled with mistakes and outright foolish decisions. In an interview with Fox News that aired Sunday, Obama revealed that he thought his biggest mistake was how he handled the power change in Libya in 2011. But why stop there? We’ve compiled a countdown of what… Read More
Racist Hillary skit leaves voters furious
It’s the kind of gaffe that would have had angry voters calling for Donald Trump’s or Ted Cruz’s head. So will they hold former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton accountable, too? Clinton and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio have come under fire over a so-called comedy skit that included… Read More
[Warning] Union thugs shutting down phone service
In a move that threatens the phone service of millions of customers along the East Coast, about 39,000 Verizon landline and cable workers walked off the job Wednesday morning after the company refused to meet their demands. What they want, according to Marc Reed, Verizon’s chief administrative officer, is a… Read More
Outrage! Obama caught in border security lie
President Barack Obama’s administration has been regularly criticized over security issues related the the United States border with Mexico. So it’s no surprise that Department of Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ statement that “the border is more secure now than it has been in many, many years,” has left… Read More
Traitor! US Navy officer accused of espionage
U.S. defense officials say a Navy officer with access to classified information is accused of passing military secrets to China or Taiwan, or both. A document that describes multiple charges against Lt. Cmdr. Edward C. Lin accuses him of failing to report foreign contacts and says that on multiple occasions… Read More