Britain’s David Cameron headed for defeat at an EU summit Thursday after being abandoned by his allies in a battle to block the nomination of Jean-Claude Juncker as European Commission chief. European Union leaders gather at the World War I
US President Barack Obama mocked Republicans who reject global warming as a “liberal plot,” as he pumped up a crowd of environmental activists in Washington. Obama compared climate change deniers to patients who ignore the science that shows they have
NEW YORK (AP) — A Chicago lawyer and accountant labeled by the government as history’s most prolific and unrepentant tax cheat has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Wilmette, Illinois, resident Paul M. Daugerdas (DAW’-gehr-dahs) was sentenced Wednesday in
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea is warning that the release of a new American comedy about a plot to assassinate leader Kim Jong Un would be an “act of war.” If the U.S. government doesn’t block the movie’s
Michael Egan, the man who accused four major Hollywood players of sexually abusing him years earlier, has now dropped not one but two lawsuits tied to those charges. The suit against Garth Ancier, a veteran television executive with NBC, FOX
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department on Wednesday apologized for a tweet that depicted a scene from the movie “Bridesmaids” with the words “Help me. I’m poor” imprinted on it as part of an effort to get students to apply
BEIRUT (AP) — A suicide bomber blew himself up in his room at a Beirut hotel Wednesday as Lebanese security forces raided the premises, causing an explosion that sent flames and a dark cloud of black smoke billowing out of
Broadcast live streaming video on Ustream Nobody would contest that Andrew Breitbart was a warrior. His mission was pretty simple: more voices not less. He was about freedom, which is perhaps why he was such an avid supporter of the
NEW YORK (AP) — Diane Sawyer is stepping down as anchor of ABC’s “World News” in September after nearly five years in the job, to be replaced by her regular substitute, David Muir. The network also said Wednesday that George
A loud explosion hit a crowded shopping centre on Wednesday in Nigeria’s capital Abuja, which has been repeatedly attacked by Boko Haram Islamists, the national rescue agency said.
LONDON (Reuters) – The way British Prime Minister David Cameron has fought Jean-Claude Juncker’s candidacy for the European Commission president has undermined Britain’s position in Europe, a minister in his own coalition government said on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service did not follow the law when it failed to report the loss of records belonging to a senior IRS executive, the nation’s top archivist told Congress on Tuesday, in the latest development in
This article originally appeared at Conservative HQ As CHQ Chairman Richard Viguerie has often said, every day there are millions of races between foxes and rabbits – sometimes a fox will win, otherwise there would be no foxes, but most
This article originally appeared in National Journal Sen. Thad Cochran’s narrow victory over Chris McDaniel in the Mississippi Senate runoff deprives Democrats of their argument that Republicans are beholden to the tea-party wing of their party. But it offers them
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a strong defense of digital age privacy, a unanimous Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that police may not generally search the cellphones of people they arrest without first getting search warrants. Cellphones are powerful devices unlike anything
CAIRO (AP) — Four near-simultaneous small explosions went off in subway stations and outside a court building in Cairo on Wednesday, wounding three people and causing widespread panic among morning commuters, officials said, in the first attacks since the election
GENEVA (AP) — More than 1,000 people, the vast majority of them civilians, have been killed in Iraq this month as Sunni insurgents overtook key areas of the country, the United Nations said Tuesday. The new findings from the U.N.
(Reuters) – Barely 13 percent of Libyan voters had turned up at the polls by noon on Wednesday to elect a new parliament that officials hope will finally restore order three years after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi. Libya is still
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Wednesday ruled out forming a national emergency government to confront a Sunni militant offensive that has overrun large parts of the country. Maliki’s electoral bloc won by far the most seats in April 30
Bones found in jungle in Panama confirmed as matching DNA from one of two Dutch tourists missing since April. Officials confirmed DNA from the bones matches one of the pair, Lissana Froon. “One of these, effectively, was the remains of
LONDON (AP) — The trial is not over yet, but tremors from the phone-hacking case are shaking Britain’s political establishment — and Rupert Murdoch’s media business. Jurors are still considering bribery counts against former News of the World editor Andy
The British press that he has blamed for failing to respect him in the past was on Wednesday united in condemnation of Uruguay’s Luis Suarez after he appeared to bite an Italian opponent. Suarez, who plays his club football in
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal from two severely disabled men who argued the law should be changed to allow doctors to legally kill them. But five of the nine judges concluded that a ban on
David Cameron’s gamble in opposing Jean-Claude Juncker as European Commission president has burnt bridges with allies and left him with few cards to play before a likely 2017 referendum on Britain leaving the EU, experts say. With Juncker’s confirmation looking
