NYT: Chuck Schumer Seems to Relish Role as Republicans’ Chief Villain
The New York Times explains that Sen. Chuck Schumer is the leading target of Republican wrath.
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NYT: Chuck Schumer Seems to Relish Role as Republicans’ Chief Villain
Republicans have put his face in their campaign commercials and spat his name as an insult on the debate stage. Presidential candidates and talk-radio hosts have invoked him as a kind of comic-book villain, thwarting Republicans at every turn.
Taking Care of Business: Saudis Execute 47 Terrorists to Start New Year
Saudi Arabia said Saturday it had executed 47 people in a single day, including a dissident Shiite cleric, Nimr al-Nimr, who had repeatedly spoken out against the government and the Saudi royal family.
Camp of the Saints: Europe Braces for Unabated Wave of Migrants After 1M+ in 2015
As 2016 dawns, boatloads of migrants continue to reach Greek shores and thousands trudge across Balkan fields and country roads heading north.
ISIS Terrorist: Blood, Crip, Muslim
The father of an ex-convict arrested in a plot to carry out an attack at a bar on New Year’s Eve said his son is “impressionable,” noting that “first he was a Blood, then he was a Crip, then he became a Muslim. He’s easily manipulated.”
Revealed: Brando’s “Insatiable Sexual Appetite” Drove Lover Rita Moreno to Suicide
In a new interview, actress Rita Moreno reveals that Marlon Brando’s “insatiable sexual appetite” and serial infidelity destroyed his relationship with her and drove her to attempt suicide.
Rubio Donor: Democrat Hillary Clinton Better than Republican Donald Trump
Stan Pate–the millionaire and political activist who founded a Super PAC responsible for an anti-Donald Trump skywriting campaign–admitted he would rather support Hillary Clinton, the 2016 Democratic frontrunner, for president over Trump.
Gunmen Attack Indian Military Base Near Pakistan Border
Gunmen attacked a northern Indian air force base near the border with Pakistan and were exchanging fire with security forces on Saturday morning, police said.
‘Happy New Year’: Young Man Sacrifices Himself, Saves Woman from Falling Elevator
A falling elevator trapped and crushed a man to death on New Year’s Eve, and witnesses said he helped a woman to safety and before losing his own life.
Business Insider: The Fed’s $64 Trillion Bet Against Deflation
The Federal Reserve closed 2015 by doing something it hadn’t done since 2006: It hiked interest rates, initiating a phase of tighter monetary policy.
Report: New Hampshire Becomes GOP Warzone
Brett LoGiurato at Business Insider takes a look at the GOP race in Hew Hampshire.
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Natalie Cole, Grammy Winning Singer, Has Died
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Singer Natalie Cole, the daughter of jazz legend Nat “King” Cole who carried on his musical legacy, has died.
Turkey’s Erdogan Says Hitler’s Germany Exemplifies Effective Presidential System
(Reuters) — Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, who is pushing for executive powers, cites Hitler’s Germany as an example of an effective presidential system, in comments broadcast by Turkish media on Friday.
Emails Reveal Coordination Between Rahm Emanuel’s Office, Investigators After Laquan McDonald Killing
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago mayor’s office, police and the body that investigates police shootings closely coordinated their response in the months after a white officer fatally shot a black teenager in 2014, newly released emails revealed.
Live Updates: Heavy Security for America’s New Year’s Eve Celebrations
As Americans prepare for New Year’s Eve ball drops around the country, law enforcement is in overdrive to keep revelers safe–as the homeland has recently been stung by a Islamic jihadist attack and threats have been flagged around the world.
Munich Police: Islamic State Planned New Year’s Eve Attack with Multiple Suicide Bombers
Police in Munich warned of a “serious, imminent threat” by Islamic State group suicide bombers wanting to commit an attack on New Year’s Eve and asked people to stay away from the city’s main train station and a second train station in the city’s Pasing neighborhood.
Evacuations Continue in Missouri from Record Flooding
Surging Midwestern rivers forced hundreds of evacuations, threatened dozens of levees and brought transportation by car, boat or train to a virtual standstill Thursday in the St. Louis area.
Fire Breaks Out at Dubai Luxury Hotel on New Year’s Eve
Fire broke out Thursday in a residential building near Dubai’s massive New Year’s Eve fireworks display. It was not immediately clear what caused the fire, which ran up at least 20 stories of the building near the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest skyscraper.
Poll: Most Americans Approve of Warantless Online Surveillance
WASHINGTON (AP) — A majority of Americans say they support warrantless government surveillance of the Internet communications of U.S. citizens, according to a new poll by The Associated Press and the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
Report: Microsoft Failed to Warn Victims of Chinese Email Hack
(Reuters) — Microsoft Corp experts concluded several years ago that Chinese authorities had hacked into more than a thousand Hotmail email accounts, targeting international leaders of China’s Tibetan and Uighur minorities in particular – but it decided not to tell the victims, allowing the hackers to continue their campaign, according to former employees of the company.
China Wants Japan, US Out of Okinawa
On the day after Christmas, three Chinese boats, one modified to carry four cannons, entered Japan’s territorial waters surrounding the Senkaku Islands in the southern portion of the East China Sea. The move, a dangerous escalation, is the first time the People’s Republic of China sent an armed vessel into an area that Tokyo claims as its own.
Trump, Cruz Fight It Out in South Carolina
Reuters covers a Donald Trump Rally in South Carolina.
NY Mag: Donald Trump First to Make Clinton’s Abuse of Women Stick
New York Magazine says Donald Trump is not the first candidate to bring up Bill Clinton’s treatment of women but he is the first to make it part of the 2016 conversation.
Do Not Disturb: Obama Enjoys Luau as Floods Devastate Midwest
Obama continues his Hawaii vacation as planned, while 19 levees are at risk of being breached by record-setting flood waters in the continental U.S.
Breitbart News Daily: Auld Lang Syne — 2015 in Review
On the December 31 Breitbart News Daily show, broadcast on Sirius XM Patriot channel 125 from 6AM to 9AM EST, host and Breitbart News executive chairman Stephen K. Bannon will interview a number of guests on a special program summing
