President Obama was in Toluca, Mexico, Wednesday, meeting with President Enrique Peña Nieto. However, he made it clear at their summit that his mind was with Kiev, encouraging peace in Ukraine and threatening “consequences if people step over the line.”
A major anti-government protest in Venezuela on February 12 left three student protesters dead and injured dozens of others. As those detained are released from prison, however, the real toll begins to surface. Two protesters released today claim to have
Popular Will opposition party leader Leopoldo López is now Venezuela’s most prominent political prisoner. In a pre-recorded video released after his arrest, the longtime thorn-in-the-side of socialist leaders Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro encouraged the people of Venezuela to continue
An obscure 1920 regulation is preventing 40,000 tons of rock salt to reach icy New Jersey, forcing local authorities to toss pickle juice onto the roads and hope for the best. According to local news reports, the ship holding the
Genesis Carmona, a 22-year old beauty queen elected Miss Turismo Carabobo 2013, passed away today after being shot in the head during an anti-government protest in Venezuela. Carmona is the fifth young Venezuelan to die during peaceful anti-government protests in
Texas Democrat Wendy Davis has split her party in two. In a whirlwind campaign that most recently saw the candidate claim she was open to an abortion ban, the left is struggling to keep up with Davis’s evolving definition of
According to Spanish newspaper ABC, prominent Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo López was arrested this afternoon in Caracas after President Nicolás Maduro issued a warrant for “murder and terrorism.” López has organized peaceful anti-Chavez protests for more than 15 years and
The United Nations opened this week up with a bang: an extensive report detaining the numerous human rights abuses in North Korea–from widespread rape and child abuse to using human corpses as fertilizer–and threatened to hold Kim Jong-Un personally liable. China
Many met the rise of Mayor Bill de Blasio with concern, expecting his radical progressive agenda to ravage New York City. Instead, de Blasio’s tenure is being defined by what he is not able to do. With reports of confused staffers
The Star-Ledger‘s new analysis of the distribution of relief funds for victims of Hurricane Sandy has found that almost one third of the federal money provided to New Jersey went to relatively unaffected areas. This is the latest in a string of
It has been a long year for New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, and it’s only February. After a week of snow panic followed by daunting reports of rock salt shortages in his state, Christie fled New Jersey with his family
It’s endorsement season for Texas’s newspapers, which means voters are getting a lot more unfiltered Wendy Davis than ever before. Last week, Davis called for a ban on late-term abortions – a reversal on her signature issue. However, in the Fort Worth
Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro has a violent situation on his hands, as protests against the socialist regime escalate and the death toll rises. Reuters reports that protesters have vowed to continue until Maduro resigns, but Maduro has only escalated the
In a fragmented Democratic Party torn increasingly apart by its ravenously progressive young liberal base, Vice President Joe Biden could mount a “serious” campaign for the presidency in 2016. This according to the Washington Post, which details the makings of
It’s difficult to come across good news these days when you are New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, but it’s a headline when anything positive related to the politically motivated closing of the George Washington Bridge surfaces. At least, Christie can
President Richard Nixon will be remembered for his mastery of foreign policy, his unparalleled contributions to destroying the Soviet Union, and giving Bob Woodward a career. But Nixon was more than someone’s president; he was someone’s husband, and this weekend, Politico
Pushing through an agenda so progressive it has made fellow Democrats balk is proving a difficult task for Bill de Blasio. The New York City mayor has already experienced significant resistance to his plan to raise taxes on the rich
Yesterday morning, just as the New York Times prepared to publish a 5,000-word profile of Democratic Texas gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis’s “progressive ideology,” the candidate announced support of a ban on abortions after 20 weeks. Now, the Times calls that switch
The Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Khamenei, released a statement this week urging university students to “refine your souls and to approach God,” but also to prepare for “cyber-war.” According to Iran’s Mehr News Agency, the Ayatollah released a message
A federal judge struck down Virginia’s ban on same-sex marriage today, an historic ruling with especial resonance on Valentine’s Day. Except the history of the historic ruling isn’t exactly up to par: Judge Arenda Wright Allen claimed the Constitution declares
A harrowing report out of Colombia: Argentine news network Infobae reports that incidents of guerrilla forces drugging children with marijuana candy and ice cream are on the rise, the purpose of which is to kidnap and use them as spies and
This week’s massive snowstorm has claimed its first life. A pregnant woman in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn lost her life when she was hit by a snowplow attempting to clean up the streets. While first responders were not able
Wendy Davis has become a ticking time bomb for the Democratic Party. Raising a third of the funds her Republican opponent has and cornered into supporting stances unpopular to the left, Davis abandoned her pet issue–support for abortion–on the day The
Beloved weatherman Al Roker is not too happy with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s decision to keep schools open during Thursday’s snowstorm. Roker, who has made clear he is not a big fan of de Blasio, went on
Parents are storming the New York City Department of Education’s Facebook page and using any public medium to let Mayor Bill de Blasio know they are not happy with his decision to keep schools open during a snowstorm so powerful
