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The Iran deal will fail to muster enough votes to override an anticipated presidential veto. In the Senate, it may even fail to gather enough votes to stop Democrats from filibustering. The fact that Minority Leader Harry Reid wants to protect his members from having to vote on the Iran deal at all tells us exactly how bad it is. But it also tells us how weak the Republican opposition to the Iran deal has been from the start. And there must be political consequences.

Kentucky Senator and GOP presidential candidate Rand Paul stated that he would support fellow candidate Donald Trump if he won the nomination, but “I won’t be enthusiastic” on Thursday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel. Rand said, [relevant remarks being

Abram Belles, a 91-year-old WWII veteran from Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, was all set to be ushered out of the home he’s lived in for almost 70 years because of an overdue tax bill. But nearly 200 people on the Internet unexpectedly rallied to his side to raise the money he needed to stay in his home.

NEW YORK, New York—Demonstrators waving American and Israeli flags gathered in front of Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s midtown Manhattan office Tuesday evening to protest her support for the Obama administration’s nuclear deal with Iran.

A video surfaced of protesters outside of Trump Tower dressed as KKK members during GOP frontrunner Donald Trump’s press conference Thursday following his signing the Republican National Committee’s loyalty pledge.

Pundits are trying to explain why Donald Trump is at the top of the GOP’s polls, and many are grasping at the charge that he’s leading because of support from the “low information voter.”

At a town hall in New Hampshire, supporters of GOP presidential candidate former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush got a little performance—but not from the candidate.

On September 3 a Navy veteran tackled an alleged gunman in a Walgreens, stabbed him with a pocket knife, and held him down until police arrived.

Senator Marco Rubio has taking a conservative hard-lined stance against the Department of Education.

Republican presidential candidate and former Texas Governor Rick Perry stated, “I’d go back to more the 1986 model that Ronald Reagan had in place” on taxes and would tax hedge funds how they did in 1986, but that investors paying

Saudi Arabia is set to ink an agreement with U.S. government contractor Lockheed Martin for the defense giant to sell two warships to Riyadh.

He’s received $3M from donors who self-identify in tech industry employers, compared to Jeb Bush’s $525K. Clinton, a presumptive Silicon Valley favorite, has only managed about half of Bush, at $247K. See the full graph for the breakdown.

Was Hillary Clinton’s private email server hacked? The FBI is trying to answer that question as part of its investigation into possible mishandling of classified information.

Fox News Channel host Greg Gutfeld argued Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump “could rule as a Dem” and has “turned millions of righties into lefties” on Thursday’s broadcast of “The Five.” Gutfeld said of Trump signing the RNC’s unity pledge,

Chris Cillizza of the WaPo blog The Fix argues that since the RNC’s loyalty pledge for 2016 candidates isn’t legally binding, Donald Trump could–and might–ignore it anyway.

Kentucky Senator and Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul stated that he was “sympathetic to the idea that an individual shouldn’t have to sign or give their stamp of approval to they object to. And I think there’s an in-between on

A Christian who refuses to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples—Kim Davis, the county clerk for Rowan County, Kentucky—has been ordered to jail for contempt of court.

CAIR’s alliance with the movement reinforces the perception that it opposes law enforcement because it backs some of the aims of Islamic radicals, even as it condemns their tactics.

An illegal immigrant who is suing the Knoxville Police is now being charged with assaulting officers, according to WBIR-TV.

No GOP presidential candidate competing with frontrunner Donald Trump was safe from criticism during Trump’s press conference Thursday afternoon from Trump Towner, where he announced he signed the Republican National Committee’s loyalty pledge vowing to support the Republican nominee and not run as a third-party candidate, other than Carly Fiorina. He didn’t say anything negative about the former Hewlett-Packard CEO.

Sens. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Mark Warner (D-VA), both considered moderates, announced their support for the Iran deal Thursday.

Two women in Madison, Wisconsin were arrested Wednesday night after punching and threatening to kill a police officer who was responding to a 911 call about a nearby street brawl.

The New York Times’ liberal readers are Rebelling against the newspaper’s relentless cheerleading for the massive Muslim migration into Western Europe.

“My guess is that that the happiest people today are either Patriot’s fans or fantasy football owners who had the wisdom to get a steal by drafting Tom Brady late in the draft,” said White House spokesman Josh Earnest, adding that it was probably a smart move by fantasy football team owners to select the quarterback in their draft.

Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina stated that after the border is secured, non-criminal illegal immigrants “can earn a pathway to legal status under certain circumstances” on Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “New Day.” Fiorina discussed the GOP’s loyalty pledge and said

Clinton’s tech-guru Bryan Pagliano has announced he will ‘Take the Fifth’ as the FBI and Congress investigates his boss’ shady email system. So her allies are moaning about the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy and screaming at the top of their lungs that Hillary hasn’t been indicted for any crimes, ad are pretending that none of this is happening.

For the upcoming Jubilee Year of Mercy, Pope Francis is hammering home the message of forgiveness, urging all the Catholic priests in the Church to dedicate plenty of time each week to hearing confessions.

In a tweet, Rep. Tim Huelskamp is calling out Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for his statement that his first priority when he returns to Washington will be to fund the government. McConnell said this Congress will not defund Planned Parenthood at the expense of ensuring the government remains funded and open.

On Wednesday night, former Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony Batts told a crowd at Mount St. Mary’s University that police “took a knee” after riots in April, blaming their activity for rising crime rates that ended in his firing. Batts said, “Part of the crime rate increase is that the police officers at some point took a knee, and they are doing that like other officers.”

Pope Francis’ imminent visit to America is being spun by secular media as a political bonus for Democrats. No one, it seems, expects the pope to deliver a speech prophetically denouncing the human organ trafficking of Planned Parenthood, the grave threats to religious liberty in America, or even the ethnic cleansing of Christians from the Middle East.

The State Department waited almost two weeks to barely comply with a judge’s order that it cooperate with the FBI in the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private email use.

The Department of Labor, headed by Thomas E. Perez, a “liberal hero” to CNN and “a hardcore left-wing activist,” to Judicial Watch, continues to expand the Obama administration’s relentless assault on individual liberties and the rule of law with its latest proposed regulation, Definition of the Term `Fiduciary’; Conflict of Interest Rule–Retirement Investment Advice.

WAKE COUNTY (WTVD) — A Wake County man is facing sexual assault charges involving a 6-year-old girl at a church Tuesday.

Vice President Joe Biden did not speak about a possible run for president with donors Wednesday night in Florida. The possible candidate did, however, offer praise for candidate Bernie Sander’s ability to energize supporters.

The average price-earnings ratio (PE) of US stocks is at 25.5, versus a 16.6 historical average. That means that the stock market is currently 51 percent overvalued. But the challenge for this simple formula is that with all-time low interest rates forcing down bond yields, we are in uncharted territory.

The Obama administration will be granting temporary legal status and work permits to Yemen nationals currently in the U.S. due to armed conflict in their home country.