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The Republican presidential candidates debate tonight in North Charleston, South Carolina less than three weeks before the Iowa caucuses. Carly Fiorina, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum will participate in the undercard debate, which starts

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Loretta Lynch Says to Muslims ‘We Stand with You in This’

On Thursday, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, speaking at the Muslim Advocate’s 10th anniversary dinner, shockingly refused to focus on the Muslim community after the terrorist attacks committed by Muslims in San Bernardino and Paris, instead warning non-Muslims that her Justice Department would target people whose anti-Muslim rhetoric “edges towards violence.” She reassured her audience, “We stand with you in this.”

Federal Reserve Janet Yellen prepares to testify before a Joint Economic Committee hearing on 'The Economic Outlook,' on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on December 3, 2015. AFP / NICHOLAS KAMM

Jobs Report Clears Way For Federal Reserve Hike

The economy added a modest 211,000 jobs in November, in line with economists’ expectations. The jobs report, released Friday, clears the final hurdle before the Federal Reserve takes its expected step to gradually increase interest rates at its next meeting on December 16.

Job seekers are given instructions before entering the HireLive Career Fair on November 12, 2015 in San Francisco, California.

Record Number of Men NOT in Labor Force

A record number of American men were outside the labor force last month, according to data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Based on historical data, the 38,151,000 American men not in the labor force is a record going back to the first available data in June of 1976 when just 15,349,000 men were out of the workforce.

A job seeker (R) meets with recruiters during the HireLive Career Fair on November 12, 2015 in San Francisco, California. The national unemployment rate stands at 5 percent.

56,295,000 American Women Not in Labor Force

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that in November 56,295,000 women (ages 16 and older) were neither employed nor had looked for a job in four weeks. The number represented a decline of 245,000 from October’s level and a decline of 352,000 from September’s record level of 56,647,000 women not in the workforce.

A swat team arrives at the scene of a shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015. Police responded to reports of an active shooter at a social services facility. ( MANDATORY CREDIT

Islamic State Recruiting ‘City Wolves’ For ‘Guerrilla War In America’

“What ISIS wants to do is basically turn American and European cities into guerrilla war zones where you’re seeing a San Bernardino type of attack, you’re seeing a Paris style of attack, a Boston Bombing style of attack on a regular basis,” said Stakelbeck, who is also the author of “ISIS Exposed: Beheadings, Slavery, and the Hellish Reality of Radical Islam.”

People display a banner reading which translates as 'false solutions COP21 No peace without climate justice' in front of the 'Solutions COP21' exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris on December 4, 2015 as part of the COP 21, the United Nations conference on climate change. More than 150 world leaders are meeting under heightened security, for the 21st Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change COP21/CMP11) from November 30 to December 11. / AFP / LOIC VENANCE

Poll: ‘Climate Change’ Remains Very Low Priority For Voters

Yet another in a very long string of state and national polls shows that “climate change” is not a high priority for voters, and they haven’t paid much attention to the latest climate confab in Paris, which had a carbon footprint bigger than a thousand normal Americans living average lives for an entire year.

dome of the US Capitol is seen in Washington on January 4, 2011, one day before before the Republican-led 112th Congress covenes for the first time. AFP PHOTO/Nicholas KAMM (Photo credit should read

Republican Congress Boosts Road Spending, Reopens Ex-Im Bank

The bill provides just over $200 billion over 5 years for highway and road construction. The legislation also diverts $48 billion out of the highway trust fund to spend on mass transit. The majority of the funding for the bill comes from revenue from the federal gas tax. In recent years, however, Congress’ spending needs have outpaced revenues from the gas tax. Compromise on spending is considerably easier when more money is added.