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***Live Updates*** GOP Debate Night in South Carolina

Trump versus Cruz (Scott Olson / Getty)

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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Barack Obama (5thL) is greeted by world leaders as he arrives for the family photo at the COP21, United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Le Bourget, outside Paris, on November 30, 2015. 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), also known as 'Paris 2015' from November 30 to December 11. AFP PHOTO / POOL / MARTIN BUREAU / AFP / POOL / MARTIN BUREAU (Photo credit should read

Plenty of Hot Air in Paris, But Not Much Global Warming

Contrary to all the hot air emitting from Paris, there isn’t much global warming. If only the real threat we face, Islamist terrorism, fell as far short of its hype as global warming does! Last weekend, Matt Ridley and Benny Peiser noted at the Wall Street Journal that world temperatures “have gone up only very slowly, less than half as fast as the scientific consensus predicted in 1990 when the global-warming scare began in earnest.”

President of the United States of America, Barack Obama makes a speech during A Press Conference on December 1, 2015 in Paris, France. (Photo by

Obama: I’m Confident America Will Elect Another Democrat President

“Let me first of all say I’m anticipating a Democrat succeeding me,” Obama replied. “I’m confident in the wisdom of the American people on that front.” Obama added that even if he was succeeded by a Republican, they would find it difficult to turn back on the world just to please the United States

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Official in Jerry Brown Oil Scandal Resigns

As California Gov. Jerry Brown participates in the Paris climate change conference, the state official who played a key role in the ongoing oil scandal surrounding Brown’s office has resigned, the Sacramento Bee reported Monday.