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US Spy Traded in Obama Cuba Deal Still Missing

Rolando Sarraff Trujillo, a United States spy sentenced to 25 years in prison in Cuba for espionage, would call his parents every day from deep within the Cuban penal system. Then, one day in mid-December, the calls stopped, and President Barack Obama announced that Sarraff was safely on American soil. Since his alleged release, however, his family and friends have not heard from him and are demanding to know whether he is, indeed, free.

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As Year Ends, Obama Approval Rating Approaches 50%

President Barack Obama’s approval rating has hit 48 percent as 2014 came to a close. Just after the November election, Obama’s approval rating began to surge. Much of his signature polices were funded in the “CRomnibus,” including executive amnesty and Obamacare, which was passed with bipartisan support.

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Cuban Dissidents Arrested for Supporting Open Mic Project

Cubans in Havana organized Tuesday in an attempt to engage in a performance art project called “#YoTambienExijo,” or “#ITooDemand,” meant to give a voice to the Cuban people in the upcoming dialogues between Cuba and the United States. Before the performance could occur, however, its organizer, artist Tania Bruguera, disappeared, while a number of prominent dissidents in the capital were detained or placed under house arrest.

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North Korea: Attack on Obama Not Racist Because ‘Not All Monkeys are Black’

The government of North Korea has developed a reputation for lack of subtlety in its attacks on perceived enemies, and in remarks last week regarding the Seth Rogen comedy film The Interview, it crossed a line, calling President Obama a “monkey” and hurling other invective his direction. Now, the nation’s spokesman for Latin America is claiming that the comment could not possibly be a racist one.

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Stopping Obama’s Amnesty is the Battle of Our Time

Every generation of conservative leaders must rise to the occasion to confront the challenge of the time. The challenge at present is to stop Obama’s war on our borders and thereby his war on the rule of law. Will conservatives rise to the occasion?

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#YoTambienExijo: Cuban Dissidents Occupy Havana’s Revolution Plaza

Emboldened by dictator Raúl Castro’s declarations that, thanks to President Obama’s new policy on Cuba, the communists “have really won the war,” a group of Cuban dissidents led by artist Tania Bruguera have organized an anti-government rally in the Plaza de la Revolución in Havana– the heart of the communist government.

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Bloomberg’s Green: Hillary’s Fate Is Tied to Obama’s

On Monday’s broadcast of Bloomberg Television’s “With All Due Respect,” Bloomberg Washington correspondent Josh Green discussed the politics of an improving economy with co-host John Heilemann. According to Green, the direction of the economy will not only have an impact on President

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White House: Republicans Know Plan To Defund Amnesty Will Fail

White House Senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer doesn’t think that Republicans will succeed in defending President Obama’s executive amnesty in 2015. Pfeiffer suggests that Republicans won’t have the political momentum to sustain a mini-shutdown over funding for the Department of Homeland Security.

Polls: President Obama has higher approval rating in sixth year than Bush, close to Reagan

Obama Claims Illegal Immigrants Don’t Burden Taxpayers

President Barack Obama claimed that illegal immigrants do not burden taxpayers and are not a drain on public resources. In an interview with National Public Radio (NPR), Obama also slammed and dismissed those who are concerned about the negative impact that illegal immigration