On June 13, Congress voted to limit President Obama’s ability to indefinitely detain U.S. citizens who are suspected of terrorism. By a vote of 214-211, Congress approved an amendment to the 2014 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) saying that “nothing
(AP) AP IMPACT: Commander in SS-led unit living in USBy DAVID RISING, RANDY HERSCHAFT and MONIKA SCISLOWSKAAssociated PressBERLINA top commander of a Nazi SS-led unit accused of burning villages filled with women and children lied to American immigration officials to
Dwyane Wade had more steals (6) than the Spurs team (5) in falling one steal short of tying Robert Horry’s 18-year NBA Finals record. Kawhi Leonard (left in photo) once again joined Gary Neal and Danny Green to give the Spurs
San Antonio’s young three earning a total of $6.2 million a year has matched the points of Miami’s big three earning $52.3 million a year through three games of the NBA Finals. The Spurs continue to pay the fewest dollars
Terrance Brown, 40, is on trial in South Florida for allegedly conspiring with four other men to hijack armored trucks delivering cash to banks in 2010. All have pleaded not guilty. But now Brown has come up with a unique
Basketball is all about athleticism. Hockey is all about toughness. LeBron James and Gregory Campbell are the faces of this postseason. But an epidemic of flopping threatens both sports. In fact, the threat is spearheaded by one of Campbell’s teammates,
Breitbart News reported last week that Rep. John Fleming (R-LA) passed an amendment in the House Armed Services Committee protecting religious speech of service members in the military. President Barack Obama has now threatened to veto the bill if it
An analysis by Pepperdine Law Professor Robert Anderson finds that 95% of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) lawyers who made donations to candidates in the 2012 presidential race gave to President Barack Obama’s campaign. “Lawyers are relevant because they are the
The House’s version of the $638 billion Defense authorization bill is eliciting threats of a veto from the White House. The White House’s reasons are greatly derived from the Obama Administrations predilection for gutting defense, pleasing the Russians, and coddling
Before a raucous and electric crowd in Seattle, the United States men’s national soccer team took a giant step toward the 2014 World Cup, which will be held in Brazil, by defeating Panama 2-0 on Tuesday in a World Cup
Who has the better Big Three? It did not matter Tuesday as the Spurs took a 2-1 lead in the NBA Finals by beating the Heat 113-77 in San Antonio. The rest of the San Antonio Spurs beat the rest
The 2013 Stanley Cup Finals start on Wednesday, and it is quite possibly the most evenly matched Finals in a long time. This preview piece is not easy to write because what can be said for the Chicago Blackhawks can
(Reuters) – A Stanley Cup classic 86 years in the making hits the ice as Boston Bruins and Chicago Blackhawks, two of the National Hockey League’s charter clubs, faceoff in a best-of-seven final dripping with nostalgia and mystery. The first
Accused Fort Hood gunman Major Nidal Hasan is expected to tell a military judge on Tuesday how he plans to argue he was protecting the Taliban when he opened fire on dozens of people at the facility in 2009. The
“Everyone has a right to be stupid,” Trotsky said of the literary critic Dwight MacDonald. “But comrade MacDonald abuses the privilege.” A viewer of the Chris Matthews MSNBC program “Hardball” might be forgiven for feeling the same way. Matthews interviewed
The Supreme Court handed down three decisions on Monday, two of which are noteworthy, and also granted review in one new case for its next Term, beginning in October. The U.S. Department of Agriculture filed a lawsuit against Marvin and
A “Dear Colleague” letter signed by then-Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) in 2005 urged an end to “government fishing expeditions” under Section 215 of the Patriot Act to gather records on American citizens indiscriminately. The letter was also signed by eight
Michael Mukasey, former US Attorney General, has written an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal today, defending the government’s nationwide surveillance operation. Mukasey describes concern over the surveillance as “misdirected” and throws in a reference to Orwell’s 1984 for good
Al Arabiya: In an interview with Al Arabiya aired on Sunday, Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, president of the International Union of Muslim Scholars, slammed Lebanese Hezbollah group as “party of Satsan” that seeks to “sow discord” among Muslims.Sheikh Qaradawi lamented his
The murder trial begins Monday for George Zimmerman, the volunteer night watchman who fatally shot an unarmed black teenager, sparking protests across the United States and claims of racial profiling. The trial, expected to last at least a month, begins
Trailing by one late in the third quarter in Game 2 of the NBA Finals, the Miami Heat went on a 33-6 run en route to a 103-84 victory that evened the series at one. The next three games in
The Armed Citizen Project (ACP) has begun implementing its plan to arm single women and residents of neighborhoods in high crime areas by training 50 residents from Houston’s Oak Forest neighborhood. As reported by the Associated Press, these citizens receive
Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Kane was noticeably absent in these playoffs, but when the team needed him he came around. On Saturday night, Kane scored a hat trick to lead the Blackhawks to the Stanley Cup Finals. They eliminated the
Eleven years to the day Serena Williams won her first French Open title, she won her second–and completed her second career grand slam–by defeating Maria Sharapova in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4, in an exciting final. Last year, Williams hit rock
The Boston Bruins are going to the Stanley Cup Finals with a sweep of the top seed Pittsburgh Penguins in the Eastern Conference Finals. This will be their second Stanley Cup Final in three seasons. Boston kept the heat on
