Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law has hired a new lawyer to defend him in the trial he faces in the United States, and the appointment stirred some controversy in the court. Suleiman Abu Ghaith, who appeared in a video September 12,
A suicide car bomb targeted foreign military vehicles on Thursday morning in the Afghan capital Kabul shortly after 8:00 am (0330 GMT), police said, confirming there were casualties. An ambulance official who declined to be named said that 10 Afghans
(AP) – Jurors in Jodi Arias’ trial on Wednesday found the former waitress should be eligible for the death penalty after they convicted her last week of murdering her one-time boyfriend. The decision came after a day of testimony in
According to USA Today, a Sergeant First Class in charge of sexual assault prevention at Ft. Hood is being investigated for sexual assault and for running a prostitution ring. The solider, whose name is not being released, oversaw sexual assault
The day’s top stories in social media and technology for 5/14 include: an FBI briefing of banks on DDoS attacks shares classified intelligence, an epic social media meltdown, an underground escape for a Bahrain blogger, social media anxieties and creeper
The Associated Press is far from satisfied by the Department of Justice’s initial response regarding the government grabbing months of phone records from the wire service. Gary Pruitt, president and CEO of The Associated Press, sent a sternly worded follow-up
Kermit Gosnell, the Philadelphia abortionist who was found guilty Monday of three counts of first-degree murder, has agreed to give up his right to an appeal. His decision means that he will face life in prison but will be spared
(AP) – A man has been sentenced to three years in prison after he admitted helping raise money so others could travel from Minnesota to Somalia to join a terror group. Ahmed Hussein Mahamud was the last of four men
On Tuesday, White House Spokesperson Jay Carney claimed that President Barack Obama and other White House officials were unaware that an independent inspector general had been investigating the IRS about whether it targeted conservative groups until they read about it
Former George W. Bush Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld appeared on Mike Huckabee’s radio show on Tuesday and discussed his new book, Rumsfeld’s Rules. He was critical of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for making remarks during her January
By MARYCLAIRE DALEAssociated PressPHILADELPHIAA Philadelphia abortion doctor convicted of killing three babies who were born alive in his grimy clinic agreed Tuesday to give up his right to an appeal and faces life in prison but will be spared a
The partisan pattern established by the IRS scandal–conservative groups being singled out for mistreatment–seems to have a corollary at the Environmental Protection Agency. Green groups had FOIA fees routinely waived by the agency while those from conservative groups did not.
The DC political world has been rocked by twin revelations that the IRS targeted conservative and tea party non-profits for heightened scrutiny and Eric Holder’s Justice Department obtained private phone records of reporters from the Associated Press. At heart of
According to Philadelphia local affiliate NBC 10, at least nine of the twelve jurors who found abortionist Kermit Gosnell guilty of first-degree murder for killing babies born alive at his clinic identified themselves as “pro-choice.” “To give you some background
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has routinely charged conservative and watchdog groups fees that the agency has waived for the mainstream media and “green” groups, according to a new report. According to the Washington Examiner, a Conservative Enterprise Institute review found that
(AP) Rangers beat Caps 5-0 in Game 7 to reach 2nd roundBy HOWARD FENDRICHAP Sports WriterWASHINGTONLed by Henrik Lundqvist’s 35 saves in a second consecutive shutout, and goals from some unlikely sources, the New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals
(AP) – A Philadelphia abortion doctor was found guilty Monday of first-degree murder and could face execution in the deaths of three babies who authorities say were delivered alive and then killed with scissors at his grimy clinic, in a
You can’t blame Cher for wanting to turn back time to a news cycle without a smoking gun targeting the Obama administration’s actions in the wake of the Benghazi terror attack. The far-left singer, prone to using ALL CAPS to
Following 59 Members of Congress sending a letter to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel regarding Pentagon officials meeting with an anti-Christian extremist, another group of 72 House Members has sent a second wide-ranging letter, exploring whether these infringements on religious liberty
To the delight and surprise of about 40,000 participants in Rome’s Marcia per la Vita (March for Life) Internazionale in Rome on Sunday, Pope Francis left the Apostolic Palace to join them in the popemobile as they gathered in the
CBS NEWS: Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he would not have approved a rushed proposal to send military assets to Benghazi to halt the September 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic facility there, saying, “The one thing that our
The Pentagon has now fully reversed its previous declarations and is now claiming it has no policy either way on whether proselytizing is allowed in the military. Given the contradictory statements on this issue and other instances of disallowing Christian
The federal government has sent a letter to a personal defense advocate demanding he remove the 3D blueprints for a functional homemade gun from his website. Cody Wilson of Defense Distributed, which hosts designs for 3D-printable firearms and firearm components,
Three State Department whistleblowers told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Wednesday that bureaucratic wrangling led to the tragedy in Benghazi, Libya on Sept. 11, 2012 that left four Americans, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens, dead. The whistleblowers included Gregory
