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US Ends Philippines Anti-Terror Force

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — After more than a decade of helping fight Islamic militants, the United States is disbanding an anti-terror contingent of hundreds of elite American troops in the southern Philippines where armed groups such as Abu Sayyaf have

US Ends Philippines Anti-Terror Force

Chuck Todd's Nixonian Defense of the IRS

NBC Senior White House Correspondent Chuck Todd’s Nixonian defense of the IRS earlier this week was so intellectually dishonest and filled with lies of omission, regardless of your political beliefs, no intellectually honest person can watch without marveling at the

Chuck Todd's Nixonian Defense of the IRS

How the United States Beats Germany

The U.S. men’s soccer team plays Germany, a three-time World Cup champion and a pre-tournament favorite for this year’s competition, today at noon Eastern. How should the U.S. approach the game? It is only human nature to wonder not only

How the United States Beats Germany

Chicago lawyer gets 15 years in big tax fraud case

NEW YORK (AP) — A Chicago lawyer and accountant labeled by the government as history’s most prolific and unrepentant tax cheat has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Wilmette, Illinois, resident Paul M. Daugerdas (DAW’-gehr-dahs) was sentenced Wednesday in

Hollywood Playbook: Wednesday's Top 5 Stories

Aereo Streaming Struck Down 6-3 In Supreme Court Aereo is officially and irrevocably toast. As I wrote earlier this week, once I learned that Aereo was using tiny little symbolic antennas at its main facilities to back up the claim

Hollywood Playbook: Wednesday's Top 5 Stories

Justices Limit Cellphone Searches After Arrests

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a strong defense of digital age privacy, a unanimous Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that police may not generally search the cellphones of people they arrest without first getting search warrants. Cellphones are powerful devices unlike anything

Justices Limit Cellphone Searches After Arrests

Saudi Crown Prince Meets British Defense Secretary

Saudi Crown Prince , Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Prince Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al-Saud met Tuesday with British Secretary of State for Defence Philip Hammond and his accompanying delegation. Discussions during the meeting dealt with bilateral cooperation and

Saudi Crown Prince Meets British Defense Secretary

Malaysia Court Upholds Allah Ban for Non-Muslims

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s top court on Monday upheld a lower court ruling that non-Muslims cannot use the word “Allah” to refer to God, adding to a contentious debate that has reinforced complaints that religious minorities are treated

Malaysia Court Upholds Allah Ban for Non-Muslims

Malaysia's top court: 'Allah' for Muslims only

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s top court on Monday upheld a government ban forbidding non-Muslims from using “Allah” to refer to God, rejecting an appeal by the Roman Catholic Church that argued that the law failed to consider the

Malaysia's top court: 'Allah' for Muslims only

Israel Goes to War Over a Muslim Teenager

News reports are flying about airstrikes by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) inside Syria, the most serious response by Israel to cross-border violence in the past several years. The IDF response came after an Israeli teenager was killed by an

Israel Goes to War Over a Muslim Teenager

Israeli teen killed at Syrian border

GOLAN HEIGHTS, Israel, June 22 (UPI) — The death of a Israeli teenage boy Sunday morning near the Syrian border prompted retaliation by Israeli troops, military officials said. Muhammad Fahmi Krakara, described 14 or 15 years old, died while sitting

Israeli Teen Killed in Attack on Syrian Frontier

JERUSALEM (AP) — A civilian vehicle in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights was targeted by forces in neighboring Syria on Sunday in an attack that killed a 15-year-old boy and prompted Israeli tanks to retaliate by firing on Syrian government targets,

Israeli Teen Killed in Attack on Syrian Frontier

How the US Beats Portugal

With a victory over Portugal today, the US men’s soccer team can advance to the second round–an accomplishment few had predicted. To move on, Jürgen Klinsmann and the US team must on offense deal with the loss of Jozy Altidore

How the US Beats Portugal

Egypt Court Confirms Death Sentences for over 180

MINYA, Egypt (AP) — The Muslim Brotherhood’s spiritual leader and over 180 others were sentenced to death Saturday by an Egyptian court in the latest mass trial following last year’s overthrow of the country’s Islamist president. The ruling by the

Egypt Court Confirms Death Sentences for over 180

Bergdahl: Three Unanswered Questions

The Obama administration has announced that the Department of Defense is appointing U.S. Army Major General Kenneth Dahl to investigate the alleged desertion and recovery of Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl. Gen. Dahl will seek to determine the facts surrounding Sgt. Bergdahl’s

Bergdahl: Three Unanswered Questions

Australia Sending Troops to Iraq

Australia is sending troops to Baghdad to protect Australian embassy personnel in the city. According to The Sydney Morning Herald, Defense Minister David Johnston described the deployment as a “small Australian Defense Force… to support security arrangements.” The Australian troops

Australia Sending Troops to Iraq

Defense of Child Rapist is Hillary's Seamus the Dog Story

In a presidential campaign the candidate’s biography is everything. That’s why the media pushed a three decade old story about Mitt Romney’s dog at every opportunity. It’s why they have no excuse but to give Hillary Clinton’s defense of a

Rand Paul: There Is a War against the Unborn

During his speech at the Faith and Freedom conference Friday, Sen. Rand Paul spoke at length about his foreign policy views, but he also highlighted America’s atrocities against the unborn. Referring to Pope John Paul II’s criticism of the modern

Rand Paul: There Is a War against the Unborn