Ukraine’s security authorities said on Friday they had regained control of two airports on the volatile Crimean peninsula that had been seized by gunmen that officials in Kiev said had links to the Russian military. The news comes after reports
Venezuela is aflame with the fires of rebellion after President Nicolás Maduro arrested opposition leader Leopoldo López and sent communist Cuban forces to assault young, unarmed protesters. Nowhere has there been more rebellion than the western state of Táchira, however,
Keynoting an event honoring the five-year anniversary of the Tea Party on Thursday, conservative scholar and talk radio host Mark Levin said that the Tea Party movement is the only thing standing between what is left of the country’s republic
Following President Obama’s lead in warning that there would be “consequences” for any unduly aggressive behavior in Ukraine, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel warned Russia today to “avoid provocative actions” and “be transparent” about any military activity in the region.
This morning, Sen. Cruz offered two amendments in the Judiciary Committee to safeguard citizens’ free speech against unlawful and unjust targeting and designations by the Internal Revenue Service. He brought to light the disturbing hypocrisy of Democrats who all objected
In response to Democrat Congressional Candidate Says Hispanics Are Needed To Clean Hotel Rooms And Cut Grass: Ace has some interesting thoughts about the clown-car efforts to get Sink off the hook for these remarks, which essentially boil down to
USA Today reports that the push for examining the U.S. armed services for sexual assault cases has given the U.S. Army cause for disqualifying 588 sexual assault counselors, recruiters, and drill sergeants. The perpetrators have been accused of conduct ranging
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired four suspected short-range missiles into its eastern waters Thursday, South Korean defense officials said, in an apparent effort to protest ongoing U.S.-South Korean military exercises that Pyongyang calls a rehearsal for invasion.
On the fifth anniversary of the first Tea Party rallies, the movement’s record appears mixed. It swept the GOP to a majority in the U.S. House, where it has blocked President Barack Obama’s most radical ambitions. It helped the GOP
Jimmer Fredette won the Wooden Award, the Oscar Robertson Trophy, the Naismith Award, the Adolph Rupp Trophy, and the Associated Press and National Association of Basketball Coaches player-of-the-year honors. Three years later, the Sacramento Kings eagerly negotiate a buyout with
From EFE, via Fox News: Six presumed drug traffickers died Wednesday in a shootout with Brazilian police in the city of Niteroi in the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area, authorities said. The gun battle broke out after nightfall when the
On the two-year anniversary of the death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin, race agitator Jesse Jackson took to Twitter to celebrate the teen, claiming he has “resurrection beyond the grave.” Jackson’s Twitter post exploited Martin’s death saying, “Trayvon Martin has resurrection
PHOENIX (AP) — Gov. Jan Brewer on Wednesday vetoed a Republican bill that set off a national debate over gay rights, religion and discrimination and subjected Arizona to blistering criticism from major corporations and political leaders from both parties. Loud
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has unveiled a defense spending plan that, in his words, will mean “We’re entering an area where America dominance in the seas, in the sky and space can no longer be taken for granted.” One
After all the changes and delays to Obamacare, the Galen Institute lists 35 major ones, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Tuesday pointed the finger at GOP governors for “playing with people’s lives,” by rejecting Medicaid in their
You probably have an opinion about the Arizona legislature’s controversial new bill, SB 1062, awaiting signature or veto by Gov. Jan Brewer. You may have complained that it reinstates “Jim Crow” by allowing businesses to refuse to serve gays. You
Of the 27 confirmed panels at the Conservative Political Action Conference’s (CPAC) annual policy conference, only 1 is vaguely dedicated to foreign policy. The panel titled, “What Should be America’s Place in the World in 2017…After Obama?” leaves us with
A group of African-American civil rights leaders and pastors launched an impeachment campaign Feb. 25 against Attorney General Eric Holder for his efforts to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), including his invitation Monday to state attorneys general not
The Obama campaign offshoot known as Battleground Texas, which was caught on hidden camera by James O’Keefe allegedly violating state law by encouraging volunteers to copy voters’ private telephone numbers from registration forms into their get-out-the-vote database, has doubled down
Among former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld’s many illuminating “rules” is his trenchant observation that “weakness is provocative.” Indeed, the accelerating instability we see worldwide is, in no small measure, a product of the weakness being communicated at every turn
After publishing some 1,300 weekly columns over the past twenty-five years at the Washington Times, former senior Reagan Defense Department official and national security advocate Frank J. Gaffney, Jr. begins today writing each week a column for the Breitbart News
Colorado school teacher Karen Willmus is excited because Obamacare will allow her to quit her job and form a start-up with her daughter, while American taxpayers underwrite the subsides she will be receiving. “I can’t afford to go out and
A former Secretary of Defense is noted, among many other things, for what he calls “Rumsfeld’s Rules.” One of the most instructive of them is Donald Rumsfeld’s observation that “weakness is provocative.” We are seeing today accelerating instability worldwide. It’s
On Monday, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel announced massive cuts to the size of the armed services, slashing the army to its pre-World War II size. In 2011, the army had some 566,000 soldiers; Hagel wants it cut to somewhere
Welcome to Barack Obama’s America, where the Pentagon budget slashes benefits for active duty personnel while Obama wants a pay raise for civilian federal employees. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel’s new defense budget includes cutting healthcare copays and deductibles for active
