In his June 4 column in The Washington Times, Frank J. Gaffney Jr. asked if Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) is serious about running for president in 2016–or if he’d rather just be an accepted fixture in the Washington establishment. In
Reports indicate the Pentagon recently conducted tests in which advanced bunker buster bombs were used to destroy a replica of an Iranian underground nuclear facility. The tests proved a resounding success, and the U.S. shared the results with ally nations.
The Labor Department announced the economy added 175,000 jobs in May, but that is hardly the 360,000 thousand jobs needed each month to bring unemployment down to 6 percent over the next three years. The jobless rate rose to 7.6
A soldier who served Chick-fil-A sandwiches at a party he threw to honor the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and his promotion to Master Sergeant has received a letter of reprimand. The soldier received his promotion last summer, and since
(AP) Chicago’s Keith suspended for Gm 4 of West finals By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES If the Chicago Blackhawks are going to end the Los Angeles Kings’ perfect postseason on home ice in Game 4 of the
Palestinian Chief Negotiator Saeb Erekat says that if U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s efforts at restarting the peace process between Israel and the Palestinian Authority fails, “the West Bank could fall to radicalism and violence.” According to The Guardian,
President Barack Obama’s supporters are defending his controversial appointment of Samantha Power as UN Ambassador with the same argument they once used to support Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel: she may have mocked the idea of Iran as a threat,
In 2011, Andrew Breitbart tweaked the Huffington Post’s liberal readers by arguing that the White House’s boasts about transparency were bogus–particularly regarding the White House guest list, which President Barack Obama had made available to the public for the first time under
This weekend, the American Freedom Alliance will be hosting an international conference in Los Angeles addressing the fate of Europe. Titled “Europe’s Last Stand? Debt, Demography and the Abandonment of National Sovereignty,” the conference will feature Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders, economic thought
Not only did former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta leak the name of the Navy SEAL group responsible for the killing of Osama Bin Laden in 2011, but the release of the Pentagon Inspector General’s (IG) report revealing the incident,
On Tuesday, Army psychiatrist and alleged terrorist Maj. Nidal Hasan told a military judge that he killed 13 Americans in “defense of others.” Who were those others? Hasan contends that American troops in Fort Hood were an imminent threat to
Miami Heat superstar LeBron James is so good that even former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumseld has no idea how he can possibly be stopped. When approached by TMZ on Tuesday in Washington, D.C. and asked if James could be
With the all the cuts and loses blamed on sequester, one area that seems untouched thus far is the Pentagon. And particularly, the continued expansion of Pentagon staff. According to the Federal Times, “the size of the Pentagon’s vast oversight
(AP) LA Kings beat Chicago 3-1 in Game 3 of West finalsBy GREG BEACHAMAP Sports WriterLOS ANGELESThe Los Angeles Kings know all about the creeping inevitability that sets in when a team gets behind 0-3 in a playoff series. After
Ratings for the once mighty American Idol franchise continue to fall, and several judges from the Fox series are now seeking new gigs. The troubled hitmaker is still having an impact, particularly on the political culture of the Windy City. That
In football, the risk of blitzing is that you expose your defense. You might sack the other team’s quarterback, but you may give up the long touchdown that seals the game instead. In Tuesday’s hearing before the House Ways and
Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) offered a bizarre defense of the IRS’s behavior at a House Ways and Means hearing on Tuesday morning, amounting to an attack on the Tea Party and conservative organizations present as potential money-launderers seeking a tax
(AP) Judge accepts insanity plea in Colo. shooting caseBy DAN ELLIOTTAssociated PressCENTENNIAL, Colo.A judge has accepted James Holmes plea of not guilty by reason of insanity in the Colorado theater shootings. Tuesday’s decision sets the stage for a lengthy mental
(AP) Fort Hood victims upset; suspect can question themBy ANGELA K. BROWNAssociated PressFORT HOOD, TexasRetired Staff Sgt. Alonzo Lunsford says he will never forget locking eyes with the gunman who entered a Fort Hood building Nov. 5, 2009, and then
Top US commanders are likely to face tough questioning Tuesday from impatient senators who want an overhaul of the military justice system to stem an epidemic of sexual assaults in the ranks. The chiefs of all the armed services and
The Obama Administration, ever friendly to Israel, promised to help Israel build a state-of-the-art facility in Tel Shahar which would contain the Arrow 3, a new ballistic missile. But the administration revealed specifications of the facility itself, which included the
(AP) Hall of Fame DE Deacon Jones dead at 74By The Associated PressDavid “Deacon” Jones, a Hall of Fame defensive end credited with terming the word sack for how he knocked down quarterbacks, has died. He was 74. The Washington
The Boston Bruins tore apart the Pittsburgh Penguins for the second straight game and own a 2-0 series lead in the Eastern Conference Finals. It was all Boston from the time the puck dropped, and they never looked back en
Campaign finance zealots and free speech regulators have sought to stifle the freedom of conservative organizations, such as the Tea Party, by falsely claiming they are “political” while giving a pass to leftist groups that still enjoy unimpaired 501(c) IRS
Campaign finance zealots and free speech regulators have sought to stifle the freedom of conservative organizations, such as the Tea Party, by falsely claiming they are “political” while giving a pass to leftist groups that still enjoy unimpaired 501(c) IRS
The Indiana Pacers outshot the Miami Heat in the first half and was still behind 52-37 due to Miami’s suffocating defense. The Heat forced 15 turnovers (Udonis Haslem, left, and Mario Chalmers double team Roy Hibbert in the photo) to
Three years after his arrest in Iraq for allegedly causing America’s worst ever national security breach, US Army private Bradley Manning finally goes on trial Monday over his disclosures to WikiLeaks. Manning, who faces a possible 154-year jail sentence, has
(AP) US beats 2nd-string Germany 4-3 in exhibitionWASHINGTONClint Dempsey scored twice in a five-minute span of the second half and moved into second place on the U.S. career scoring list, helping the Americans edge a second-string Germany team 4-3 in
According to a Pentagon report, the United States defense industry has been infiltrated by Chinese hackers and vital national security information has been stolen. This has just been the latest and largest incident in a long line of Chinese violations
Federal agencies are having a tough time trying to make their buildings “green” in order to meet new guidelines. The Office of Management and Budget released a fiscal scorecard on Friday, and the Federal Times reported the OMB scorecard found “only six out of
The United States and China have agreed to hold regular, high-level meetings aimed at setting standards for behavior on cybersecurity and commercial spying, The New York Times reported. It would be the “first diplomatic effort to defuse the tensions over
The Boston Bruins not only shut out the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-0, but they completely shut down the team and all their strengths in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals to take a 1-0 series lead. Pittsburgh played like a
Breitbart Sports documented LeBron James’ magic that started at the 10:53 mark of the third quarter and included 18 contributions in less than 11 minutes to bury the Pacers in Game 5. The Heat entered that same point leading 42-41 Saturday, but this time it
The Chicago Blackhawks won the first game against the Los Angeles Kings in the Western Conference Finals 2-1. They have a 1-0 series lead and are 6-0 in the playoffs when leading after two periods. Like many first games, the
The Eastern Conference Finals begin Saturday night when the Boston Bruins take the ice against the Pittsburgh Penguins at Consol Energy Center at 8PM ET on NBC Sports Network. Both teams won the Stanley Cup in the last four years.
The Chicago Blackhawks, winners of the President’s Trophy this season, face off against the Los Angeles Kings, the reinging Stanley Cup champions, Saturday evening in the Western Conference Finals. While Chicago was the obvious favorite going into the playoffs, many
(AP) – A Chinese military leader on Saturday pointedly questioned the expanded U.S. role in the Pacific after the Pentagon chief said he hoped for better military ties between the two powers. U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, in a speech
Staples is currently conducting a “PUSH It Forward Contest,” which awards a $50,000 marketing campaign to the small business that wins it. However, as Maple Creek Gunsmithing in Fremont, Neb. learned–small businesses that sell guns are not allowed to take
Chris “Birdman” Andersen has been suspended for Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals on Saturday for shoving Indiana’s Tyler Hansbrough in Game 5, which the Heat won in Miami. Game 6 will be in Indiana. Andersen has had a
Loose talk by senior members of the Obama administration may have condemned Shakil Afridi, a Pakistani doctor who assisted America’s hunt for Osama bin Laden, to 33-year term in prison on trumped-up charges. According to Fox News, an official 357-page
