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Horowitz: ISIS Raises the Stakes of a Porous Border

Horowitz: ISIS Raises the Stakes of a Porous Border

During his Labor Day speech on Monday, President Obama attempted to invent a new constitutional right – one that should alarm all conservatives, especially during this time of grave national security concerns. As he ticked off his litany of principle

Feinstein Warns Silicon Valley that ISIS Is Coming to U.S.

Feinstein Warns Silicon Valley that ISIS Is Coming to U.S.

On Wednesday, according to the San Francisco Chronicle, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, informed the Silicon Valley Leadership Group in Santa Clara that the U.S. must fight ISIS, which she called “totally evil.”  Feinstein intoned, “I have

The Myth of the Tiny Radical Muslim Minority

The Myth of the Tiny Radical Muslim Minority

Over the weekend, former President Jimmy Carter attended the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) conference in Detroit. There, he assured Muslims that the “principles of Allah” were designed to “bring peace and justice to all.” ISNA’s ties to terror-supporters

Kevin McCarthy Outlines GOP Fall Agenda

Kevin McCarthy Outlines GOP Fall Agenda

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy unveiled the GOP’s September agenda in a memo to colleagues, outlining plans to pass a short-term spending bill as well as economic and energy packages. The memo also addresses the growing threat of Islamic State

Report: ISIS Has Ability to Penetrate Green Zone

Report: ISIS Has Ability to Penetrate Green Zone

CNN Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr reported that “U.S. officials are telling us … that ISIS, indeed, [has] the capability basically to penetrate the international zone in Baghdad. That’s that high-[security] area where the U.S. Embassy and other installations are located, known

UK 'Preparing to Join U.S. Air Strikes in Iraq'

UK 'Preparing to Join U.S. Air Strikes in Iraq'

British Prime Minister David Cameron and US President Barack Obama are today expected to prepare plans for a further air strikes against ISIS, with the possibility that Britain may join American forces in bombing the extremists. The Daily Mail reports

Why Must the Safety of Americans Depend on Others?

Why Must the Safety of Americans Depend on Others?

President Barack Obama has struggled to sound convincing in recent days as he addressed the challenge of ISIS–or “ISIL,” his preferred acronym for the so-called Islamic State. Obama’s problem goes beyond gaffes about his lack of strategy. The fundamental issue

Scottish ISIS Hostage Named by British Newspapers

Scottish ISIS Hostage Named by British Newspapers

Despite a request by the family of the Scottish aid worker held hostage by ISIS terror beheader ‘Jihadi John’ to respect their privacy and not to name him, The Guardian, The Times and the Daily Mail newspapers have both decided

Cameron: UK Will Not Pay Ransom for ISIS Hostage

Cameron: UK Will Not Pay Ransom for ISIS Hostage

British Prime Minister David Cameron has said the UK government will not pay any ransom to the ISIS militants who are holding a British hostage. Speaking ahead of the Nato summit in Wales, the Prime Minister said that it was

Rand Paul: 'I'm Neither an Isolationist Nor an Interventionist'

Rand Paul: 'I'm Neither an Isolationist Nor an Interventionist'

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said he was “neither an isolationist nor an interventionist,” and that “intervention isn’t always the answer” on Wednesday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel.  “I’m neither an isolationist or interventionist. I’m someone that believes in the

Senator Udall:  ISIS Not 'An Immediate Threat to the Homeland'

Senator Udall: ISIS Not 'An Immediate Threat to the Homeland'

On September 2, Senator Mark Udall (D-CO) responded to ISIS’s beheading of a second American journalist by suggesting a wait-and-see approach that involves appeals to “moderate Sunnis,” continued “targeted strikes,” but no boots on the ground.  Udall said ISIS is

House Intel Chair: ISIS Bigger than Al Qaeda on 9/11

House Intel Chair: ISIS Bigger than Al Qaeda on 9/11

House Intelligence Committee chairman Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI) reported that ISIS has “found this influx of people and resources in a way that we’ve just never seen before … [not even with] al Qaeda pre-9/11. They had that time and