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PHOTOS: The First World War 100 Years Later

PHOTOS: The First World War 100 Years Later

Although the generation that experienced and fought through World War I has passed, it is important to keep the memory of the war alive. The War to End All Wars set off the “terrible twentieth” century as Winston Churchill called

Al-Shabab Kills AU Peacekeepers In Somalia

Al-Shabab Kills AU Peacekeepers In Somalia

At least two African Union (AU) peacekeepers were killed in Somalia “following an attack on a military base by [the] Islamist group Al-Shabab.” AU has “a 22,000 strong force in Somalia to help the weak government fight Al-Shabab.” According to

Terror Victims Sue to Seize Iranian Domain Names

Terror Victims Sue to Seize Iranian Domain Names

Victims of Iranian-sponsored terror attacks are using a new legal tactic to win justice, and fight back: seizing Iranian domain names through U.S. courts. The sixty victims, who are collectively owed $1.2 billion in damages by terror-sponsoring countries, filed a

Feds: No Education Status Required for DACA Renewals

Feds: No Education Status Required for DACA Renewals

The Obama administration will not ask for the education status of applicants who received temporary amnesty under President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action program in 2012 and are applying for a two-year extension. On Wednesday, officials from the United States Citizenship

Obama Tries to Balance Oil and Environmental Interests

Obama Tries to Balance Oil and Environmental Interests

The Obama Administration appears to be trying to balance its embrace of pro-carbon elimination of restriction against exporting U.S. domestically produced crude oil with an embrace of anti-carbon demands for radical increases in public investment and regulatory restrictions to combat

Chait: How Hillary Became Marie Antoinette

Chait: How Hillary Became Marie Antoinette

New York Magazine’s Jonathan Chait lays out how, in just 6 short years, likely-2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton went from being an  economic populist looking out for the working class to Marie Antoinette.  It was, Chait writes, “Hillary Clinton who

Iraq PM Rules out National Emergency Government

Iraq PM Rules out National Emergency Government

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Wednesday ruled out forming a national emergency government to confront a Sunni militant offensive that has overrun large parts of the country. Maliki’s electoral bloc won by far the most seats in April 30