On Wednesday, a UN committee in Geneva asked State Department representatives what the federal government was doing to prosecute psychologists who help patients change their same-sex attractions. The questioning came during the U.S. report to the UN Committee on Torture
Even as he defiantly moves to unilaterally grant legal status to millions of people inside the U.S. illegally, President Obama’s State Department is making sure that such special favors are not meant for everyone. The State Department’s unexplained refusal to
The White House seems to be trying to back away–at least publicly–from potential plans to admit Ebola-infected non-U.S. citizens into the United States for treatment. Recently, I sent a troubling Judicial Watch report that the Obama administration was actively formulating a
Chinese state-affiliated news agency Xinhua cites a U.S. expert arguing that, while the threat of radical Islamism is an existential one to much of the world, the United States is ill-equipped to fight it because “the U.S. is perceived by
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso’s military said Monday it will hand over to a transitional government under a leader chosen by all sectors of society to fill the power vacuum created since long-time President Blaise Compaore resigned and
This story originally appeared at Yahoo News: President Barack Obama’s fondness for rewarding big donors with plum diplomatic postsoverseas made international headlines earlier this year when a few of them embarrassed themselves in confirmation hearings. Now, the association that represents career U.S.
HOUSTON, Texas — The U.S. State Department is pushing to bring more Ebola patients to America for medical treatment. A leaked memo obtained by Fox News’ The Kelly File revealed patients will be brought to the U.S. even if they
Just hours after the U.S. announced it was “deeply concerned” about mounting unrest in the West African nation of Burkina Faso, the army’s General Honore Traore announced the dissolution of the government. Though there have been no reported cases of
Many governors are drawing from a large bag of tricks to confuse and deceive parents worried about the Common Core standards, their implementation, and the tests based on them. Most parents’ major, if not only, concern is the academic
Brookings’ partnership with the Organization for Islamic Cooperation (OIC), in conjunction with its Qatari-backedProject on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World, sends a mixed message for a think tank that claims to want “a more open, safe, prosperous and cooperative international system.”
Republican leaders with jurisdiction over immigration policy are expressing shock at an Obama administration memo detailing plans to bring non-citizen Ebola patients to the United States for treatment. “It’s alarming that senior Obama Administration officials so vehemently denied the existence
HOUSTON, Texas — Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert vocalized his disbelief and disgust at the Obama Administration’s push to treat non-U.S. citizens with Ebola in the United States. “My concerns expressed in recent weeks that the Obama Administration had probably cut
Images have surfaced on social media and jihadist websites showing Islamic State militants carrying around advanced portable anti-aircraft missile launchers, and successfully using one to down an Iraqi military helicopter. The New York Times reported that the Islamic State captured
Here’s a lovely companion piece to the story about how ObamaCare’s servers remain vulnerable to hacker attack: the White House itself appears to have been penetrated by online hooligans. Reuters reports assurances from the Administration that no sensitive data was
Another day, another Hillary Clinton clean-up attempt. After emphatically declaring last week that businesses and corporations do not create jobs, Clinton, blaming her poor use of shorthand, claimed on Monday that she was actually referring to her stance against “tax
Tuesday’s broadcast of Fox News Channel’s “Special Report with Bret Baier” reported on a memo written by a State Department official, indicating the Obama administration is considering non-U.S. citizens to come into this country to be treated for Ebola. FNC
Last week, the U.S. State Department offered its “deepest condolences” to the family of 3-month-old Chaya Zissel Braun, who was killed by a Palestinian terrorist in Jerusalem, and was also a U.S. citizen. This past weekend, the State Department offered
The United States can only evacuate four Ebola-stricken American soldiers per week from West Africa to the United States for treatment, according to the Pentagon. That may change in January of next year when the Pentagon is expected to procure
Though Louisiana U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R) continues to support the Common Core standards, he has sent a letter to the state Department of Education superintendent urging the state to halt designating the Common Core-aligned Eureka Math program as the
Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Paul Allen said Thursday he was boosting his donations to combat the Ebola outbreak in West Africa to $100 million. Allen, who has made earlier donations to the health effort, said his latest pledge would include
Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy’s order to quarantine all travelers from West Africa, even if they are symptom-free of the Ebola virus, has led to nine individuals who traveled to that region being held under quarantine. An order signed by Malloy
U.S. officials confirm that three-month-old Chaya Zissel Braun, who was murdered on Wednesday during a vehicular terrorist attack in Jerusalem, was an American. According to a report by the Jerusalem Post: “The girl was thrown from her stroller as a car
WASHINGTON (AP) — Four former Blackwater security guards were convicted Wednesday in the 2007 shootings of more than 30 Iraqis in Baghdad, an incident that inflamed anti-American sentiment around the globe and was denounced by critics as an illustration of
WASHINGTON (AP) — North Korea’s reclusive government abruptly freed an American man Tuesday, nearly six months after he was arrested on charges of leaving a Bible in a nightclub, but Pyongyang refused to hand over two other U.S. citizens who
WASHINGTON (AP) — American detainee Jeffrey Fowle has been released from North Korea, nearly six months after he was taken into custody on charges of leaving a Bible in a nightclub, the State Department said Tuesday. Two other Americans who
