
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visited his Syrian troops in Jobar to discuss the damage various anti-government factions have done to the state. Speaking just northeast of Damascus as the beleaguered country entered its fourth year of a civil war, he had little hope to offer his troops.
by Mary Chastain1 Jan 2015, 10:01 PM PST0

Jason Valentin, 35, of St. Louis is accused of using his Twitter account, @jdstl314, to threaten to kill police. Valentin was charged after admitting to posting threats. Police say that one of the threats included causing an explosion at the St Louis
by Dan Riehl1 Jan 2015, 5:40 PM PST0

Iran’s “morality police” arrested nine Christians on Christmas Day, presumably for celebrating the seminal holiday, though authorities did not give reason for the arrest. Heavily armed agents transferred the nine people to an unnamed location.
by Mary Chastain1 Jan 2015, 12:43 PM PST0

The Washington Post’s Philip Bump learned the hard way what happens when one assumes something and posts it on social media. He received backlash for his ignorance of Michigan’s controlling party.
by Mary Chastain1 Jan 2015, 7:38 AM PST0

Russian authorities arrested famous Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny just hours a court gave him a three and a half years suspended sentence on embezzlement charges.
by Mary Chastain31 Dec 2014, 1:10 PM PST0

Police Scotland, which is responsible for policing the whole of Scotland, has taken to Twitter to warn people that they are continuing to “monitor comments on social media”, and that “any offensive comments will be investigated.” The Tweet, posted at
by Donna Rachel Edmunds31 Dec 2014, 6:22 AM PST0

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei decided to jump into the American debate on Twitter concerning police shootings of black criminal suspects.
by Mary Chastain29 Dec 2014, 2:19 PM PST0

Seth Rogen and The Interview co-director, Evan Goldberg, are planning to live-tweet the film Sunday afternoon, along with James Franco at 5 p.m. ET, just three days after its release.
by Kipp Jones28 Dec 2014, 8:53 AM PST0

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) captured Jordainian pilot Moaz al-Kasasba on Wednesday after his plane crashed in Syria. Militants asked supporters on social media how to kill the innocent pilot and received numerous responses.
by Mary Chastain27 Dec 2014, 11:13 AM PST0

Kobe Bryant’s career may be cooling down, but the passions he engenders among his fans remain red-hot.
by William Bigelow26 Dec 2014, 11:44 AM PST0

Sony has now threatened Twitter with legal action if the popular social networking site does not put an end to the circulation of its stolen material through user tweets, according to a new report.
by Kipp Jones23 Dec 2014, 10:29 AM PST0

Apparently upset over Breitbart News’s reporting on his bizarre and hypocritical attack on two-time Oscar-nominee James Woods, TV actor Alec Baldwin took to his Twitter account Monday to lash out at the memory of a man who can no longer defend himself, the late Andrew Breitbart.
by John Nolte22 Dec 2014, 3:24 PM PST0

A branch of the hacking group Anonymous took to Twitter Friday to threaten female rapper Iggy Azalea, claiming it would release a sex tape of the star if she did not publicly apologize to fellow rapper Azealia Banks, with whom
by Kipp Jones22 Dec 2014, 11:30 AM PST0

Actor James Woods came out of a self-imposed Twitter ban on Sunday to share his thoughts on the execution-style murders of two NYPD officers, blaming Al Sharpton, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, and President Obama. Woods made a
by Kipp Jones22 Dec 2014, 9:31 AM PST0

“I just want it to go away, to tell you the truth,” says Mark Oberholtzer, a local plumber from the Galveston area in Texas. The “it” in the sentence is seemingly endless phone calls full of angry invective, accusing him
by Frances Martel18 Dec 2014, 12:46 AM PST0

Tuesday ABC News’ chief White House correspondent Jonathan Karl grilled White House press secretary Josh Earnest about comment’s President Barack Obama made on Sept 17, 2013 on Telemundo, a Spanish-language network, that specifically expanding deferred action for children illegally in
by Breitbart TV18 Nov 2014, 12:00 PM PST0

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) admitted that “we all knew” that President Obama’s claim that individuals would be allowed to keep their plans if they liked them under the Affordable Care Act was untrue in an interview on the November 17,
by Breitbart TV18 Nov 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

Two Palestinian terrorists carried out what is believed to be a religiously motivated terror attack in a Jerusalem synagogue on Tuesday. The jihadist onslaught, where the two Palestinians were armed with guns and axes, resulted in the deaths of four
by Jordan Schachtel18 Nov 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

Tuesday morning on CNN’s “Legal View with Ashleigh Banfield,” author and attorney Alan Dershowitz told Banfield that with the terrorist attack Tuesday morning at a Jerusalem synagogue that killed 4 rabbis, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has turned from a political conflict
by Breitbart TV18 Nov 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

Texas State Representative Allen Fletcher (R-Cypress) introduced a bill to allow drivers who have warrants for unpaid traffic tickets to pay their overdue fine via credit or debit card directly to the court via a police car payment terminal. The
by Bob Price18 Nov 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

HOUSTON, Texas — A new USA Today poll finds that Americans overwhelmingly approve of the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. More specifically, 60 percent of those surveyed believe that both Congress and Obama should approve of the construction. The Keystone pipeline
by Kristin Tate18 Nov 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

Vermont State Senate Minority Leader Joe Benning (R) called for the state to terminate its contract with Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber on Tuesday’s “On the Record” on the Fox News Channel. “We actually have a saying here in Vermont that
by Breitbart TV18 Nov 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

AUSTIN, Texas — Tea party activists are “liars and charlatans,” said Kim Locus, the campaign manager for Congressman Pete Sessions, a Republican representing a Dallas area district. Locus has jumped into the front lines of the battle between the Republican
by Sarah Rumpf18 Nov 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

President Obama has responded to today’s terrorist attack on a synagogue in Jerusalem in which four Israeli Jews attending morning prayers condemning the attack, and stating that “the majority of Palestinians” want peace. In a statement delivered to the White
by Frances Martel18 Nov 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

According to Weather Channel founder John Coleman, man-made climate change is a myth. College students at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) strongly disagree. Coleman says: “The ocean is not rising significantly. The polar ice is increasing, not melting
by Ashley Pratte18 Nov 2014, 6:55 AM PST0