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On October 11, Rengin Yusuf died.   She was a mom, a warrior and a young Peshmergan fighter who died in battle against ISIS. According to Sandor Jaszberenyi’s piece in the Wall Street Journal, she was part of a brave group

It is “virtually impossible” that the U.S and negotiating world powers will reach a comprehensive nuclear deal with Iran by the Monday deadline, the the Wall Street Journal reported late Sunday. A senior official told WSJ: Our focus remains on

The term “hostage-taker” has been thrown around quite a bit lately, most often at Republicans in Congress, whom President Barack Obama accused of holding the country to ransom in last year’s shutdown fight over Obamacare. The latest and most brazen

Just a day after the Wall Street Journal wrote an article claiming that U.S. Federal agents worked operations in Mexico disguised as Marines and carrying Mexican weapons, Mexico’s Naval Secretariat called the article false. “We strongly deny that authorities from

ONE Campaign, an organization that fights poverty and disease in Africa, published a video with celebrities in complete silence to protest the world’s slow response to the Ebola crisis in West Africa. The video, titled “Waiting,” features Morgan Freeman, Ben

The theme of China’s first World Internet Conference held just out of Shanghai this week was an “interconnected world, shared and governed by all”. But the communist authorities tried to get conference attendees to approve a highly repressive 9 point manifesto called the

President Obama has incited tensions with some in the higher levels of Australian government after using his closing remarks at the G20 summit to demand Australia do more to protect the Great Barrier Reef. In response, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop

President Barack Obama’s executive actions are also changing the demographics of what many think constitutes a “DREAMer,” or an illegal immigrant who came to the United States as a child. Prior to Obama’s executive announcement, childhood arrivals were eligible for

The New York Times editorial board has taken a bold stance on the issue of Cuba’s doctor slave trade, a system that coerces doctors to work abroad for meager “stipends” in exchange for more than $8 million a year being deposited into the

A new NBC/WSJ poll shows that 37 percent of Latinos actually oppose President Obama’s expected executive amnesty while only 43 percent support it. That was enough for NBC’s Mark Murray to add a disclaimer to the results, pointing out the

Economist Jonathan Gruber made at least a dozen trips to the White House including at least one meeting with the President. The Wall Street Journal reports that Gruber visited the White House six times in 2009 and several more times

Pulitzer Prize-winning Wall Street Journal columnist is a wonderfully articulate and bipartisan critic of U.S. foreign policy. I must say that I dislike his latest book, America in Retreat: The New Isolationism and the Coming Global Disorder, because it is the

According to The Wall Street Journal, the biggest question gnawing at Republican donors is whether Jeb Bush will run in the next Republican presidential primary. “Mr. Bush has said he would make up his mind by the end of the

For centuries, our nation’s press has become accustomed to exercising its own news and editorial judgments largely free from government interference. It’s all part of the First Amendment guarantee of freedom of the press. But now, all of that could

A Gallup poll released on Monday finds the lowest-ever support for Obamacare, President Barack Obama’s signature achievement.  Just 37% of Americans support Obamacare, while a full 56% disapprove.  Nonwhite support for Obamacare has fallen below 60% for the first time,

When Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America reacted to Texas Governor-elect Greg Abbott’s (R) pledge to sign open carry legislation by vowing to “fight” it, they missed the fact that he wasn’t promoting a novel idea but a

A forthcoming inspector general’s report reveals lax judges wrongfully doled out disability checks that cost U.S. taxpayers $2 billion, and a projected $300 million more next year.  The Social Security Administration report says the agency’s lackluster oversight of judges who

With oil prices crashing, discount airline Virgin Atlantic’s IPO on Friday was a barn burner. Trading under the symbol “VA,” the stock opened about 25% higher than its estimated offering price at $27, then moved up to end the day

On November 13 The Wall Street Journal reported that Colt Defense LLC “could default by the end of the year.” Colt Rifle and pistol sales are sluggish and the company “is likely to miss a [$10.9 million] payment to bondholders” on

Watchdog group Judicial Watch announced today that it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Obama Administration in October, in order to obtain records relating to media monitoring plan records.  More specifically, the FOIA is against the Federal Communications

Americans have always known that bigger is better, and we’ve long preferred big vehicles to drive around our big country. That’s changed a bit in recent years, with gas prices seemingly stuck in the $3.50 per gallon range. But with

President Barack Obama was called out over social media for offending several Chinese nationals by chewing gum during his visit to China for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Beijing this past week. A number of Chinese bloggers took to

President Barack Obama’s former top adviser conceded that voters in 2016 may be fed up with Obama’s dithering and want a president who projects a sense of certainty.  “Even when a president is popular, people tend to seek the remedy

The Ebola crisis may have brought nothing but terror and devastation to the countries it affected, but for the communist hermit island of Cuba, it was an opportunity to gain political leverage with impoverished nations like Sierra Leone. With Cuba

Russia reached a deal on Tuesday to construct up to eight nuclear power reactors in Iran, expanding the nuclear partnership between the two countries. Two reactors are to be built first, possibly followed by an additional six, according to various

It’s been a bad week for music streaming service Spotify. Just days after Taylor Swift’s record label pulled the singer’s entire music catalog off of the streaming service, at least two other artists are following her lead. According to Rolling

A massive fraud case involving the federal government’s Lifeline Program, which doles out “Obamaphones,” is beginning to unravel. A group of individuals, including a Mexican national from Cancun, stole more than $27 million from the government welfare program.  On November 7, the Mexican national, Oscar

The Obama administration is touting a new deal on greenhouse gas emissions between the U.S. and China, according to which the U.S. will decrease its emissions more rapidly now, and China will stop increasing its emissions around 2030. The deal

Five years ago it was already obvious that the Obama administration and congressional Democrats were engaged in an elaborate deception, a series of them really. But back then most of the media and much of the public didn’t seem to

President Obama’s idea of “Net Neutrality” to ensure unfettered access to the Internet for all Americans is great in theory, but could be very problematic in practice. Proponents say that greedy telecoms and cable companies have monopoly power. Opponents complain

Ali Khamenei, the theocratic despot of Iran, tweeted his nine-step plan to destroy the state of Israel.  On Sunday, he posted the following graphic from his Twitter account, @Khamenei.IR: The Ayatollah argued that Israel must be wiped out because the

Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared on Jen Kuznicki’s blog. Kuznikci identifies as a constitutional conservative and belongs to the Michigan Republican party.  Michael Gerson at the Washington Post, Peter Wehner at Commentary, Jennifer Rubin at the Washington Post, and

New legislation passed in California will allow non-U.S. citizens to obtain identification in the form of drivers licenses starting January 1. California’s Department of Motor Vehicles expects an estimated 1.4 million to apply, and Friday the department posted the new

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) warned President Barack Obama again against taking executive action on immigration Thursday, telling Obama he would be playing with matches and risk burning himself. “[H]e’s going to burn himself if he continues to go down

U.S. President Barack Obama wrote a top secret letter to the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei sometime in the middle of October. The letter reportedly included issues dealing with the fight against Islamic State (ISIS) militants in

Texas State Senator Wendy Davis was steamrolled in her bid to become the state’s next governor, and it appears that her staff believes Ebola has something to do with the failure of her campaign.  Speaking on behalf of Davis’ campaign,

The accelerating United States energy boom allowed America to record its highest level of oil exports in 57 years and its second highest level since 1920 in the month of July. After becoming the world’s largest producer of natural gas

Are UN blue helmets about to march down Elizabeth Avenue in Ferguson, Missouri? They would have to be sent by the UN Security Council where the U.S. has a veto, so that’s unlikely. But Lesley McSpadden, mother of Michael Brown,