(CNSNews.com) – Secretary of State John Kerry pushed back Sunday at the notion that U.S. intervention to remove dictators in Iraq and Libya stoked terrorism and sectarianism, and is consequently to blame for the current crises in those countries. While briefing media in Cairo after talks with Egypt’s new leadership, Kerry was told that many […]
The number of unaccompanied alien children (UAC) taken in monthly by the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) Program has skyrocketed to nearly nine times its March 2012 level, a new Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report shows. Monthly UAC referrals to ORR had been under 1,000 prior to March of 2012, but have surged since […]
(CNSNews.com) – The man dubbed the leader of the free world — beset by foreign and domestic policy crises, sinking in the opinion polls, and just clipped by the Supreme Court — told a gathering in Minnesota Thursday that he’s looking forward to spending a “couple days here in the Twin Cities.” “I’ve been really […]
(CNSNews.com) – Dismissing Republican criticism of Hillary Clinton over the Benghazi terrorist attack, President Clinton referred to ten occasions during the Bush administration when U.S. diplomatic personnel had been killed, and asked where the GOP anger had been then. “When ten different instances occurred when President Bush was in office where American diplomatic personnel were […]
In a policy speech at Tel Aviv U., Prime Minister Netanyahu called for Kurdish independence from Iraq. According to AP, Netanyahu is “the first significant world figure to call for Kurdish independence.” The Jerusalem Post points out Bibi’s backing puts him at odds with the US, which prefers to see Iraq remain intact. Netanyahu also insisted […]
by Daniel Pipes Jun 28, 2014 Cross-posted from National Review Online, The Corner A hundred years ago today, June 28, 1914, was arguably the worst day in human history. Not that anything so awful happened during those 24 hours, but the assassination in Sarajevo of the heir to the Hapsburg throne by a 19-year-old Bosnian […]
(CNSNews.com) – Condemnation came fast and furious following the Supreme Court ruling on Monday that said the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive and sterilization mandate is unlawful because it infringes on the religious liberty of the business owners who object to providing abortion-inducing drugs to employees. “Today’s decision from five male justices is a direct attack […]
(CNSNews.com) – A body discovered more than two weeks ago near the southern U.S. border has been identified as that of an 11-year-old illegal immigrant from Guatemala. An Associated Press report said Gilberto Francisco Ramos Juarez, whose body was discovered on June 15 in La Joya, Texas, was planning to join his brother in Chicago […]
A recent study labeled Mississippi as the nation’s most corrupt state, but state auditor Stacey Pickering says it should get credit for its efforts in fighting corruption. The study by researchers Cheol Liu from the City University of Hong Kong and Indiana University’s John L. Mikesell found corruption in Mississippi was tops among the states from 1976 through 2008. […]
Yesterday the Supreme Court ruled that “closely held” companies can have a religious right to decline coverage for drugs and devices that can act as abortifacients. Already one Kentucky company has canceled coverage of the morning-after pill, and experts predict many more will follow suit. On the same day as the court’s decision, Rich Gimmel, […]
