Gunman kills 3 Americans at Kabul hospital

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Three Americans — a pediatrician and a father and son — were killed by an Afghan government security officer at a hospital Thursday, the latest in a series of attacks on foreign civilians that has rattled aid workers, contractors and journalists. Another American, a female medical worker, was wounded in the […]

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‘Smart on Crime’ Means Get Out of Jail for Thousands of Drug Offenders

(CNSNews.com) – President Obama signed legislation four years ago to reduce “unfair disparities” in drug sentences, but even so, “there are still too many people in federal prison who were sentenced under the old regime,” Attorney General Eric Holder said on Monday. Because of when these drug offenders were sentenced, they will spend more time […]

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Members of Congress Urge Court: Rule on Obama’s ‘Stunning Disregard for Law’

(CNSNews.com) – Dozens of members of Congress are asking a court to rule on the Obama administration’s attempt to “rewrite the Affordable Care Act on a wholesale basis.” They say the Office of Personnel Management, which is part of the Executive Branch, showed a “stunning disregard for the law” when it restored taxpayer-funded health care […]

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Filmmaker on Why Media Doesn’t Cover Gosnell Trial: ‘It Asks Too Many Awkward Questions’

Producer Phelim McAleer talked today at The Heritage Foundation about his new project, “Gosnell Movie,” which examines the case of criminal abortionist Kermit Gosnell. Speaking at Heritage’s Bloggers Briefing, McAleer mused about why the media had largely ignored the Gosnell case and trial: They just find more interesting stories when a story puts abortion in […]

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Watch: Al Qaeda Holds Largest ‘Most Dangerous’ Meeting in Years

Remarkable footage of the largest and “most dangerous” meeting of Al Qaeda commanders in years has emerged online. The footage – obtained and translated by CNN – shows the jihadist group’s second-in-command, Nasser al-Wuhayshi, meeting openly with fighters and commanders in Yemen. Al-Wuhayshi, who heads Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), was apparently unfazed […]

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“Baruch Shouted ‘Terrorist!’ and Stepped on the Gas”

Hadassah Mizrahi, whose husband, Chief Superintendent Baruch Mizrahi, was murdered on Friday, described the terror attack on Channel 2 television Wednesday. “We were driving from Modi’in to Kiryat Arba,” she said. “At the Tarkumia checkpoint, we said hello to the soldiers, and kept going. After the first roundabout, a terrorist was standing at the roadside. […]

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Democrat: Maybe Committee Investigating IRS Scandal Should Hold Issa in Contempt

(CNSNews.com) – “The only reason we haven’t been able to get the truth from Lois Lerner is because of one person. And that is our chairman,” Rep. Steve Horsford (D-Nev.) told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Thursday, as the panel considered a contempt of Congress resolution against the former IRS official. “So […]

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Hercules Actor Kevin Sorbo: Hollywood, Media Ignoring ‘The Crime of the Century’

(CNSNews.com) – Although the news media and Hollywood relish telling stories about horrific crimes and serial killers, they are strangely silent about Dr. Kermit Gosnell, an abortionist who killed living, viable babies by snipping their spinal cords with scissors, and who is “America’s most prolific serial killer,” said actor Kevin Sorbo and his wife Sam […]

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Sen. Sessions: ‘Deliberate Plan by President’ to Collapse U.S. Law Enforcement System

Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) said today that Americans need to stand up to “a deliberate plan by the president of the United States” to collapse the nation’s law enforcement system regarding illegal immigration. In a Senate speech, Sessions said: [youtube LXhtYQGW1hA nolink] “Our law enforcement system is in a state of collapse, and it’s a […]

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IRS Scandal: Arrest Lois Lerner Already

House Ways and Means Committee Republicans aren’t ruling out the use of the chamber’s “inherent contempt” authority if Attorney General Eric Holder refuses to act on the panel’s accusations against former IRS official Lois Lerner. The committee voted Wednesday to seek an investigation of whether Lerner violated federal law by using her power to ensure […]

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