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President Obama may be naming as a national monument a bar that is considered the birthplace of the gay pride movement. The Stonewall Inn in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village is already a National Historic Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. But Obama is being asked to designate the site as the […]

  By Natalie O’Neill, New York Post The fatal shooting of an endangered gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo became a criminal matter Tuesday when cops began probing the parents of the boy who wandered into the great ape’s enclosure, police said. “The investigation is regarding the action of parents and family that led up to […]

Rasmussen Poll: 71% of Democrats Say Clinton Should Run Even if Under Felony Indictment… Posted on May 31, 2016 by sundance Orange really IS the new black. A Rasmussen Poll released today shows 50% of the electorate believe Hillary Clinton should continue running for President even if she is under federal indictment.  Perhaps even more […]

EXCLUSIVE: Human Rights Group Demands John Kerry Stop Profiting On Tibet Exploitation International human rights organization Free Tibet is urging Secretary of State John Kerry and his wife Teresa Heinz to end their financial investment in a Chinese-owned company that operates in Tibet. In a May 17 letter to Kerry, Free Tibet Director Eleanor Byrne-Rosengren […]

Pres. Obama called for every American to put together a disaster supply kit and evacuation plan because climate change is bringing “more powerful and more devastating” hurricanes to the U.S. – even though the U.S. hasn’t been hit with a major hurricane in more than a decade. Announcing the June 1 start of hurricane season, […]

WASHINGTON — The death rate in the United States rose last year for the first time in a decade, preliminary federal data show, a rare increase that was driven in part by more people dying from drug overdoses, suicide and Alzheimer’s disease. The death rate from heart disease, long in decline, edged up slightly. Death […]

Illegal immigration has exploded 57 percent in less than two years, with at least 550,000 new undocumented aliens pouring into America in a trend that is set to continue growing, according to new Census data. In an analysis of the numbers, the Center for Immigration Studiesfound illegal and legal immigration have reached over 1.5 million […]

A bill mandating that schoolchildren in Louisiana be taught the Declaration of Independence is being opposed by a state lawmaker. Louisiana State Rep. Barbara Norton (D) said, “For the Declaration of Independence, only Caucasians [were] free. And for you to bring a bill to request that our children will recite the Declaration, I think it’s […]

A top Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) official took time out of her Memorial Day weekend to stand by her opposition to honoring fallen U.S. soldiers on the holiday and specifically took aim at Muslim-Americans who serve in the U.S. military. For the third year in a row, the executive director of CAIR’s San Francisco […]

The State Department misplaced and lost some $6 billion due to the improper filing of contracts during the past six years, mainly during the tenure of former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, according to a newly released Inspector General report. The $6 billion in unaccounted funds poses a “significant financial risk and demonstrates a lack […]