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By Valerie Volcovici and Emily Stephenson BISMARCK, N.D. (Reuters) – Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, promised on Thursday to roll back some of America’s most ambitious environmental policies, actions that he said would revive the ailing U.S. oil and coal industries and bolster national security. Among the proposals, Trump said he would pull […]

President Barack Obama called on nations to “escape the logic of fear” and reduce their stockpiles of nuclear weapons as he became the first sitting U.S. President to visit Hiroshima, Japan Friday. Obama did not apologize for or second-guess President Harry Truman’s decision to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, […]

Facebook community page promotes health, sexual benefits of female genital mutilation A Facebook community called “Islamic Female Circumcision” was launched earlier this month with the stated goal of clarifying “misconceptions” around the Muslim faith’s practice of female genital mutilation or FGM. The page already has more than a dozen posts, including articles and infographics advocating for the practice […]

The antibiotic resistance factor MCR, which protects bacteria against the final remaining drugs of last resort, has been found in the United States for the first time—in a person, and separately, in a stored sample taken from a slaughtered pig. Department of Defense researchers disclosed Thursday in a report placed onlineby the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy that a […]

Jim Hoft May 26th, 2016 9:53 am 59 Comments The Imperial Japanese Military committed thousands of war crimes in World War II resulting in the death of millions of civilians and prisoners of war.   Chinese prisoners being buried alive. (Wikipedia) Pacific War put together this list of a few of the Worst Imperial Army […]

Clinton Releases Plan to Dissolve U.S. Border Within 100 Days   Professional Republicans in the #NeverTrump movement continue to oppose the presumptive nominee selected by the GOP electorate and are now floating strategies to throw the election to Hillary Clinton. However, an examination of Clinton’s campaign promises reveals that Republicans who are willing to thwart […]

In a slap in the face to the family of Kate Steinle, a young woman who last year was killed by an illegal immigrant, San Francisco has decided to retain its status as a sanctuary city.  The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved legislation that upholds the city’s policy on limiting law enforcement from providing assistance to […]

Muslim With Ties to ISIS Arrested After Assaulting and Spitting On Police Officers in Texas (Video) Jim Hoft May 26th, 2016 7:55 am 46 Comments Arab Muslim Wahib Sadek Ahmed was arrested after making terrorist statements during an assault on a Texas police officer. Wahib Sadek claimed he had ties with ISIS. Inside Sadek’s car, […]

Between the years 2011 and 2015, Veterans Administration officials wrongfully declared 4,201 veterans deceased and ended their benefits while they were still living, the Washington Examiner reports. In a letter to Rep. Dave Jolly, R-Fla., who first raised the issue with the VA last year, acting Undersecretary for Benefits Danny Pummill said the VA was […]

‘An Abuse of Power:’ IRS to Face Lawmakers After Thousands Seized From Small Business Owners For more than four years, Maryland dairy farmer Randy Sowers has beenfighting the federal government, asking it to right what many say was a wrong. In Feb. 2012, two federal agents told Sowers, who owns South Mountain Creamery in Frederick, […]