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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has once again threatened that migrants will resume crossing into Europe if visa-free travel demands are not met. It has been a turbulent week in Turkey after the resignation of Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, and the continued consolidation of power of President Erdogan may be putting the migrant deal between the […]

Particle physics and string theory pose plenty of interesting questions, but educators at Massachusetts Institute of Technology this week wrestled with yet another vexing dilemma: “Is Islamophobia Accelerating Global Warming?” That was the topic at a Monday panel at the venerable Boston school whose alums include Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, Michael Bloomberg and Charles and David […]

The Justice Department announced Tuesday that it will not seek the death penalty against Ahmed Abu Khattala, 54, a U.S.-designated terrorist whom prosecutors accuse of leading the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans. The announcement, contained in a notice to the federal trial court in Washington, clears the way for a major […]

His squadron got the alert: a “real world mission was going down.”   The team – at Aviano Air Base in northeastern Italy – raced to the field and was briefed, as planes were armed and prepared to launch. Hundreds of miles away, fellow Americans were under attack in Benghazi. “There were people everywhere,” said […]

CNSNews.com) – The U.S. Treasury raked in a record of approximately $1,914,651,000,000 in tax revenues in the first seven months of fiscal 2016 (Oct. 1, 2015 through April 30, 2016), according to the Monthly Treasury Statement released today. That is up about $14,151,330,000–in constant 2016 dollars—from the approximately $1,900,499,670,000 in constant 2016 dollars the Treasury […]

By Richard Pollock, The Daily Caller News Foundation A Daily Caller News Foundation investigation reveals that Bill and Hillary Clinton received at least $100 million from autocratic Persian Gulf states and their leaders, potentially undermining Democratic presidential candidate Hillary’s claim she can carry out independent Middle East policies. As a presidential candidate, the amount of […]

The FBI Is Keeping 80,000 Secret Files on the Saudis and 9/11 The secret ‘28 pages’ are just the start. The FBI has another 80,000 classified documents, many of which deal with Saudi connections to the 9/11 terror plot. What’s the Bureau got? The Obama administration may soon release 28 classified pages from a congressional […]

The federal government is investing in technology to “continuously monitor” how much Americans are drinking if they have been arrested for driving under the influence (DUI). The National Science Foundation awarded $50,000 to Florida International University to develop a watch-like device linked to a smartphone that police departments could use to monitor the blood alcohol […]

Associated Press, FOX NEWS NEW YORK –  Sixteen black West Point cadets who posed with raised fists for a pre-graduation picture that sparked debates on race and proper behavior in uniform won’t be punished for the gesture, the U.S. Military Academy said Tuesday. The decision, less than two weeks before the 16 female seniors are […]

By Marisa Schultz, New York Post Facebook employees contribute more to Hillary Clinton than to any other presidential candidate — and among the donors is an executive in charge of trending topics. Clinton netted at least $114,000 from workers at the social-media giant who itemized their contributions. Republican Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who bowed out […]