The Guardian Council, a very powerful and influential body in Iran’s theocracy, voted on Thursday to disqualify Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the regime’s president from 2005 to 2013, announcing he lacks the necessary standards to take part as a candidate in the May 19 presidential election.
This council, consisting of six senior mullahs appointed directly by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, stamps approval to the parliament’s bills and vets all election candidates.
Based on the decision of this council, the candidates able to take part in the May 19 polls are: the incumbent President Hassan Rouhani, current Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri, former head of Iran’s Physical Education Organization Hashemitaba, Ebrahim Raisi, a mullah involved in the 1988 massacre of over 30,000 political prisoners, former industry ministry Mostafa Mirsalim and Tehran’s current mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.
Ahmadinejad’s disqualification was not unexpected. Last September Khamenei used a public speech to ban him from announcing his candidacy. However, last week he officially registered as a presidential candidate. The mullahs’ main problem was not the fact that Ahmadinejad discredited the Supreme Leader. He also took a step in contrast to measures aimed at “engineering the elections.”
This is a common term used in theocratic elections, meaning centralized control over all presidential election phases to have the Supreme Leader’s considered candidate come out victorious.
Despite being a headache and a thorn in Khamenei’s back, Ahmadinejad still remains a member of the ruling faction. If he had surpassed this phase, he would be able to gain the support of the Supreme Leader’s faction and decrease Raisi’s chances of becoming president.
To this end, the elimination of Ahmadinejad prevents the fragmentation of Khamenei’s faction and prevents such a development ending in Rouhani’s favor. Mirsalim and Hashemitaba lack any significance in the upcoming election. Forecasts show Ghalibaf and Jahangiri will also step aside in favor of their allies. As a result, the election “war” in this theocracy will be between Rouhani and Raisi.
Despite the election results, Ahmadinejad joined the ranks most other presidents in the Iranian regime’s history.
1st president – Abolhassan Banisadr (1980-81), set aside and fled the country.
2nd president – Mohammad Ali Rajaie (1981), assassinated.
3rd president – Ali Khamenei (1981-89), was fortunate and became the Supreme Leader.
4th president – Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (1989-97), banished from the ruling elite and disqualified in the 2013 presidential election race.
5th president – Mohammad Khatami (1997-2005), has been literally banished and even the publication of his picture in Iranian media is currently banned.
6th president – Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2005-13), considered a deviant and disqualified from taking part in the 2017 presidential election.
Mohammad Amin (@EconomieIran) is a senior research fellow for the Paris-based Fondation d’Etudes pour le Moyen-Orient (FEMO) or Foundation for the Study of the Middle East. He has written several books and essays about the ruling theocracy, the transformation of Iran’s political economy under the presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the rise of Islamic fundamentalism in the Middle East.
The Guardian Council, a very powerful and influential body in Iran’s theocracy, voted on Thursday to disqualify Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the regime’s president from 2005 to 2013, announcing he lacks the necessary standards to take part as a candidate in the May 19 presidential election.
This council, consisting of six senior mullahs appointed directly by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, stamps approval to the parliament’s bills and vets all election candidates.
Based on the decision of this council, the candidates able to take part in the May 19 polls are: the incumbent President Hassan Rouhani, current Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri, former head of Iran’s Physical Education Organization Hashemitaba, Ebrahim Raisi, a mullah involved in the 1988 massacre of over 30,000 political prisoners, former industry ministry Mostafa Mirsalim and Tehran’s current mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.
Ahmadinejad’s disqualification was not unexpected. Last September Khamenei used a public speech to ban him from announcing his candidacy. However, last week he officially registered as a presidential candidate. The mullahs’ main problem was not the fact that Ahmadinejad discredited the Supreme Leader. He also took a step in contrast to measures aimed at “engineering the elections.”
This is a common term used in theocratic elections, meaning centralized control over all presidential election phases to have the Supreme Leader’s considered candidate come out victorious.
Despite being a headache and a thorn in Khamenei’s back, Ahmadinejad still remains a member of the ruling faction. If he had surpassed this phase, he would be able to gain the support of the Supreme Leader’s faction and decrease Raisi’s chances of becoming president.
To this end, the elimination of Ahmadinejad prevents the fragmentation of Khamenei’s faction and prevents such a development ending in Rouhani’s favor. Mirsalim and Hashemitaba lack any significance in the upcoming election. Forecasts show Ghalibaf and Jahangiri will also step aside in favor of their allies. As a result, the election “war” in this theocracy will be between Rouhani and Raisi.
Despite the election results, Ahmadinejad joined the ranks most other presidents in the Iranian regime’s history.
1st president – Abolhassan Banisadr (1980-81), set aside and fled the country.
2nd president – Mohammad Ali Rajaie (1981), assassinated.
3rd president – Ali Khamenei (1981-89), was fortunate and became the Supreme Leader.
4th president – Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (1989-97), banished from the ruling elite and disqualified in the 2013 presidential election race.
5th president – Mohammad Khatami (1997-2005), has been literally banished and even the publication of his picture in Iranian media is currently banned.
6th president – Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2005-13), considered a deviant and disqualified from taking part in the 2017 presidential election.
Mohammad Amin (@EconomieIran) is a senior research fellow for the Paris-based Fondation d’Etudes pour le Moyen-Orient (FEMO) or Foundation for the Study of the Middle East. He has written several books and essays about the ruling theocracy, the transformation of Iran’s political economy under the presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the rise of Islamic fundamentalism in the Middle East.
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Historic Civil War-era home in Mississippi vandalized
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Trump signs off on 5-year lobbying ban, two national security actions
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Protesters burn tires in Iraq in renewed anti-govt rage…
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Florida top cop caught telling deputy to act like 'white supremacist,' 'neo-Nazi'…
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Nikki Haley's Africa Trip Is about Fixing Obama's Mistakes
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Teen on his way to spring break in Florida busted with 7 cases of beer, marijuana in truck, cops say
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Thornberry urges Trump to send weapons to Ukraine
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Sisters no more
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SHOW US THE PROOF House, Senate committees want Trump tapes, Comey memos
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The Loneliness of a Highbrow Teenage Songwriting Robot…
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Democrats demand briefing on Flynn's contact with Russia, phone transcripts
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Law school student interrogated by FBI, expelled over 'It's Okay to be White' flyers…
A student who posted “It’s Okay to be White” flyers outside of a building at the Oklahoma City University of ...
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Yates reportedly to testify she warned White House about Flynn's Russia contacts
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As Biden woos Iowa voters, Pete seems increasingly to be in his way…
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TODD STARNES Protesters disrupt Trump-inspired 'Julius Caesar''
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GRISLY DISCOVERY Bodies of US, Swedish UN experts found in Congo
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Hurricane season ending, but Dorian left 'massive, massive crisis' in Bahamas…
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Controversy on phone records intensifies…
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Gingrich: Giuliani, Sessions should have 'major' roles in Trump administration
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Judge orders prosecutors to charge Amtrak engineer in deadly crash
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Video shows woman's 83-foot belly-flop gone wrong
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EU leaders mark bloc's 60th anniversary
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Record 423 million guns in America; 8.1 billion rounds of ammo a year…
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REALITY CHECK: Patriot's Rob Gronkowski offers advice to younger NFL players
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Obama, Trump to set differences aside for awkward White House meeting
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Michael Moore: 'All hands on deck' to disrupt Trump presidency
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Ivanka Trump shares photo of her and baby son in White House
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Budget boss Mulvaney claims Obama had 'secret list' of proposed regulations
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Report: Iowa's Branstad top choice for US ambassador to China
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FBI issues warning about smart TVs…
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MISS. SHOOTING SPREE Suspected killer's relative: 'It don't seem like it's real'
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Allen West shares meme claiming Trump's defense secretary will 'exterminate' Muslims
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ICE: Suspect in murder of VA Muslim teen in US illegally
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BACK TO THE BEACH Christie signs budget deal, ending NJ shutdown
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Stand Strong, Trump Americans
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Syria cease-fire goes into effect in southern part of country
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Trump Official May Join Obama at Cantor Conference Amid $400,000 Paid Speech Flap
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Man arrested for 'making 24,000 complaint calls'…
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Minnesota bridge collapse still reverberates 10 years later
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Pennsylvania parents who 'gifted' teen daughter to 52-year-old-man sentenced
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Fight over Star Wars and Star Trek led to assault, Oklahoma police say
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Blue Angels flyover captured in Florida couple’s wedding photos
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State Department won't help Trump plan Israel policies
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Amid fear and resistance, ICE agents in LA have not ramped up arrests…
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Sarkozy finished off with third place in French primary
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'Social credit score': China set to roll out 'Orwellian' mass surveillance tool…
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Winter Holiday Music Is So Jewish
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Cortez Kennedy, Seattle Seahawks defensive tackle and Hall of Famer, found dead
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5,000-Year-Old Plan to Erase Debts Is Hot Topic Now in America…
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Trump Ignores Lessons From CEO 101
Which is why we voted for him. What makes Donald Trump’s freshening tenure astonishing is that he has accomplished anything. ...
Scientists breed mice with same-sex parents…
For the first time, scientists said Thursday that they had bred mice with two genetic fathers, steering around biological hurdles ...
Charity fights cyberbullying, body shaming with designer dresses for girls
The founder of a website selling clothing for young women since 2008 says he’s grown increasingly concerned with the cyberbullying and ...
Monkeys with best friends have better survival rates…
Better together: Close friendships improve the survival rate of macaque monkeys – and having a ‘BFF’ can boost their chances ...
'SNL': Baldwin makes only appearance as Trump, taking 9th Circuit judges to TV court
“Saturday Night Live” host Alec Baldwin made his Trump impression scarce on this week’s episode of the comedy sketch show, ...
The Use of Poison in International Politics
The pellet with the poison’s in the vessel with the pestle; the chalice from the palace has the brew that ...
The Trump Administration Must Amend the Ethanol Mandate
President Donald J. Trump campaigned on saving the forgotten men and women from the heavy hand of government. Trump won ...
Trump mocked after citing Sweden incident: 'What has he been smoking?'
During a campaign-style rally Saturday in Florida, President Trump referred to an incident in Sweden to defend his controversial executive ...
Kremlin: Support for Assad not unconditional
MOSCOW – President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman said Thursday that Russia’s support for Syrian President Bashar Assad is not unconditional, but ...
Warship USS Gabrielle Giffords commissioned in Texas
HOUSTON – The Navy’s newest combat ship was put into active service following a commissioning ceremony Saturday, named after former ...
Don’t Ignore Putin’s Trail of Blood
Talk about Russia and Vladimir Putin fills the news in the Euro-Atlantic region. But in considering the problematic aspects of ...
Can We Make the Internet of Things Secure?
In the simplest terms, Internet of Things (IoT) is the addition of some internet connectivity to everyday objects. Security cameras, ...
Our President Is a Street Fighter
George W. Bush is a gentleman and his father, George H.W. is too, even more so. Both were attacked maliciously ...
CKE executives defend Puzder from bias claims as nomination stalls
Andy Puzder, President Trump’s labor secretary nominee, is facing fierce criticism over his time at the helm of CKE Restaurants, ...
French man has leg amputated after Hawaii shark attack
HONOLULU – A man who witnessed a Hawaii shark attack says the victim is a French surfer who had part ...
Milo, Lena, and Malignant Millennial Narcissism
Of the calumnies cast upon the millennial generation (people born between 1982 and 2000), the characteristic most frequently applied to ...
Cop gets big surprise
An 8-year-old girl in New Jersey recently purchased a meal for an on-duty police officer, and now his department is ...
Trump: Madonna is 'disgusting'
President Trump fired back at Madonna after the singer said she had “thought an awful lot about blowing up the ...
Planned Parenthood Sells Hormone Poisoning, Genital Mutilation with Dangerous Lies
Planned Parenthood is cornering the artificial resexuation market by lying to young people, many of whom are mentally disordered, about ...
Big league spending cuts must include entitlements
“I’m going to cut spending big league,” President Trump said when he was campaigning for the White House. Even before ...
Immigration hard-liners have high hopes for Sessions
Leaders of groups that back immigration restrictions lauded President-elect Trump on Friday for selecting Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions as his ...
ANOTHER BOMB? UK authorities hunt for possible second explosive
Investigators have uncovered signs the suicide bomber at the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester may have made a second explosive ...
Media mock Trump's transition achievements
The media is gearing up for Donald Trump’s presidency by bashing and downplaying the early accomplishments he’s claimed in the ...
Corker 'relatively confident' in Tillerson confirmation
By Susan Ferrechio (@susanferrechio) • 1/20/17 6:41 PM Susan Ferrechio Chief Congressional Correspondent The Washington Examiner http://s3.amazonaws.com/content.washingtonexaminer.biz/images/static/authors/Ferrechio-3.jpg Senate Foreign Relations ...
GOOGLE co-founders step aside as antitrust scrutiny heats up…
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google’s co-founders are relinquishing their executive positions just as state and federal regulators, not to mention ...
A Faux Sermon on Race and Crime
Author of 18 books and numerous articles, clergyman, preacher, winner of the American Book Award, ubiquitous television and radio personality, ...
Electronics ban on flights to US is indefinite, applies to 8 Muslim-majority nations
The ban on all electronic devices larger than a cell phone being brought into the cabin of passenger aircraft coming ...
Obama to sign 'unnecessary' Iran sanctions extension
President Obama is expected to sign legislation renewing non-nuclear sanctions on Iran, despite characterizing the restrictions as “unnecessary” and refusing ...
BREAKING NEWS: 4 American tourists attacked with acid in French train station, prosecutor says
Four American women were attacked with acid in Marseille’s main train station in France on Sunday, the city’s prosecutor’s office ...
VICE PRESIDENT PENCE Trump has many triumphs and is only getting started
In the first six months of this administration, President Donald Trump has fought every day to deliver on his promises ...
Trump's Syria Attack: Praiseworthy or Bad Precedent?
It’s hard to think of the last time America didn’t have a wartime president. From Franklin Roosevelt on, the U.S. military ...
Dwarf 'dumped' by adoptive parents denies she tried to poison mom…
A dwarf who was allegedly abandoned by her adoptive parents when she was nine has denied claims she tried to ...
This Marine Takes a Knee against the NFL
I had the privilege to serve with the finest Americans, the U.S. Marine Corps, from 1979 until 1990. These fine ...
Man in clown makeup with bladed gloves held in Denver stabbing, police say
A man was stabbed and later died outside a popular taco restaurant — apparently by a man in clown makeup ...
Two Marine jets collide off the coast of San Diego
By Anna Giaritelli (@anna_giaritelli) • 11/9/16 6:19 PM Anna Giaritelli Breaking News Reporter The Washington Examiner http://s3.amazonaws.com/content.washingtonexaminer.biz/images/static/authors/AnnaGiaritelliHeadshot1.jpg Two U.S. Marine ...
Pending Blackwater (in)justice
On Sunday, September 16, 2007, a Blackwater protective service detail (PSD), Raven 4, was assigned to a diplomatic protection mission ...
Rare parchment copy of Declaration of Independence found by Harvard researchers
An extremely rare copy of the Declaration of Independence has been found in an obscure records office in southern England. ...
The Broward County Superintendent's Corrupt and Dangerous Agenda
There’s little doubt Broward County Public Schools superintendent Robert Runcie’s rabid implementation of his “no arrest” policy in 2011 helped ...
Dem presidential campaign has produced confusion rather than clarity…
The Democratic presidential candidates have been on the campaign trail for nearly a year. Confusion rather than clarity continues to ...
Kentucky Derby 2017: Immigrant workers at Churchill Downs fear deportation
The backside of Churchill Downs hums with activity as workers clean stalls, bathe horses and lead the muscular animals on ...
Suspected radical Islamist wounds two officers on the French island of Reunion
PARIS – A man suspected of links to radical Islam shot two police officers on the French island of Reunion ...
Feinstein lectures Sessions to distance from Trump as attorney general
By Ryan Lovelace (@LovelaceRyanD) • 1/10/17 11:29 AM Ryan Lovelace Supreme Court Reporter The Washington Examiner http://s3.amazonaws.com/content.washingtonexaminer.biz/images/static/authors/Lovelace-3.jpg Senate Judiciary Committee ...
RNC condemns member who called for McCain to 'just die already' on social media
WASHINGTON – The Republican National Committee is condemning a member who shared a social media post encouraging Arizona Sen. John ...
K-12: Knowledge Containment Protocols
This might sound comical or far-fetched. But I assure you that the Progressives in charge of our schools are methodical ...
Michael Moore celebrates Twitter follower milestone with anti-Trump donations
Keith Ellison Wants American Health Care to Look More Like Cuba’s Liberal filmmaker Michael Moore celebrated reaching 5 million followers ...
Abraham Lincoln fights corruption accusation in newfound letter for sale
A long-lost letter, written by Abraham Lincoln responding to accusations of getting in the way of a corruption investigation, is ...
Supreme Court denies Arkansas' request to conduct execution
The Supreme Court rejected Arkansas’ request to lift a stay late Monday that would allowed the state to conduct its ...
Swexit? Swedish politician says his country will be next to ditch European Union
Peter Lundgren – a right-wing politician of the Sweden Democrats party who hailed Article 50 “a breath of fresh air” – says his homeland ...
Police search for Duke University student reported missing after house party – Norway police hope new DNA test will reveal identity of woman burned to death nearly 50 years ago
FRANKLIN, Mass. – Police in Franklin will resume their search for a 20-year-old man reported missing after he failed to ...
Is Michelle's 'true voice' Telling Her to Run for President?
In the biblical Song of Solomon, the voice of the turtle(dove) is a sign of Spring. But in the siren ...
I-25 fire: Huge blaze involving tanker shuts down interstate outside Denver
Interstate 25 is shut down in both directions between Orchard Road and Belleview Avenue due to a massive fire in ...
Trump Gets Real
There were real accomplishments in President Trump’s first 100 days, despite obstruction from Democrats and many in his own party. ...
Stars waited for wedding night
Celebrities who saved themselves for marriage These celebrities say they waited until their wedding night to seal the deal. FoxNews.com ...
THE LOST BOYS Hometown of Mark Twain haunted 50 years later
Late one afternoon in May 1967 three Missouri boys slipped through their backyards to do what they loved: explore a ...
NKorea calls Trump 'heedless and erratic old man' after tweets…
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea insulted U.S. President Donald Trump again on Monday, calling him a “heedless and ...
Car bomb kills over 100 Syrians evacuating besieged town…
BEIRUT — A car bomb in northern Syria killed more than 100 people Saturday when it ripped through buses evacuating residents ...
Faithless in Holy Week
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has authority over the FBI. If he’s paying attention, he might notice how far that agency’s ...
K-12: The War on Boys and Men
Fox News just announced an upcoming series about the plight of Men in America. “Men seem to be becoming less male,” ...
Trump to pay $25 million to settle Trump University fraud case
President-elect Trump has agreed to a $25 million settlement in the case over his now-defunct for-profit online college. “I am ...
Mom accused of killing 4 kids, husband in Georgia home
A woman is accused of stabbing her four children and husband to death inside a Georgia home Thursday morning, police ...
Border patrol catches woman smuggling 3 pounds of heroin strapped to buttocks
U.S. border patrol agents in Arizona nabbed a woman they said was trying to smuggle 3 pounds of heroin strapped ...
Obama dished America's 'biggest problem' to Trump moments before Inauguration
President Trump said while riding with former President Barack Obama to the Inauguration on Jan. 20, he asked Obama to ...
CalPERS chief sees volatility until Trump implements plans
SAN FRANCISCO The California Public Employees’ Retirement System’s chief investment officer advised the pension fund on Monday to prepare for ...
What’s wrong with this pic?
If you think this woman’s holiday snaps on Instagram look too good to be true, you may be right. Travel, ...
BELLWETHER: Why Trump is right on North Korea – North Korean official blames Trump for rising tensions on Korean Peninsula – Trump and Japan's Abe expand friendship as tensions mount with North Korea and China – 'Powerful' USS Carl Vinson steams toward North Korea
The United States and North Korea are finally facing off this Easter weekend over Kim Jong Un’s insatiable appetite for ...
Lawmakers reject HHS plan to house immigrants in Arkansas
By Pete Kasperowicz (@PeteKDCNews) • 12/20/16 11:51 AM Pete Kasperowicz News Editor The Washington Examiner http://s3.amazonaws.com/content.washingtonexaminer.biz/images/static/authors/HeadshotKasper_Pete.jpg Three Republican lawmakers are ...