The Russian lawyer who landed a meeting with Donald Trump Jr. during last year’s presidential campaign with the promise of dirt on Hillary Clinton had one big thing in common with the Democratic candidate: Both had opposed Russia sanctions targeting human-rights abusers.
Further, former Secretary of State Clinton’s initial opposition coincided with a $500,000 speech her husband gave in Moscow – a link her 2016 campaign fought to downplay in the press, according to WikiLeaks-released documents.
Trump White House officials now are trying to draw attention to that speech and the Clintons’ ties to Russia in a bid to counter criticism over Trump Jr.’s now-infamous meeting.
“If you want to talk about having relationships with Russia, I’d look no further than the Clintons,” Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said at a briefing last week. “Bill Clinton was paid half a million dollars to give a speech to a Russian bank, personally thanked by President Putin.”
“With the help of the research team, we killed a Bloomberg story trying to link HRC’s opposition to the Magnitsky bill a $500,000 speech that WJC gave in Moscow.”
The former president indeed had received a personal call from then-Prime Minister Vladimir Putin expressing his appreciation for the speech. According to Mrs. Clinton’s ethics disclosure form filed while she was secretary of State, Bill Clinton was paid $500,000 by the Russia-based finance company Renaissance Capital for his June 29, 2010, speech in Moscow to its employees and guests attending the company’s annual conference.
The speech is now coming back to haunt the Clintons, considering the company that cut the check was allegedly tied to the scandal that spurred the Global Magnitsky Act, a bill that imposed sanctions on Russians designated as human-rights abusers and eventually would become law in 2012.
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Former President Bill Clinton with his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
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This was the same law Russian attorney Natalia Veselnitskaya was lobbying against during her sit-down with Trump Jr. last year. And back in 2010, it would have put the Clintons on her side.
Shortly before Bill Clinton’s speech in 2010, when members of Congress pushing the sanctions bill had asked Hillary Clinton to refuse visas to Russian officials implicated under the policy, the State Department denied the request. The Obama administration initially was opposed to the Magnitsky Act because then-President Barack Obama was seeking a “reset” with Russia and did not want to deepen the divide between the two countries.
Former President Bill Clinton’s speech to Renaissance just weeks later was all the more curious, considering Renaissance’s Russian investment bank executives would have been banned from the U.S. under the law.
Fast-forward to 2015, and the timeline apparently had caught the attention of Bloomberg News.
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Portrait of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky held by his mother Nataliya Magnitskaya during 2009 press conference in Moscow.
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According to a memo from Clinton’s presidential campaign team later published by WikiLeaks, however, the Clinton campaign was able to stop the presses.
“With the help of the research team, we killed a Bloomberg story trying to link HRC’s opposition to the Magnitsky bill a $500,000 speech that WJC gave in Moscow,” Jesse Lehrich, on the Rapid Response Communications team for Hillary For America, boasted on May 21, 2015.
The Global Magnitsky Act was named for 36-year-old tax attorney Sergei Magnitsky, who died in the custody of the Russian government after accusing the government and organized crime of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from a foreign company, Hermitage Capital Management. Magnitsky, hired by foreign investor and Hermitage owner William Browder, had tracked what turned out to be hundreds of millions of dollars in tax fraud. He reported the fraud to the Russian authorities, but instead of pursuing charges against the alleged offender, Russian authorities jailed Magnitsky.
After Magnitsky died in November 2009, Browder said Magnitsky proved Renaissance officials were among those orchestrating the scheme.
The State Department finally reversed its position in 2011 and refused visas to some Russians purportedly involved in the financial fraud seeking to enter the country.
The Magnitsky Act passed with bipartisan support in 2012.
Russia retaliated against the U.S., ending any possibility for Americans to adopt Russian orphans and also banning 18 U.S. officials from entering their country.
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The Trump administration sanctioned Iran’s prison system “for torturous interrogations, forced interrogations, and widespread mistreatment of inmates,” on April 15. ...
Another Kavanaugh accuser admits to fabricating rape story…
Another Kavanaugh accuser admits to fabricating rape story... (Second column, 3rd story, link) Advertise here Source link
SpaceX capsule returns space station science to Earth
LOS ANGELES – A SpaceX capsule is back on Earth with a full load of space station science samples. The ...
Arrests of illegal immigrants reportedly jumped 32 percent in Trump's first months
Arrests of illegal immigrants are reportedly up by one-third in the early weeks of the Trump administration, with U.S. Immigration ...
ICE agents detain workers after eating restaurant breakfast…
ANN ARBOR, MI – The owner of Ann Arbor’s Sava’s Restaurant said Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials took at least three of ...
Combat-hardened WWII PT boat makes triumphant return to the water
NEW ORLEANS – After all these years, she still hasn’t lost a step. Senior Captain George Benedetto pushes the throttle ...
Don't blame the presidential race polls
The failure to recognize Donald Trump’s chances of being elected president wasn’t the fault of bad polling data, but of ...
Trump and Winning as a Political Philosophy
There have been countless articles, columns, and quips about what drives Donald Trump. Undoubtedly, countless more will appear before the ...
Schumer: Sessions can't be involved in Flynn investigation
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Tuesday repeated a demand that Attorney General Jeff Sessions recuse himself from investigating ousted ...
MS-13 gang member wanted in 2 Texas murders captured in Virginia – VIDEO: What is MS-13?
An MS-13 gang member who is also an illegal immigrant in the U.S. was captured in Virginia on Saturday in ...
World in shock as Trump surges to victory in U.S.
BERLIN Governments from Asia to Europe reacted with stunned disbelief on Wednesday to the victory of Donald Trump in the ...
The Usual Idiots that Gave Us the FISA Mess
Okay, so now the Nunes FISA Memo is out and it shows that the Justice Department and the FBI were ...
WHEELS DOWN: Trump lands in Saudi Arabia in first overseas trip
President Trump arrived in Saudi Arabia Saturday morning to begin his first international trip since taking office. Trump is the ...
Trump urged to resume pursuit of Iranian fugitives let off hook under Obama – Hard-line Iranian candidate says US should fear Iran
House Republicans are pushing the Trump administration to take a hard look at the Obama administration’s release last year of ...
Report: Trump willing to keep parts of Obamacare
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Egypt sacks local security chief after attack on Christians
CAIRO – Egypt has fired the security chief of a province south of Cairo where Islamic State militants last week ...
Pot Politics: How Democrats Politicize the Recreational Marijuana Issue to Win Midterm Elections
One of the reasons the Democrats lost the November 2016 election was low voter turnout. As the 2018 midterms approach, Democrats ...
CALL TO ARMS Sen. Graham wants up to 6,000 more troops in Syria
Sen. Lindsey Graham on Sunday took perhaps the most aggressive Washington stance on the country’s simultaneous effort to defeat ISIS ...
Family: Mom's Facebook post gushing about her success may have led to her death
A Florida woman who was fatally shot Wednesday hours after gushing about her success on her Facebook page may have been killed ...
Mother of Uber CEO killed in boat accident
The mother of the CEO of Uber, the transportation network company, died in a boat accident Friday evening in California, ...
Turkey's leak of U.S. military data puts troops' lives at risk, Pentagon says
The Pentagon on Wednesday slammed the Turkish government for releasing a state-run news service report pinpointing the locations of 10 ...
GAME-CHANGING TEST? North Korea claims it successfully launched ICBM
North Korea claimed to have successfully tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile in a launch Tuesday, marking what the rogue ...
Have and Have Nots Divide Increases in NYC…
Inequality increased in slightly more than 4 in 10 areas with the largest movements in Springfield, MA; El Paso, TX ...
'Clock Boy' lawsuit thrown out in federal court
A federal court has thrown out the civil rights lawsuit filed by the family of the Texas teenager known as ...
Trump to reveal secretary of state choice Tuesday morning
President-elect Trump plans to make his long-awaited revelation tomorrow of whom he will choose to lead the State Department. “I ...
Koch brothers group set to give up to $400 million to conservative candidates between now and 2018
Republican candidates will be bolstered by up to $400 million of outside spending from the Koch brothers’ network of donors ...
Push for Convention of the States to rein in government gains steam
WASHINGTON – When Democrats launched into a spontaneous chorus of “Na na na na, hey hey, goodbye” on the House ...
Deaf patrons complain after Rhode Island movie theater refuses to turn on captions
WARWICK, R.I. – Some deaf and hearing-impaired moviegoers say a Rhode Island theater refused to switch on the captioning so ...
IKEA to ruin life on Mars
Setting up Ikea furniture may be difficult, but it’s not rocket science … or is it? Thanks to a new ...
Mexico experiences deadliest month in decades
June was the deadliest month in Mexico in at least 20 years, according to new government statistics that show no ...
Progressivism and the Seven Deadly Sins
It’s a brave new world, progressives proclaim, and the old rules no longer apply. From the Russian Communists’ New Man ...
Clinton makes GQ's list of least influential people
By Caitlin Yilek • 12/21/16 9:24 PM Caitlin Yilek The Washington Examiner Former Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton made GQ magazine’s ...
Iran’s IRGC's terror plans against the U.S.
Hundreds of years ago, when medical science was undevelopeed, people lost their lives for simple and easily preventable diseases. There ...
Trump on nukes tweet: 'Let it be an arms race'
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WEEKEND: Phenom Mahomes Battles Tom Brady In Prime Time…
Ryan Mayer The ratings for NFL games have been on an upward trend overall this year through five weeks of ...
Supreme Court justices show support for church, in Gorsuch's 1st high-profile case
A majority on the Supreme Court appeared to offer support Wednesday for a church excluded from a publicly funded aid ...
Tree stump spotted on Mars?
UFO hunters claim that an image taken by NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover shows an ancient tree stump on the surface ...
Obama 2.0 in 2020
First, Obama was fortunate enough to have inherited an economy that had begun to recover by the time he entered ...
A Time for War: The Battle for Christmas
I know what you’re thinking: what an awful thing to talk about during the Christmas season. We should be ignoring ...
The Black Church and the Democratic Party: Unholy Alliance or Doublethink?
Something interesting happened to me the other day. The doorbell rang, and I thought it was a delivery I was expecting, ...
Three Ways to Stop the DACA Nightmare
The “dreamer” debate is raging as the nation contemplates what to do with the 800,000 young people who came to ...
Are you cooking steak wrong?
Unless you’re a cowgirl or rancher, steak night at home is probably a special, once-in-a-while occasion. So you definitely don’t ...
Survivalist who ambushed police seeks to avoid death penalty
MILFORD, Pa. – A survivalist who shot and killed a Pennsylvania State Police trooper and injured another in an ambush ...
Two Texas children die after being electrocuted by downed power line
Two Texas boys died Wednesday after they were electrocuted by a downed power line during a severe storm, fire officials ...
Princeton asks students to pick from six 'genders'
Princeton University is giving its students the option of picking a gender or, reportedly, several genders. The Ivy League’s student ...
Oklahoma home invasion shooting: 3 victims broke into property earlier that day
TULSA, Okla. – Three Oklahoma teenagers who were shot dead during a suspected home invasion this week broke into a ...
Pope Francis in Egypt for historic visit to show Christian-Muslim unity for peace
Pope Francis arrived in Cairo, Egypt, on Friday for a historic visit aimed at presenting a united Christian-Muslim front to ...
Should Comey Be Prosecuted?
If, as the liberal lynch mob insists, President Trump tried to intimidate former FBI Director James Comey into ending his ...
Arkansas prepares for first double execution since 2000
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Two condemned Arkansas killers who admit they’re guilty but fear their poor health could lead to ...
'Alarming' rat lungworm parasite spreading through Florida, researchers warn
A parasite that can cause meningitis in humans and animals is spreading throughout the state of Florida, with health officials ...
Man charged with threatening Fla. lawmaker
MIAMI – A Florida man has been charged with threatening to kill a state legislator in a Facebook post. The ...
'Not My President's Day' protests planned nationwide
President Trump will see another weekend of protests against him: Thousands of activists will be part of “Not my President’s ...
Man To Ride Out — On Boat…
Follow CBSPHILLY Facebook | Twitter PHILADELPHIA (CBS Local) — Hurricane Florence is quickly approaching North and South Carolina. While many people are evacuating from ...
CLIMATE ON HOLD: Trump says he will decide on Paris deal 'next week'
President Trump on Saturday at the G-7 Summit in Italy declined to join six other leading nations in their pledge ...
Pulse shooting survivor dies in Florida car crash, officials say
A woman who survived the Pulse nightclub shooting died on Monday in a head-on crash, Orlando City Commissioner Patty Sheehan ...
'FIXER' FIRES BACK Gaines hammers ex-pals suing over hit show
Chip Gaines has fired back against a lawsuit filed by his former partners over the Magnolia Real Estate Company. The ...
DESIGNER NEWBORN? Breakthrough achieved by scientists in China
Science has taken another step toward delivering the perfect newborn – or at least a bouncing baby free of certain ...
Comey Fired — Now Indict Hillary
Former FBI Director Comey, like acting attorney general Yates before him, were fired for essentially the same reason, namely, usurping ...
Obama speeches revive GOP bid to target his pension
As former President Barack Obama hits the speaking circuit, Republican lawmakers say they plan to reintroduce a bill that would ...
Duke and Sexual Assault
People think of Duke University in Durham, NC as a top-tier school bumping up against the Ivies. Witnessing students on ...
Kelly reveals swimsuit woes
It’s not easy taking over Pamela Anderson’s most famous role as CJ Parker in the upcoming film adaptation of the ...
PROBE CALLED OFF: Sweden's top prosecutor says country has decided to “discontinue” rape investigation against Julian Assange.
Sweden’s top prosecutor said Friday that she is dropping the seven-year investigation into a rape claim against WikiLeaks founder Julian ...
Democrats are insulting the public with dire claims of deaths from Obamacare repeal
There are times when I want to scream at the radio. One commentator or another has just declared that, according ...
McCain would write bill to allow Mattis to head Pentagon
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said Tuesday that he would write legislation to overturn an anti-revolving door law to allow retired ...
Bannon removed from National Security Council
President Trump’s controversial chief strategist, Stephen Bannon, was removed from the National Security Council on Wednesday, Fox News confirmed. Bannon ...
Silicon Valley billionaires want to reinvent Dems…
LinkedIn chairman Reid Hoffman cofounded WTF with Zynga founder Mark Pincus. Steve Jennings/Getty Images “WTF” is a fitting abbreviation for ...
Most Expensive Hotel Room in America: $75,000 a Night!
Built in 1927, this iconic Upper East Side hotel underwent a major renovation from 2006 to 2009. While the historic exterior ...
Central Park explosion: Detectives stymied 9 months after blast
NEW YORK – Detective Paul Arroyo and Special Agent Peter D’Antonio are frustrated. For nearly nine months, the investigators have ...
SYRIA SHOWDOWN: US Navy jet shoots down Assad warplane
A U.S. Navy fighter jet shot down a Syrian government warplane after it attacked Washington-backed fighters near ISIS’ de facto ...
China: Colossus or Paper Dragon?
Is China a colossus, and will the 21st century belong to the Chinese, as many think? Or is China a paper ...
Dog finds Michigan family's missing cat under house fire rubble
More than two months after a fire tore through a home in Michigan, family members said they had almost given ...
Spicer: 'There's more to come' if Iran keeps 'playing with fire'
White House press secretary Sean Spicer on Friday said “there’s no question” that Iran’s two recent ballistic missile tests were ...
Like Haman Being Hung on the Scaffold He Built for Mordechai
An online friend watching the week’s events observes that they remind her of the villain Haman being hung on the ...
Identity Politics Hits a Brick Wall
Dave Weigel, the portly, nesting doll look-alike reporter for the Washington Post, is no fan of Mark Lilla, the Columbia ...
MeToo unnerves China…
QINGDAO, China (AP) — The sight of five burly guards blocking the way out of her dorm filled Ren Liping ...
Chicago man sentenced to 40 months for attempting to join ISIS
By Anna Giaritelli (@anna_giaritelli) • 11/18/16 7:24 PM Anna Giaritelli Breaking News Reporter The Washington Examiner http://s3.amazonaws.com/content.washingtonexaminer.biz/images/static/authors/AnnaGiaritelliHeadshot1.jpg A young man ...
Poll: Trump's job approval rating lags behind his predecessors
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Westworld to REAL world
Robots that think and feel emotions like humans will enter our homes in as little as ten years. That’s according ...
Islam's Bizarre Philosophical Problem
However, Islam makes an amazing contradictory statement: the Koran is eternal. This introduces a real problem. Anything which is eternal ...
Dispensing with the Filibuster
The Senate Republicans had the good sense to vote through the nomination of Neil Gorsuch for Supreme Court justice with ...
Clinical Implications of Transgenderism vs. Sex Identity Disorder
The transition in psychiatric nosology from the biopsychological terms “sex” and “sexuality” to the political concepts of genderism was effected ...
BATTLE INTENSIFIES OVER CHINESE TAKEOVER OF CHICAGO STOCK EXCHANGE…
In December 2016, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States approved the CHX deal. But in August, the ...
Deportation drama enters pro-Trump household in northern Indiana
An Indiana woman married to an undocumented immigrant for nearly 20 years is fighting authorities, claiming her husband has been ...
Beware Delaware-size iceberg
Hurry up and read this, before it’s too late. The Larsen C ice shelf is seconds/minutes/hours/days away from breaking off ...
Family gathers for private send-off of astronaut John Glenn
The flag-draped casket of John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, was covered in plastic to protect it ...
America’s most extreme peaks
The highest peak in the United States? Easy: Mount McKinley in Alaska. The mountain is officially called “Denali” now, since ...
Trump's First Year vs. Obama's Eight Years
Here are President Obama’s main accomplishments over eight years: –Obamacare: This 2,000-plus page law with more than 10,000 pages of ...
Teen girl's burned body found at Vegas apartment complex
There are many questions lingering after a teen girl was found dead at an apartment complex in Las Vegas. Her body ...
Samantha: It was the ‘worst’
Blonde bombshell Samantha Hoopes knows how to make things sizzle. From frolicking on the beach for Sports Illustrated, to stripping ...
James Corden: 'With President Trump, we don't know what comes next'
By Caitlin Yilek (@hausofcait) • 2/12/17 8:28 PM Caitlin Yilek The Washington Examiner http://s3.amazonaws.com/content.washingtonexaminer.biz/images/static/authors/headshotCAITLIN_YILEK.jpg Comedian James Corden opened the Grammys ...
Trump win puts U.S.-Russia hostility on hold – but for how long?
By Warren Strobel and Jonathan Landay | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON After years of rising U.S.-Russia tensions over Ukraine, Syria, cyber attacks ...
Heavy French fry eaters have 'double' the chance of death…
French Fries … the evidence mounts that they’re killers. GOLDEN. Warm. Crunchy, yet soft … many find french fries the ...
Star addresses rumors
Long gone are the days of GTL — Mike Sorrentino is dealing with a completely different situation. After a long ...
Scott Pelley reportedly out of 'CBS Evening News'
Scott Pelley is out at “CBS Evening News,” Page Six has exclusively learned. Sources tell us that ‘Poison Pelley’s’ office ...
Arizona girl found in storage box: Cousin stands trial on murder, abuse charges
A trial is set to begin Monday for a woman in Arizona accused in the death of a 10-year-old girl ...
How Trump Can Gut Obamacare Without Congress
Cancer is a devious and devastating disease. All it takes are a few bad cells to grow uncontrollably, first ...
Ex-Greek prime minister targeted in bomb attack in Athens
A bomb exploded inside a car with former Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos in central Athens on Thursday. Papademos and ...
The Florida School Shooting: Typical Leftist Exploitation
When I first heard about the terrible Florida school shooting, I knew that the American left (Democrats, fake news, and ...
Python hunters capture 15-foot snake in Florida Everglades
Two python hunters captured a massive python in the Florida Everglades over the weekend. The state has licensed python hunters as ...
$10G to leave San Francisco?
Tech company Zapier says San Francisco is a fantastic city—and it would like to encourage its employees to move far ...
America's embarrassingly low economic freedom ranking
Americans love to win, especially when it comes to proving we’re freer than the citizens of other countries. But we ...
TRUMP-LIKE BOOST: Populist Le Pen sees jump in support with clock ticking to France's election
With one day before France officially heads to the polls for the first round of its presidential elections, candidate Marine ...
Trump: The End of Jihad?
Forces for peace are at work around the world. And one real estate magnate turned president might just be at ...
NYC teen killed by oncoming subway after retrieving phone on tracks
A teenage girl standing on a subway platform in Queens dropped her cellphone onto the tracks — and was fatally ...
The Rotten Obama Record — and Legacy
There is an excellent cartoon showing a circle of people surrounding Barack Obama, guarding him, preventing anyone from bringing him ...
Man burning books caused 700-acre Florida brush fire, officials say
A Florida man burning books in his yard caused a 700-acre brush fire which destroyed two buildings, damaged six homes ...
Trump to meet with Japanese prime minister next week
President-elect Trump will meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe next Thursday at the request of the foreign leader, who ...
Three Trump children seen managing president-elect's company
The Trump Organization said on Friday it was vetting new business structures aimed at transferring management control to three of ...
Sailboat turns into submarine!
Part sailboat – part submarine, a new remarkable drone can patrol the oceans for months without stopping, powered by only ...
Woman proposes to boyfriend during hockey game
He said yes. A woman this week got down on one knee and asked her boyfriend to marry her while ...
South Korea to hold vote in May to pick ousted President Park Geun-hye's successor
SEOUL, South Korea – South Korean prosecutors said Wednesday they plan to question ousted President Park Geun-hye next week ...
Conway on Anderson Cooper's eye-roll: I face sexism often in TV interviews
White House counselor Kellyanne Conway reacted this morning to an interview she did Tuesday night in which CNN host Anderson Cooper ...
SEX AND SLEEP KEY TO HAPPINESS…
It’s often said that money doesn’t bring happiness – but researchers may have found the two things that do. A ...
Ancient Aztec temple uncovered
Archaeologists have uncovered the remnants of a Aztec temple and ceremonial ball court in the heart of Mexico City, according ...
Baby Charlie Gard's Parents and Doctors Haggle over Details of His Final Days
On Monday, July 24, the parents of terminally ill 11-month old British baby Charlie Gard agreed with his doctors to ...
Leggings company gets sued
What’s not to love about buttery soft leggings? When they tear as easily as “wet toilet paper,” which a class ...
Trump's golf buddy Norman pitches Australia to lead diplomatic line
By Colin Packham | SYDNEY SYDNEY Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull became one of the first world leaders to speak ...
Coopting Jesus' Name
The American progressive Left frequently decries the use of the name of Jesus Christ for political gain. I’ve heard this ...
Stand Strong, Trump Americans
An extremely disheartened American emailed me documenting all the factions committed to removing Trump from office. She concluded:
“I ...
The First Thanksgiving
In the name of God, amen. We whose names are under-written…Having undertaken, for the glory of God and advancement ...
Anti-Bannon narrative masks establishment fear and loathing of Trump agenda
According to the prevailing media narrative, Steve Bannon is the evil Svengali figure behind the Trump presidency, a right-wing extremist ...
Pack of seven gray wolves missing in California
SAN FRANCISCO – Wildlife advocates say they are searching Northing California for seven gray wolves that haven’t been spotted in ...
Boy who slipped while playing in water is swept into pipe
BRANFORD, Conn – Authorities say a 10-year-old boy slipped while playing in a culvert with his two brothers and was ...
Tom Cotton suggests ordering sergeant at arms to force Dems to vote on nominations
Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton on Tuesday suggested ordering the sergeant at arms to force Democrats to vote for President Trump’s ...
ABC FACES BACKLASH Fans: Boycott after 'Last Man Standing' canceled
ABC is facing backlash after the network announced the cancellation of one of its highest-rated shows “Last Man Standing” Friday. ...
Trump meets former rival Romney, a possible contender as top diplomat
By Steve Holland | BEDMINSTER, N.J. BEDMINSTER, N.J. President-elect Donald Trump and 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney set aside ...
Record-breaking coin auction fetches $106.7M
A rare 1804 silver dollar fetched almost $3.3 million dollars in what officials say is a record-breaking coin collection auction. A five-part ...
Britain's Theresa May Takes the Lead
Perhaps the most disagreeable trait in Machiavelli’s controversial writings were his misogynistic comments on women. In The Prince , published ...
From Iran, the Mullahs' Malevolence to the US Grows
The Iranian regime has been and will be a source of instability in the region. Not a single day goes ...
The Cloud Requires Clear Legislation
FreedomWorks Vice President for Research Wayne Brough has noted that the “major law governing privacy and the government’s ability to ...
Podesta suggests Trump campaign may have colluded with Russia
With the Electoral College scheduled to vote Monday, former Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta suggested Sunday that President-elect Trump’s ...
Swamp-Shrink Rising at the Crack of Don
There are two kinds of ethical offenses a psychologists might commit: objective and subjective. An objective transgression happens when a ...
Report: Harward turned down NSA job after watching Trump presser
Retired Vice Adm. Robert Harward turned down President Trump’s offer to take over as national security adviser after watching a ...
Navy: 130,000 current and former sailors victims of data breach
By Daniel Chaitin (@danielchaitin7) • 11/23/16 7:41 PM Daniel Chaitin Senior Web Producer The Washington Examiner http://s3.amazonaws.com/content.washingtonexaminer.biz/images/static/authors/HeadshotChatin_Daniel.jpg More than 130,000 ...
DEADLY DRIVE Two killed when car carrying 9 teens hits tree
A car occupied by nine teenagers refused to stop for a police officer and then a short time later crashed ...
Jobless claims drop to 246,000 in first week of Trump administration
President Trump’s first week in office saw new claims for unemployment benefits fell by 14,000 to 246,000, the Department of ...
Two-Year-Old Parker and Michelle Obama's Portrait
Didn’t a significant figure in Black history instruct Americans to judge each other on the “content of their character, not ...
CRYING FOUL Liberals focus on Trump in 'March for Truth' rallies
Protesters are marching Saturday in nearly 130 U.S. cities to call for what they consider the need for more thorough ...
Born Perfect: the LGBT Movement vs. Reality
A few years ago, NCLR began a campaign to end all conversion therapy, believing that attempts to change any youth’s ...
Rep. Duncan Hunter removes 'Cops As Pigs' painting from Capitol wall
Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., on Friday took down a controversial painting from the wall of the U.S. Capitol that depicted ...
Pot-smoking grandma steals benefits meant for motherless child…
Pot-smoking grandma steals benefits meant for motherless child... (Third column, 10th story, link) Source link
Legislators in California introduce bill to exempt teachers from state income tax
Legislators in California recently introduced a bill that would offer educators major tax breaks in an effort to keep them ...
Milo Yiannopoulos's 'important perspective' to be shared at CPAC
By Daniel Chaitin (@danielchaitin7) • 2/18/17 2:20 PM Daniel Chaitin Senior Web Producer The Washington Examiner http://s3.amazonaws.com/content.washingtonexaminer.biz/images/static/authors/HeadshotChatin_Daniel.jpg Controversial Breitbart editor ...
Tennessee police searching for man who drove over officer
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Clarksville Police are searching for a Nashville man after he drove over a police officer’s leg on ...
New Zealand newspaper names all drunk drivers on front page
WELLINGTON, New Zealand – A newspaper in a busy New Zealand resort town has decided to take a stand against ...
The Republican Red State Is Dead
In the days following Moore’s loss, the predictable excuses from the right were resurrected: “Voter fraud!” “The media!” “Mitch McConnell!” ...
Pelosi on Trump: 'I just don't know what he thinks'
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Friday brushed off President Trump’s criticism of her as a terrible leader, and ...
WSJ warns Trump to let go of his business
The right-leaning Wall Street Journal editorial board is calling on President-elect Trump to let go of his business empire when ...
World's once most obese man readies to undergo surgery in Mexico
MEXICO CITY – Juan Pedro, once the world’s most obese man with a body weight of about 1,310 pounds, is ...
GOP still deciding what Obamacare 'replace and repeal' means
Republicans are unified around two ideas in approaching Obamacare: They need to hold a repeal vote early next year, and ...
The AHCA Insurance Company Bailout
Sometimes I talk to people about insurance, and I often joke that no politician ever lost an election by badmouthing ...
Sessions, DeVos explain removal of Obama's transgender school guidelines
After a report that Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos had a disagreement over removing the protection ...
The Real Reason Washington Post Republicans Hate Donald Trump
When George Will and other leading intellectuals started to rip holes in their warm comfort couches in despair at Donald ...
Had a riot? The Dept. of Education has money for your schools
By Jason Russell • 9/15/16 8:53 PM Jason Russell Commentary Writer The Washington Examiner http://s3.amazonaws.com/content.washingtonexaminer.biz/images/static/authors/Russell-3.jpg The Department of Education announced ...
Suspect identified in Ohio shooting that killed police chief, two nursing home employees
Police have identified the man accused of killing three people at a nursing home in Ohio on Friday morning. An ...
A Better Source of Nuclear Power?
Two disturbing scientific reports have surfaced recently from Europe. The first is that a plume of radioactive particles has been ...
San Francisco hit with massive power outage linked to substation fire
Up to 87,000 customers remained without power Friday after a widespread outage left a large swath of San Francisco homes ...
Mass evacuation in Syria to proceed after deadly blast that killed over 100
More than 3,000 Syrians will be evacuated Sunday from four areas as part of a population transfer that was briefly ...
Supreme Court grants eleventh-hour stay in Alabama execution, then reverses course
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Unworthy Abbas Honored in the White House
As a great supporter of President Trump, I was saddened to see the leader of the free world welcome to the ...
Odor sends AA crew to hospital
A foul odor has caused some turbulence for American Airlines passengers and crew members. At least three people have been ...
Trump's Cuba policy changes 'very appropriate,' says Sen. Rubio – Trump's Energy Department seeks to mine elements monopolized by China
Sen. Marco Rubio said Sunday President Trump’s policy changes on America’s relationship with Cuba were “very appropriate,” and explained why ...
Star: Not afraid to let loose
Stephanie Hollman had no idea she would need what she called “Jesus juice” to survive her first year as a ...
Model shares revealing pic
A plus-size model and ovarian cancer battler is aiming to change the conversation surrounding popular perceptions of beauty after posting ...
Thinking Pre-revolution at the Museum of the American Revolution
Last week I was in Philadelphia as Lady Marjorie’s mom was laid to rest alongside her beloved husband and her ...
Hurricane Hilary likely to become 'major hurricane' in Pacific
Hurricane Hilary is “likely to become a major hurricane” by Tuesday, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Monday. The storm ...
Nivea apologizes for 'White Is Purity' ad
Nivea pulled a “White Is Purity” deodorant ad after critics blasted the German skin care company for promoting white supremacy, ...
'Guardian' rumors confirmed
The fate of some of the best characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is totally uncertain after “Avengers: Infinity ...
The Fallacy of ‘Openness and Tolerance’
Leftists, including Western leaders, are so extreme that many refuse to even mention Islam when discussing terrorist attacks committed in ...
Hirsi Ali: Islamic terrorists 'don't go to liberals and say thank you' for being PC
Ayaan Hirsi Ali criticized what she considered the “apologetic attitude” some liberals around the world have toward identifying the religious ...
TRUMP ORDER BLOCKED Judge blocks bid to cut funding to sanctuary cities
A California judge on Tuesday blocked President Trump’s executive order that sought to withhold federal funds from so-called “sanctuary cities.” ...
Jenna’s strange baby name
Mariah Carey and husband Nick Cannon recently welcomed twins and then teased that the baby’s names would both start with ...
Another Climate Prediction Gone off the Rails
Winter started early this year. The first blizzard of the season in Montana broke a snow record with 30 inches ...
Study: Cap on charter schools hurts disadvantaged students
According to a study from the centrist Brookings Institution, the cap on the number of charter schools in Massachusetts hurts ...
Director's shocking request
“Shameless” star Emmy Rossum claimed a director wanted to view her in a bikini to see if she was in ...
Why Was Andrew Weissmann Kept 'in the Loop' by Bruce Ohr?
A week ago, August 27th, Bruce Ohr, the demoted former Associate Deputy Attorney General, testified before the House Judiciary and ...
White House won't push for 'two-state solution' in Israel
As part of the prep for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit, senior White House officials briefed reporters Tuesday that ...
Calls to national suicide hotlines reportedly up after Trump victory
Calls to national suicide hotlines have increased by 250 percent following President-elect Trump’s stunning victory over Hillary Clinton, according to ...
Kansas students who uncovered principal's secret invited to White House Correspondents' Dinner
Six student reporters from Pittsburg High School in Kansas have been invited to the White House Correspondents Dinner for calling ...
Scientists BUILD black hole
The world’s most powerful X-ray laser beam has been used to create a tiny microscopic “black hole.” The machine uses ...
DC DREAMS ON HOLD? Kid Rock tables Senate run, stresses voter registration
Musician Robert James Ritchie (aka Kid Rock) left his fans, as well as political junkies, guessing Wednesday about whether he ...
Trump gives generals more freedom to make decisions in ISIS fight
U.S. military commanders are stepping up their fight against Islamist extremism as President Donald Trump’s administration urges them to make ...
Wisconsin shootings: Police officer, 3 others killed; suspect in custody
A police officer and three other people were killed in a series of shootings Wednesday in northern Wisconsin that apparently ...
North Korea Goes to the Olympics
What is the real reason for the temporary reconciliation of the two Koreas? The entire world was surprised to see North ...
Gingrich: Trump supporters would be 'enormously disappointed' in Romney pick
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Body found under San Francisco home identified as girl who died in 1876
The 19th-century body of a girl found last year inside a small metal casket under a San Francisco home has ...
Jim Jordan turns an ambush into a town hall on President Harding's front porch
While Jim Jordan toured the inside of a small Queen Anne Style house that President Warren G. Harding once called ...
Going Overboard with #Russiagate
It’s a sad day for politics in America when Rep. Trey Gowdy has to plead with Democrats in Congress to ...
Blacks, Crime, and the Bended Knee
Fresh off the heels of the march on Charlottesville and the destruction of historical monuments in the South by Black Lives Matter, ...
Why We Should Do Nothing About Catalonia
Putting aside all prejudice, and preconceptions, what is happening in Catalonia is petulance by two rather immature groups of people. ...
Analysts downplay effectiveness of MOAB strike in Afghanistan
The “mother of all bombs” dropped on Islamic State militants in Afghanistan last month may not have been as effective ...
Blogger's exercise addiction
Exercising regularly is good for your health, but pushing yourself too far can have very real consequences. Fitness blogger Erin ...
Russia to launch bright 'star'
Russia is set to launch potentially the brightest artificial object in the night sky, which could outshine everything except for ...
The UK and Jihad
As with the car and stabbing attacks on the Westminster Bridge on March 22, 2017, media reports on Saturday night ...
Why Goldman Sachs thrives in government
Despite surging populism, Goldman Sachs is set to be more more deeply entrenched in government in 2017 than perhaps ever ...
Tucker Carlson named Megyn Kelly's Fox News replacement
Conservative journalist Tucker Carlson will replace Fox News star anchor Megan Kelly as she departs the network this week. Carlson ...
The Triumph of the Will Reborn
The city of Nuremberg, Germany is faced with a problem: what to do with the decaying monuments of the Third ...
Steve Bannon celebrates 'hobbits,' 'deplorables' for electing Trump
By Eddie Scarry (@eScarry) • 12/31/16 10:37 AM Eddie Scarry Staff Correspondent The Washington Examiner http://s3.amazonaws.com/content.washingtonexaminer.biz/images/static/authors/e_scarry.jpg Steve Bannon, who will ...
GOP on track to lose less than 10 House seats
House Republicans suffered only minimal losses on Tuesday, even though they were expected to see a dramatic drop in the ...
Trump Terminates Palestinian Revisionism
“If you repeat a lie often enough people will believe it….” President Trump has announced Jerusalem is the capital of ...
Is Islam a Genocidal Religion?
Most people have some knowledge of the Armenian Genocide in Turkey beginning in 1915 during World War I. Westerners believe ...
NutriBullet really dangerous?
They may be small but those space-saving NutriBullet blenders are being accused of packing a serious punch with several users ...
ISIS-linked gunmen battle Philippine troops in southern city
MANILA, Philippines – Philippine troops battled heavily armed militants backing the Islamic State group in a southern city Tuesday, as ...
ICE arrests of Iraqi Christians in US cause detainee families to feel betrayed
Members of the Iraqi Christian community in the U.S. are expressing feelings of betrayal by their adopted country after dozens ...
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THREAT IS 'IMMEDIATE' McMaster: Military option for N. Korea being prepared
The Trump administration is considering a wider range of strategies on how to deal with North Korea, including the military ...
China's dog meat festival opened this week to protests…and profits
There are plenty of ways for an entrepreneur to make money – and as long as it’s legal I’ve always ...
Ryan: Trump win 'most incredible political feat I have seen in my lifetime'
House Speaker Paul Ryan gave his full-throated support to President-elect Donald Trump, calling his upset win over Hillary Clinton “the ...
Bill in Congress would pressure Palestinian gov't to cut off terror-tied payments – VIDEO: Eric Shawn reports — Taylor Force and terror money
Taylor Force was a West Point graduate who served in Afghanistan and Iraq. He was pursuing his MBA at Vanderbilt ...
No Breaks for Israel
Israel’s red lines in Syria’s civil war have included returning fire against any entity that fires into Israel (whether Syrian, ...
US sending around 200 more troops to Mosul in ISIS fight, official says
Two companies from the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division are being deployed to the Mosul to bolster security in Iraq ...
Melania Trump, Sara Netanyahu visit African-American museum
While President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met at the White House on Wednesday afternoon, first lady Melania ...
Media Hubris and the Fall of the Center
Mitch Daniels, the former governor of Indiana, went from estimable presidential candidate to nondescript university president in the political timeframe ...
Kellyanne Conway: Media would be outraged about lawmaker's crude comment about me if I were liberal
Senior White House adviser Kellyanne Conway thinks the press would be more upset about a Democratic lawmaker saying she looked ...
Trump: 'Sessions should have never recused himself' from Russia investigation – VIDEO: NYT: Recusal made Trump regret appointing AG Jeff Sessions – Donald Trump Jr., Paul Manafort called to testify before Senate Judiciary Committee
President Trump criticized Attorney General Jeff Sessions for recusing himself from the Russia investigation Wednesday and warned special counselor Robert ...
Charlotte Church, Moby, Rebecca Ferguson reject invite to perform at Trump inauguration
Welsh soprano singer Charlotte Church is the latest in the long line of celebrities to reject an offer to perform ...
'Baywatch' bombs at box office, 'Pirates of the Caribbean' wins Memorial Day weekend
LOS ANGELES – It was smooth sailing to the top spot at the box office for “Pirates of the Caribbean: ...
Strong Enough
Did anyone realize the onslaught that a Democratic loss would bring? Did anyone predict just how juvenile and inane the ...
Sex Obsession and Psychotherapism: The Culprit Is Not the Cure
Our modern sex mania comes at least in part from a phalanx of weirdos in the psych profession. Source link
Father of slain Dallas police officer sues Black Lives Matter for $550 million
The father of one of the Dallas police officers slain by a sniper in July is suing the Black Lives ...
Watters asks Wharton students about tax cuts – Bongino: 'Resistance' movement led by 'political clowns'
Jesse Watters visited President Trump’s alma mater to see what this generation of students thinks about the Trump administration’s tax ...
Foolish and Dangerous Jews
In Eastern European folklore, “the city of Chelm functions as an imaginary city of fools, similar to that of the ...
The Female Jihadi
If a convincing example of the damage done to the female psyche by a strict Islamic upbringing is needed, look ...
DEAD BEFORE ARRIVAL? Four GOP sens disapprove of ObamaCare repeal effort
Another Senate Republican has spoken out against Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s plan to repeal ObamaCare without a replacement, dampening GOP ...
Alec Baldwin to Play BATMAN Father as 'Trump-Like Figure'…
Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz and Marc Maron are already on the call sheet. Alec Baldwin is joining Joaquin Phoenix ...
Homage to Catalonia
No one is likely is mistake Trump for Thomas Hobbes or for a formulator of the 1648 Peace of Westphalia ...
Democrats in Trump districts under fire from GOP group
Democrats sitting in House districts won by President Trump last November are under attack from a Republican group over their ...
TODD STARNES: What kind of a nation would kill a baby in his mother's arms?
Charlie Gard is eleven months old. He has a rare brain disease. There is a chance that his life could ...
Appeals court blocks California gas facility from reopening
A California appeals court judge temporarily blocked a Los Angeles natural gas storage facility Friday from reopening — a year ...