The number of newborns has fallen to its lowest level in 148 years
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You know you’ve got a problem when even the best don’t have the solution.
Finland, a first-rate place in which to be a mother, has registered the lowest number of newborns in nearly 150 years. The birth rate has been falling steadily since the start of the decade, and there’s little to suggest a reversal in the trend.
Demographics are a concern across the developed world, of course. But they are particularly problematic for countries with a generous welfare state, since they endanger its long-term survival.
For Heidi Schauman, the statistics are “frightening.”
“They show how fast our society is changing, and we don’t have solutions ready to stop the development,” the Aktia Bank chief economist said in a telephone interview in Helsinki. “We have a large public sector and the system needs taxpayers in the future.”
To do that, the fertility rate should equal two per woman, Schauman says. It was projected at 1.57 in 2016, according to Statistics Finland.
That’s a surprisingly low level, given the efforts made by the state to support parenthood.
Perhaps nothing illustrates those better than Finland’s famous baby-boxes. Introduced in 1937, containers full of baby clothes and care products are delivered to expectant mothers, with the cardboard boxes doubling up as a makeshift cot. The idea behind the maternity packages was prompted by concerns over high infant mortality rates in low-income families. The starter kits were eventually extended to all families.
Offering generous parental leave and one of the best education system in the world doesn’t seem to be working either. According to the OECD, Finland already has the lowest ratio of youths to the working-age population in the Nordics.
And it also has the highest rate of old-age dependency in the region.
The situation is only likely to get worse, according to OECD projections.
The European Commission says demographic factors are limiting Finland’s economic growth potential, which is estimated to peak at 1.9 percent in 2035 and flatten at 1.5 percent between 2050 and 2060.
What to do?
Reversing the modern idea that it’s ok not to have kids is impracticable. Opening the doors to immigrants is a political no-go area (Prime Minister Juha Sipila’s center-right government relies on the support of nationalist lawmakers). The leader of the opposition Social Democrats, Antti Rinne, caused a stir in August when he urged women to fulfill their patriotic duty and have more babies.
The government has been working with employers and trade unions to boost gender equality by making parental leave more flexible and the benefits system simpler. The reforms are expected to come into force in 2019.
Schauman believes that won’t be enough.
“The discussion has revolved around gender equality and the employment of women, with the issue of natality sent to the background,” she said. What Finland really needs is a political program that treasures the family and increases the value of parenthood, the economist argued.
The baby boxes that are delivered to expectant mothers contain all sorts of goodies. They include bodysuits, leggings, mittens, bra pads, talcum powder, lubricant, a hairbrush and a bath thermometer.
One suggestion is to leave out the condoms.
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'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli defies attorneys' advice to lay low before trial
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Robot ‘sees’ around corners
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Southwest Airlines pilot arrested on gun charge after loaded firearm found in carry-on
A Southwest Airlines pilot was arrested on a weapons charge in New York Monday after airport security officers discovered a ...
HUGE, deep hole found on Mars
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Uber CEO takes indefinite leave, top executives will run company – Uber Holder report: 3 things to know
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick announced on Tuesday that he will take a leave of absence from the ride-sharing company he ...
Trump win makes lame duck even lamer
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Student caught shoplifting claimed 'studying kleptomania'…
GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — A Wyoming college student who told officers she was working on a term paper on kleptomania ...
Japanese PM offers 'condolences' for Pearl Harbor
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Tuesday offered his “condolences,” but no apology, for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 75 ...
Central Park blast: Nearly 9 months later, explosion in NYC remains a mystery
NEW YORK – Detective Paul Arroyo and Special Agent Peter D’Antonio are frustrated. For nearly nine months, the investigators have ...
'Hills' star reveals secret
In an honest blog post, reality TV star Lo Bosworth revealed she struggled with depression and anxiety in 2016, but ...
Native Alaskans divided over oil drilling in pristine Arctic refuge and the potential riches it could bring
Attempts to drill for oil in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge have for years faced stiff opposition from some groups ...
Despite history of inciting terror, Palestinian leader slated to visit the US
Controversial Palestinian Authority leader Jibril Rajoub is slated to enter the United States for a high-profile speaking event at the ...
Repeal (and Don't Replace) TEFRA 1706
With the election of Donald Trump and Republican majorities in the House and Senate, we have an unprecedented opportunity to ...
Do You Remember What You Didn't Like about Obamacare?
There must have been something about it that you didn’t like. Your vote demonstrated that in November of 2010, just ...
Muslim's DNC bid dogged by anti-Semitism charges
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Huge 'Petya' ransomware attack hits Europe, sparks mass disruption – EU hits Google with record $2.7b antitrust fine – Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Microsoft join up to battle terrorist content
A new ransomware attack has hit organizations across Europe, sparking mass disruption, particularly in Ukraine. Company and government officials reported ...
Harvey: Do not approach me
Steve Harvey has been embroiled in yet another controversy but this time he won’t be apologizing. The talk show host ...
Virginia mayor takes on online trolls after monument protest
A Virginia mayor is trolling the trolls after he lashed out at torch-toting white nationalists who protested in his city. ...
Trump to nominate Christopher Wray to be FBI director – Who is Christopher Wray? – Will FBI pick's Chris Christie connections affect his confirmation?
President Trump on Wednesday said he intends to nominate former assistant attorney general Christopher Wray to be the next FBI ...
Las Vegas officials rethink bus security, ads after shooting
LAS VEGAS – The Las Vegas public transportation system is investigating how it uses surveillance video and vehicle advertisements a ...
Kelly Ayotte at top of Trump's list for defense secretary, report says
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Supreme Court decision shifts momentum in Trump travel ban case – Justices Thomas, Gorsuch blast court decision to reject gun rights appeal – TODD STARNES: Supreme Court to decide if gay rights trump everyone else's rights
After successive rulings by numerous federal courts against President Trump’s controversial travel ban, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday delivered ...
Ten Commandments monument installed at Ark. Capitol
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Workers installed a Ten Commandments monument outside Arkansas’ Capitol on Tuesday, two years after lawmakers approved ...
WannaCry ransomware hits 'limited number' of U.S. companies, DHS official says – A look at other major cyber breaches, hackings – How employees can simply stop a massive cyber attack – What is WannaCry ransomware? – VIDEO: World's biggest cyberattacks
Department of Homeland Security officials told Fox News on Monday that a “limited number” of U.S. companies were hit by ...
Media Focus on Mass Shootings Distracts from the Bigger Problem
Last year, we saw yet another knee-jerk reaction by liberals to the supposed “gun problem.” The Dems seized on the mass killing ...
National debt is growing faster than you think
Most people think of the national debt as a huge amount of money the government owes, which grows each year ...
Loretta Lynch: 'I do regret' meeting with Bill Clinton in June
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British Prime Minister Theresa May thanks Trump for putting Churchill bust back
By Madeleine Morgenstern (@MadeleineinDC) • 1/27/17 12:53 PM Madeleine Morgenstern Digital Editor The Washington Examiner http://s3.amazonaws.com/content.washingtonexaminer.biz/images/static/authors/HeadshotMorgensterne_Madeleine.jpg British Prime Minister Theresa ...
No Male, No Female: Canadian Baby First with a 'U' on Birth Certificate
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Crew member killed after Blackhawk helicopter crashes on Maryland golf course
One crew member was killed and two others were injured Monday when a military helicopter crashed on a southern Maryland ...
SENDING A MESSAGE US, S. Korea fire missiles into territorial waters
The militaries of the U.S. and South Korea fired missiles into the territorial waters off South Korea’s east coast early ...
Would-be burglar beaten by resident
CAROLINA BEACH, N.C. – A man accused of breaking into a home in Carolina beach reportedly ended up getting into ...
CNN Dedicates Segment to President's Penis…
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Britain’s Islamic Domino
The current wave of Islamic terror seen in Manchester and London, only reinforces the general feeling that the excessive political ...
The Progressive Tea Party that Never Was
Trump Derangement Syndrome is real, it’s deadly serious, and it appears to be metastasizing. And don’t expect calls for unity ...
Police called after 'demon goat' birth terrorizes town
An alarming picture of a baby goat born with a ‘demonic’ face is generating plenty of buzz. Metro reports that ...
10-year-old boy thrown from slide at newly opened California waterpark
A 10-year-old boy was thrown from a waterslide at Dublin’s new water park today. The $43 million water park “The ...
Socialist Sanders Passes Moral Judgment on Donald Trump
Bernie Sanders is calling on President Trump to “think about resigning,” citing past allegations of sexual misconduct against him, along ...
Obamacare customers lose coverage for top Chicago children's hospital
The top children’s hospital in the Chicagoland area won’t be covered in-network for any Obamacare plans next year. Lurie Children’s ...
Report: Brazil president taped discussing payoff for witness in graft probe
BRASILIA – Brazilian President Michel Temer gave his blessing to an attempt to pay a potential witness to remain silent ...
New planet discovered?
A planet-size object may be orbiting the sun in the icy reaches of the solar system beyond Pluto. Scientists at ...
Netanyahu wants to work with Trump on two-state solution
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims to be optimistic about a new Trump administration and hopeful that the next American ...
EPA: Volkswagen to pay $225M for diesel cheating scandal
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North Carolina school 'refuses to acknowledge' electrocuted teen in graduation, family says
Family and friends of a North Carolina teen who was electrocuted in a pool last September are petitioning to get ...
Inmates picking up highway trash find woman's body
Tennessee female prisoners on a highway cleanup detail found the badly decomposed body of a female jogger on Thursday, according ...
Trump's 'feds' now in Chicago to fight gun violence, report says – Judge blocks California's high-capacity magazine ban
Months after taking to Twitter to say he would send in “the Feds” to help reduce the Chicago’s murder rate, ...
Trump's Latest Education Nominee Steps into the Maelstrom
No sooner had President Trump nominated Kenneth Marcus, president of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights under the ...
Amanda Seyfried among several stars to have private photos leak online
Amanda Seyfried has become one of several actresses to face unwanted drama this week. TMZ reported on Wednesday that the ...
A Century Later, Russia Still Is Fighting Its Revolution
In Russia, October 25 is the 100th anniversary of the October Revolution, as a result of which the monarchical dynasty ...
FIRST TIME ON FILM Photographer captures extremely rare 'pale tiger'
A rare “pale tiger” has been photographed in southern India, the first time one has been captured on film. “It ...
Notorious MS-13 gang targeted in pre-dawn sweep across Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES – Hundreds of federal and local law enforcement fanned out across Los Angeles in pre-dawn sweeps, serving arrest ...
Critics slam Kerry's 'disastrous' speech on Israel-Palestine conflict
A former Israeli ambassador to the United States says Secretary of State John Kerry showed “no leadership” in his speech ...
Border agents say ‘acting’ status of agency chiefs has hampered enforcement efforts – Immigration activist’s arrest hurts his own push for financial aid for illegal students – VIDEO: Illegal immigration down, drug smuggling up at the border
The enthusiasm felt by Border Patrol agents following news of President Trump’s strong stance on border and immigration enforcement is ...
BELLWETHER: Vatican shakeup – behind the sweet smile, Pope Francis flexes his muscle
There are two ways of looking at the Roman Catholic Church under the rule of Pope Francis: an increasingly tolerant, ...
2 officers shot on French island of Reunion; bomb materials found at Islamist suspect's home
A man suspected of links to radical Islam and of glorifying terrorism shot two police officers on the French island ...
Lochte: Phelps will lose
He’s going to need a bigger stroke. Swimmer Ryan Lochte, the 12-time Olympic medalist, said his former teammate Michael Phelps ...
Caused security breach at LAX hours earlier…
The radio call came in at 2:45 a.m. Friday about a man who had stepped out of an emergency fire ...
May Day protests: Demonstrators vow to send message to Trump
Immigrant rights and union groups will be amon those marching in cities across the U.S. on Monday to mark May ...
What Jeff Sessions plans to say in his confirmation hearing
President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, will pledge in his opening statement in Tuesday’s ...
Is the Second Amendment Unique?
The case for American exceptionalism is often overstated. It is true that our Constitution, at least when it was first ...
News Outlets to Seek Bargaining Rights Against GOOGLEFACEBOOK…
So what we used to call “the newspaper industry” — but which now includes outlets with robust online existences — ...
'Never Trump' candidate defends Romney against secretary of state trash talk
“Never Trump” conservative Mindy Finn rushed to the defense of Mitt Romney, who came under fire Sunday by Trump allies ...
Trump may be a boon for payday lenders
Payday lenders may benefit from President-elect Trump’s victory, as unified Republican control of the federal government poses a threat to ...
GOP senator: Trump hasn't clarified how Mexico will pay for the wall
A Republican senator said Thursday that President Trump hasn’t clarified to Congress yet how Mexico will end up paying for ...
Trump's VA pick draws mixed reactions
President-elect Trump’s decision on Wednesday to nominate David Shulkin, undersecretary for health at the Department of Veterans Affairs, to lead ...
A Cocktail ‘Coup’ in the East Village
Located in the Manhattan’s East Village, the anti-Trump resistance now has a chic “protest-themed” place to seek adult libation. A ...
US aids ISIS, says Afghanistan's former president
KABUL, Afghanistan — Despite the recent deployment of more U.S. troops to Afghanistan and other heightened efforts to eradicate terrorist groups, ...
RNC takes victory lap in wake of Trump upset
The Republican National Committee took credit Monday for President-elect Trump’s surprise victory over Hillary Clinton last week. Top staffers at ...
Nate Silver: Clinton 'almost certainly' would be president if not for Comey
Statistics expert Nate Silver claims defeated Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton would “almost certainly” have made it to the Oval ...
How the Use of Enhanced Interrogation Techniques Saved Thousands of American Lives
The intelligence community unjustly suffered a black eye when its use of enhanced interrogation techniques (EIT) was publicized by the ...
The Non-War of Civilizations Erupts Again
Within two days of Donald Trump declaring, during his speech to the Muslim world, that the fight against “Islamic terror” ...
Rep. Chaffetz to take leave of absence to recover from foot surgery
WASHINGTON – Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz of Utah says he needs immediate foot surgery and will be out of Washington ...
ICE arrests 113 criminal foreign nationals in week-long NJ sweep
ICE arrests 113 criminal foreign nationals in week-long NJ sweep Source link
Thousands of students carry protests against Trump into second week
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'LACK OF OVERSIGHT' 'Obamaphone' hit by Dem over fraudulent findings
A new government audit finds more than a third of enrollees of the “Obamaphone” program may not be qualified — ...
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 ...
ISIS leader slipped away due to leak, key general says
ASPEN, Colo. – ISIS in Iraq and Syria has been “dismantled,” with tens of thousands of its jihadist fighters dead, ...
The Obama Portraits: But Is It Art?
When I was in art school, studying pretentious subjects alongside pretentious students taught by pretentious professors, we had the privilege ...
Jill Stein serves Trump 'hump pie' for his New Year's Eve tweet
Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein served up some “humble pie” to Donald Trump after the president-elect sent out a ...
Shifting Tactics to Take Down Trump
Since election day, when the entire Washington, D.C. establishment was expecting a Hillary Clinton landslide victory, the establishment’s goal has ...
Sanders to build base outside of Washington in new Democratic post
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At least 4 dead after train derails in Greece
A passenger train has derailed in northern Greece, leaving four passengers dead and at least five seriously injured, including the ...
Trump promised to repeal Obamacare. Now what?
By Caroline Humer | NEW YORK NEW YORK Republican President-elect Donald Trump vowed on the campaign trail to repeal Obamacare, ...
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 ...
Airlines lost how many bags?!
Lost bags are not all that common. Yes, last year more than a million bags were ‘mishandled’ (as the Department ...
AI can be sexist
Artificial intelligence has come a long way in recent years, and algorithms with machine-learning applications are proving skillful at things ...
Trump election puts Iran nuclear deal on shaky ground
By Yeganeh Torbati | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Donald Trump’s election as president raises the prospect the United States will pull out ...
Transition team blocking Mattis from testifying in the House
The Trump transition team is blocking retired Gen. James Mattis from testifying at the House Armed Services Committee on Thursday ...
Gifted brothers, 11 and 14, will attend college together in the fall
With summer right around the corner, most kids are looking forward to taking a break from homework and spending long ...
Obama vs. the Nation
Transference is a psychiatric term for the ability to take your faults and ascribe them to others. In the dictionary next ...
Historic Civil War-era home in Mississippi vandalized
Vandals have ransacked a nearly 200-year-old Civil War-era home. Damage to an interior wall and floor were discovered on April ...
Body found in Maryland creek during student service outing
A group of University of Maryland students made a gruesome discovery Saturday morning, finding a body during a community cleanup. ...
Trump announces regulatory freeze in first executive orders
By Gabby Morrongiello (@gabriellahope_) • 1/20/17 7:41 PM Gabby Morrongiello White House Reporter The Washington Examiner http://s3.amazonaws.com/content.washingtonexaminer.biz/images/static/Morrongiello-4.jpg President Trump took ...
Ivana Trump wants to be ex-husband's ambassador to Czech Republic
By Daniel Chaitin (@danielchaitin7) • 11/13/16 1:11 PM Daniel Chaitin Senior Web Producer The Washington Examiner http://s3.amazonaws.com/content.washingtonexaminer.biz/images/static/authors/HeadshotChatin_Daniel.jpg The first wife ...
Sunscreen SPF a lie?
It seems like such a straightforward question: How high an SPF do you actually need when it comes to sunscreen? But ...
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 ...
Protecting America from North Korean Missiles
On March 23, 1983, President Ronald Reagan announced his “Star Wars” initiative (the realname was the Strategic Defense Initiative). The ...
The War against Reality
Reality is a formidable opponent. It never loses. Sometimes the victory is immediate; in the political, cultural, and economic domains, ...
International NGOs back Haiti's Undermining of Dominican Sovereignty
There is a historic sentiment in Haiti that the island it shares with the Dominican Republic should be one and ...
Residents take cover as massive hail pounds Missouri – VIDEO: Massive hail and tornadoes strike Missouri
ADRIAN, Mo. – Grapefruit-sized hail pounded Adrian, Missouri Saturday afternoon. The storm hammered homes and cars and left a trail ...
The Day Andrew Cuomo Got Religion
Who could have predicted back in 1928 that Al Smith’s successor as governor of New York would be explaining his ...
Troy Has Fallen. Don't Let Helen Trick You.
And at last, how did colleges that were conceived as lights of reason and character formation plummet into such unreason ...
NYPD reportedly defies sanctuary city status after alerting ICE on illegal immigrants' court dates
The NYPD reportedly alerts federal immigration officials to illegal immigrants’ appearances in criminal court despite Mayor Bill de Blasio’s vow ...
For first time ever, woman anchors nightly news in Saudi Arabia…
Amanda Erickson, The Washington Post Published 7:34 am CDT, Monday, September 24, 2018 Weam Al Dakheel just became the first woman ...
Report: Trump seeking top secret clearances for his grown children
President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly exploring the process of getting top secret security clearances for his grown children, who are ...
After Paris: A Green Disaster in the Making in Germany
What Trump repeatedly promised to do during the election campaign has been done, and America is no longer part of ...
Lawmakers to probe Olympic doping
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Israel to build thousands of new homes in East Jerusalem
Israel will move ahead with plans to build thousands of new homes in East Jerusalem, refusing to back down after ...
In 7 US states, rape victims can be legally forced to share custody of their children with their rapist fathers
Shauna Prewitt was a 21-year-old college senior in 2004 when she was raped and impregnated by her attacker. Her decision ...
Bikers form funeral procession for Utah boy who loved motorcycles
OGDEN, Utah – A young boy who drowned in the Ogden River earlier this month was laid to rest Saturday ...
Cassini captures Saturn shadow
Saturn’s shadow takes a bite out of the planet’s iconic rings in a stunning new photo by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. ...
Trump vows to 'liberate our towns' from 'vile' MS-13 gang
President Trump sounded the alarm Friday over the violence being inflicted on American neighborhoods by MS-13, vowing to “liberate our ...
Rep. Barton tells man to 'shut up' at heated town hall
Things got heated at a town hall meeting in Texas between constituents and Republican U.S. Rep. Joe Barton after the ...
Eric Frein trial: Jury sentences Pennsylvania trooper's ambush killer to death
MILFORD, Pa. – A bell tolled the fate of a gunman after a jury on Wednesday condemned him to die ...
Tweets suggest McCaskill met with Russian ambassador, despite denials
Tweets by Sen. Claire McCaskill, a Democratic member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, suggest she met with the Russian ...
As the Knowledge Gap Grows, so Does the Civility Gap
At the end of his excellent — and lengthy — article in the National Review, “The Real Collusion Story,” Michael Doran ...
The three men competing in Trump's Supreme Court sweepstakes
The legal and political communities are buzzing that President Trump has narrowed his Supreme Court selection to a handful of ...
Three bold Supreme Court moves for Trump, GOP
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell feels vindicated for successfully blocking Merrick Garland, President Obama’s choice to fill the Supreme Court ...
Report: Trump 'never advocated' for Muslim registry
By Anna Giaritelli (@anna_giaritelli) • 11/17/16 8:53 PM Anna Giaritelli Breaking News Reporter The Washington Examiner http://s3.amazonaws.com/content.washingtonexaminer.biz/images/static/authors/AnnaGiaritelliHeadshot1.jpg President-elect Trump’s team ...
Reid: Trump has emboldened forces of 'hate and bigotry'
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid on Friday issued his first lengthy statement about the impact of Donald Trump’s election on ...
Russian journalist, Putin critic dies of injuries after mysterious attack
A prominent Russian journalist – who was also a prominent critic of Russian president Vladimir Putin – died Wednesday from ...
Totalitarianism and the Progressive Lemming
In his 2005 book Memory and Identity (New York, 2005), Pope John Paul II posed a profound question concerning the ...
2,700 year-old reservoir found
Israeli archaeologists digging near the city of Rosh Ha-Ayin have uncovered a remarkably large 2,700-year-old water system surrounded by wall ...
Frau Merkel on the Warpath against Trump
Next week’s G-20 meeting in Hamburg promises to be more interesting than usual. The expected unhinged leftist crowds are already much ...
Rethinking the NATO-Russia-Ukraine Relationship on the Eve of Brussels Summit
Ten years after the NATO Summit in Bucharest, when Ukraine and Georgia were promised entry into NATO “in the future,” ...
PUTIN SLAMS US Russian president fights election-tampering claims
Russian President Vladimir Putin turned the tables on claims the Kremlin meddled in the U.S. presidential election, with a feisty ...
The Perfumed Princes of the Pentagon
If you’re not familiar with the term “Perfumed Prince,” take a look at Air Force LTG Jay Silveria, Commander of ...
At least 20 percent of SEIU's budget went to politics
Labor giant Service Employees International Union spent $60 million on politics and lobbying as well as $19 million on the ...
Police: Man admitted to burning mom's body in fire pit
Police in Beaverton, Ohio found bones believed to be a local woman’s a day after her son was arrested for ...
Ryan voices confidence on ObamaCare repeal as conservatives call to ‘start over’ – Dem Strategist: Republican health care plan D.O.A. in Senate
House Speaker Paul Ryan said Wednesday that Republicans have a “moral obligation” to avert an ObamaCare collapse and pass replacement ...
Perez demands Sessions recusal from Russia probe
Newly elected Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez Sunday called for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to be excluded from the ...
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 ...
Racist Facebook: Black Conservatives Diamond and Silk 'Unsafe'
In the age before cable, there was an iconic sci-fi program called The Outer Limits whose opening featured a series of test ...
'COW BEING MILKED' Iran lashes out at Saudi Arabia over US ties
Iran’s Supreme Leader said Saturday that Saudi Arabia is a “cow being milked” by the U.S. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali ...
‘Dance Mom’ breaks down
Abby Lee Miller said she “wasn’t ever trying to hurt anyone” after she was sentenced to one year and a ...
Trump lists executive actions he will take on day one
By Alex Pappas • 11/21/16 6:16 PM Alex Pappas Breaking News Editor The Washington Examiner President-elect Donald Trump on Monday ...
Marine veteran who lost both legs in Afghanistan sworn in as NY police officer
A Long Island man who served in the Marines and lost both legs below the knees after stepping on a ...
Pennsylvania parents who 'gifted' teen daughter to 52-year-old-man sentenced
Two Pennsylvania parents who gave their oldest daughter to a cult-like figure who sexually assaulted her and her five sisters ...
A Teacher's Lament, Then and Now
In his 1962 essay titled “A Dog in Brooklyn, a Girl in Detroit: A Life among the Humanities,” from The ...
'STRATEGIC PATIENCE IS OVER' Pence fires warning shots across DMZ in message to North Korea
Vice President Pence warned North Korea Monday the “era of strategic patience is over,” expressing impatience with the speed and ...
'Petya' ransomware: Experts tout 'vaccine' to protect computers from crippling cyber attack
Security experts say that a digital “vaccine” can protect individual computers from the crippling Petya ransomware. Petya sparked mass disruption ...
Bear crosses through Colorado race – Bahamas shark bites off North Carolina woman's arm
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – A few runners had a little extra spring in their steps after an unexpected competitor showed ...
Will Getting Rid of UNRWA Fix the Palestinian Problem?
The Mideast crisis gets more pressure because it explodes into open world politics. The usual response given is that UNRWA aggravates ...
'Flip or Flop' fate revealed
The show will go on. That’s the message from “Flip or Flop” stars Tarek and Christina El Moussa, who have ...
DID SHE KNOW? Jury will decide if Pulse killer’s wife played role
A year after gunman Omar Mateen opened fire in Orlando’s Pulse nightclub, his widow, Noor Salman, is currently awaiting trail, ...
The Most Abused President in History
There’s no doubt that President Trump is the most abused president in modern history – more so than George W. ...
Morality, Anti-Morality, and the Left-Wing Great Hate-Hustle
The fashionable watchword this political season is morality. Left-wing voices, especially, are heard providing moral instruction. Here a moral, there ...
Philippines' Duterte asks military to tell China vast sea area 'is ours'
MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte said Monday he has told the military to assert Philippine ownership of a large ...
Ohio investigators search three locations in Rhoden family murder probe
Investigators searched three properties in the past two days for evidence related to the unsolved killings of eight members of ...
Replica of lunar module stolen from Neil Armstrong museum
A rare, solid gold replica of the 1969 Lunar Excursion Module that landed on the moon has been stolen from ...
Rockettes producer: Dancers can opt out of inauguration performance
The producers of the Radio City Rockettes said dancers can opt out of performing at President-elect Trump’s inauguration following a ...
Trump considering Rep. Hensarling for Treasury secretary: WSJ
WASHINGTON Aides to President-elect Donald Trump are considering Republican Representative Jeb Hensarling of Texas as a candidate for Treasury secretary, ...
Senate OKs Christopher Wray as FBI director – Who is Christopher Wray? – Top Republican congressman calls for Mueller to resign as special counsel – Sanders blasts ‘false narrative’ on Russia in response to Don Jr. report
President Trump is getting a new director of the FBI after the Senate confirmed his choice of Christopher Wray to ...
FROM LIBYA TO UK Manchester bomber had come back from N. Africa
The man British police say blew himself up as a packed concert was letting out in Manchester, England Monday night ...
Boy can only eat 7 foods including Chick-fil-A waffle fries, report says – 8-month-old baby weighing 38 pounds baffles doctors
A six-year-old boy in Houston is only allowed to eat seven foods on this planet, and one of them is Chick-fil-A waffle ...
McDonald’s in a spaceship
McDonald’s, arguably the world’s most iconic American fast-food chain, is known for its menu, not really its decor. Even though ...
EPA steamrolls auto industry to rush out new regs
The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday rejected an auto industry request to extend the review period for strict new vehicle ...
Capitalism’s Gotta Go
A recent survey of college students indicates that a plurality of them would prefer to live in a socialist country. ...
Is Today's Britain Like Post-WWI France?
As the dust settles on the just concluded election in Great Britain, the Conservative Party under Theresa May received 48.9% of ...
Patrick Ewing hired as Georgetown men's basketball coach
A person with direct knowledge of the deal says Patrick Ewing has been hired as Georgetown’s men’s basketball coach, more ...
Could under-the-radar Menendez trial give GOP a shot at Senate seat? – NJ Democratic strategist launches #HuntRepublicans and #HuntRepublicanCongressmen
Lost amid the headlines on the Trump-Russia drama — but just a few-hour drive from Washington up I-95 — is ...
Why Replace Obamacare with Anything?
Obamacare, like almost everything the government is in charge of, is undoubtedly a disaster and needs to be repealed. Why ...
Congress: Representing Everyone but the Constituents
Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution, just after the Preamble, describes the Congress. The House of Representatives “[s]hall be composed of Members ...
Obama touts Pope Francis' work to fight climate change in birthday message
By Anna Giaritelli (@anna_giaritelli) • 12/16/16 8:00 PM Anna Giaritelli Breaking News Reporter The Washington Examiner http://s3.amazonaws.com/content.washingtonexaminer.biz/images/static/authors/AnnaGiaritelliHeadshot1.jpg President Obama celebrated ...
A Brief History of the Fake News Media
For far too long, I was convinced that the media were, on the whole, reliable purveyors of the news. For ...
State Department mocks Russia's denial of hospital bombings
The State Department on Friday derided Russia’s denial of recent hospital bombings as unworthy of a response, after Russian officials ...
'The left is coming unglued': Watters slams CNN host for obscene Trump tweet
Jesse Watters blasted a CNN host who called President Trump a “piece of [expletive]” in the aftermath of the London ...
Iraqi troops move into last ISIS stronghold in Mosul
BAGHDAD – U.S.-backed Iraqi troops pushed into the last Islamic State stronghold in Mosul on Sunday, an Iraqi commander said, ...
Joey Chestnut wins another Nathan's hot dog eating contest – Fire breaks out at Arizona fireworks show – Russia trolls US, Trump with Fourth of July tweet
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut captured his second consecutive and 10th career Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest title with a record-breaking effort ...
Report: Trump considering naming Kellyanne Conway's husband solicitor general
President-elect Trump is considering appointing the husband of his campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, to serve as U.S. solicitor general, according ...
2 accused of dumping body in Texas ditch after stealing funeral home vehicle
A funeral home vehicle with a body in the back was stolen in Texas by a man and a woman ...
Dylann Roof won't call witnesses, present evidence in death penalty trial
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'FOX & FRIENDS WEEKEND': Vet speaks up at VA after spotting 'disrespectful' blank space for Trump pic
Vietnam War veteran Joe Carollo didn’t stay silent when he walked into his local Veterans Affairs hospital and spotted a ...
First sex reassignment inmate calls women's prison 'torture'
The first U.S. inmate to have taxpayer-funded sex reassignment surgery says she’s been mistreated since being transferred to a California ...
Trump made Romney cry at their Tuesday dinner
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Trump: 'We have to start winning wars again…we don't fight to win'
President Trump on Monday told a group of governors gathered at the White House that “we have to start winning ...
Loneliness emerging public health threat…
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Man's massive keloids removed
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AMBER ALERT Police say 12-year-old met abduction suspect online
Police in Blue Springs, Mo., issued an Amber Alert Sunday for a 12-year-old girl they believe may have been abducted ...
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 ...
Dilbert's Perspective on the Muslim Invasion
In 1963, President Kennedy spoke to members of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. Kennedy asserted that “what makes editorial ...
WikiLeaks offers $30,000 bounty for evidence of Obama officials destroying records
WikiLeaks announced this week that it is offering tens of thousands of dollars to anybody who can provide evidence of ...
Galaxy Note 8 coming soon?
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'Women's March' planned for DC day after Trump inauguration
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MEDIA BUZZ: No evidence of Trump 'collusion' with Russia as media shift focus – Carter Page rips Obama-era 'surveillance,' wants to testify in public
The headline in the Washington Examiner was rather eye-catching: “At This Rate, It Won’t Matter If Trump Colluded with Russia.” ...
'Cake Boss' tragedy
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Ailes Funeral: An 'Act of Defiance'…
On the day Ailes died, Rupert Murdoch had been advised that a condolence call to Ailes’ wife would not be ...
4 detained in raids linked to Belgian rail station attack
Belgian authorities say police have detained four people in a series of raids in Brussels linked to the failed bombing ...
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 ...
Security officer allegedly steals $100G first day on job
A New Jersey security officer has been charged with stealing $100,000 from a business on his first day of work, ...
New $10G reward offered for info on missing 5-year-old California boy
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a $10,000 reward Tuesday for information to help authorities locate a 5-year-old ...
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Keep Your Family Close: A New Year's Tale on What Might Have Been
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The Trump Effect on the Middle East
The fledgling Trump administration’s Middle East policy has thus far shown to be a dramatic departure from his predecessor. Thus ...
Immigration Disaster Looms in Germany
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Manchin: Intel hearings on circumstances surrounding Flynn's resignation could begin this month
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MUELLER TAKING OVER Ex-FBI chief to oversee Russia meddling probe
The Justice Department announced Wednesday it has appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller as a special counsel to oversee a ...
EX-PRISONER'S PAYDAY Former Gitmo detainee to get millions from Canada
The Canadian government will apologize and give millions to a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner who pleaded guilty to killing a ...
One dead after plane crashed into Georgia home: Officials
A small private jet has crashed into a home about two and a quarter miles away from the end of ...
Human Rights Watch's Case of Schizophrenia
Human Rights Watch seems to have developed schizophrenia. On the one hand, it spotlights human rights abuses across almost all ...
Senate's McConnell says Obamacare repeal high on agenda
WASHINGTON Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said repealing the Obamacare health insurance system is a “pretty high item on ...
Headstrong Renzi struggles to find political touch in Italy…
ROME (Reuters) – Matteo Renzi is struggling to regain the political initiative after a disastrous spell during which he lost ...
New York tugboat worker severs arm in freak accident
A tugboat worker needed to be rescued by an NYPD Harbor Unit Thursday night when his arm got caught in ...
Dutch PM Rutte claims win over 'wrong kind of populism' – Netherlands election tests populism in Europe as 'Dutch Trump' causes stir
THE HAGUE, Netherlands – Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Wednesday claimed a dominating parliamentary election victory over anti-Islam lawmaker ...
PROVIDING US PRESENCE Navy carrier group heads near Korean peninsula
The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, Carl Vinson, previously scheduled for a port call in Australia has reversed course — and ...
John Flannery named Chairman and CEO of GE – 3 things to know about GE's new CEO
General Electric said Jeff Immelt would retire as chief executive and would be replaced by John Flannery, the head of ...
PERINO & STIREWALT: I’ll tell you what…Comey is coming
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Muslims respond to call for blood donations in Egypt after Palm Sunday attacks
In a show of solidarity after the Palm Sunday attacks in Egypt, Muslim men and women rushed to mosques in ...
Most voters say 'fake news' hurting US: poll
A vast majority of registered voters believe so-called “fake news” is damaging in the U.S., according to a new poll. ...
Backlash over 'sexist' sign?
The owners of a new coffee shop in Brooklyn were forced to remove a novelty restroom sign after patrons complained ...
The Coming of The Hatespeakers
Several dozen students from a Middle School in New Jersey refused to pose with Speaker Paul Ryan in a photo ...