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Today's Breaking News
Around the World
Kerry asks Saudis for support on Syrian cease-fire
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry asked Saudi Arabia's leaders Sunday for support in building 'cessation of hostilities' between Syria's government forces and rebels ahead of talks with other countries this week.
Al Qaeda magazine calls for targeting American business leaders
The latest issue of Al Qaeda's online magazine Inspire released Saturday calls on would-be jihadis to undermine the American economy by targeting business leaders and entrepreneurs, according to analysts who monitor web chatter from the jihadist organization.
Iran hosts Holocaust cartoon contest
The Obama administration is moving to improve relations with Iran, but the nation may not have helped those efforts by hosting a Holocaust cartoon contest.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Palestinians mark Nakba Day with sirens, marches
Palestinians on Sunday marked the anniversary of their 'Nakba' ('Catastrophe') -- namely the dispossession that accompanied the creation of the State of Israel almost seven decades ago -- with sirens and low-key marches.
Israeli Leader: Iran Mocks WWII Holocaust Prepares Another
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lashed out at Iran Sunday for staging a Holocaust-themed cartoon contest that mocked the Nazi genocide of six million Jews during World War II and said the Islamic Republic was busy planning for another one.
Inside the United States
Republicans to Unveil Alternative Legislation to Repeal and Replace Dodd-Frank Act
Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee, led by Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R., Texas), are set to unveil new legislation in the coming weeks that would effectively repeal and replace the Dodd-Frank Act.
House sets hearings on impeaching IRS chief
IRS Commissioner John Koskinen faces misconduct hearings before the House Judiciary Committee, due to what lawmakers say is stonewalling of the congressional probe into the agency's targeting of Tea Party groups.
Man who choked 8-year-old girl in women's restroom stokes alarm over transgender access
The attack by a man on an 8-year-old girl in a women's restroom last week in a Chicago restaurant is raising alarm about opposite-sex access to public facilities in the name of transgender rights.
Obamacare Regulation Pressures Insurers to Cover Sex Change Operations
The Department of Health and Human Services issued a final regulation Friday that will pressure health insurers to cover sex change operations, which could then be subsidized by taxpayers through Medicare, Medicaid, and Obamacare.
Hidden Microphones Exposed As Part of Government Surveillance Program In The Bay Area
Hidden microphones that are part of a clandestine government surveillance program that has been operating around the Bay Area has been exposed.
U.S. Politics
Nevada Dem convention devolves into chaos
Tensions were high at the Democratic convention in Nevada Saturday, with supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders demanding delegate recounts, booing Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and causing other disruptions, according to local media reports.
Financial analyst alleges major holes in Clinton Foundation records
After more than a year of research, a Wall Street analyst is arguing the Clinton Foundation's books are riddled with financial inconsistencies that rise to the level of 'fraud.'
Trump fights back on questions over women, taxes
Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee in the race for the White House, fought Sunday to stem several controversies including his relationship with women and his refusal to release his tax returns.
Sheldon Adelson Is Poised to Give Donald Trump a Donation Boost
The casino magnate Sheldon G. Adelson told Donald J. Trump in a private meeting last week that he was willing to contribute more to help elect him than he has to any previous campaign, a sum that could exceed $100 million, according to two Republicans with direct knowledge of Mr. Adelson's commitment.
Inside the GOP effort to draft an independent candidate to derail Trump
A band of exasperated Republicans -- including 2012 presidential nominee Mitt Romney, a handful of veteran consultants and members of the conservative intelligentsia -- is actively plotting to draft an independent presidential candidate who could keep Donald Trump from the White House.
Around the World
Kerry asks Saudis for support on Syrian cease-fire
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry asked Saudi Arabia's leaders Sunday for support in building 'cessation of hostilities' between Syria's government forces and rebels ahead of talks with other countries this week.
Al Qaeda magazine calls for targeting American business leaders
The latest issue of Al Qaeda's online magazine Inspire released Saturday calls on would-be jihadis to undermine the American economy by targeting business leaders and entrepreneurs, according to analysts who monitor web chatter from the jihadist organization.
Iran hosts Holocaust cartoon contest
The Obama administration is moving to improve relations with Iran, but the nation may not have helped those efforts by hosting a Holocaust cartoon contest.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Palestinians mark Nakba Day with sirens, marches
Palestinians on Sunday marked the anniversary of their 'Nakba' ('Catastrophe') -- namely the dispossession that accompanied the creation of the State of Israel almost seven decades ago -- with sirens and low-key marches.
Israeli Leader: Iran Mocks WWII Holocaust Prepares Another
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lashed out at Iran Sunday for staging a Holocaust-themed cartoon contest that mocked the Nazi genocide of six million Jews during World War II and said the Islamic Republic was busy planning for another one.
Inside the United States
Republicans to Unveil Alternative Legislation to Repeal and Replace Dodd-Frank Act
Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee, led by Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R., Texas), are set to unveil new legislation in the coming weeks that would effectively repeal and replace the Dodd-Frank Act.
House sets hearings on impeaching IRS chief
IRS Commissioner John Koskinen faces misconduct hearings before the House Judiciary Committee, due to what lawmakers say is stonewalling of the congressional probe into the agency's targeting of Tea Party groups.
Man who choked 8-year-old girl in women's restroom stokes alarm over transgender access
The attack by a man on an 8-year-old girl in a women's restroom last week in a Chicago restaurant is raising alarm about opposite-sex access to public facilities in the name of transgender rights.
Obamacare Regulation Pressures Insurers to Cover Sex Change Operations
The Department of Health and Human Services issued a final regulation Friday that will pressure health insurers to cover sex change operations, which could then be subsidized by taxpayers through Medicare, Medicaid, and Obamacare.
Hidden Microphones Exposed As Part of Government Surveillance Program In The Bay Area
Hidden microphones that are part of a clandestine government surveillance program that has been operating around the Bay Area has been exposed.
U.S. Politics
Nevada Dem convention devolves into chaos
Tensions were high at the Democratic convention in Nevada Saturday, with supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders demanding delegate recounts, booing Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and causing other disruptions, according to local media reports.
Financial analyst alleges major holes in Clinton Foundation records
After more than a year of research, a Wall Street analyst is arguing the Clinton Foundation's books are riddled with financial inconsistencies that rise to the level of 'fraud.'
Trump fights back on questions over women, taxes
Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee in the race for the White House, fought Sunday to stem several controversies including his relationship with women and his refusal to release his tax returns.
Sheldon Adelson Is Poised to Give Donald Trump a Donation Boost
The casino magnate Sheldon G. Adelson told Donald J. Trump in a private meeting last week that he was willing to contribute more to help elect him than he has to any previous campaign, a sum that could exceed $100 million, according to two Republicans with direct knowledge of Mr. Adelson's commitment.
Inside the GOP effort to draft an independent candidate to derail Trump
A band of exasperated Republicans -- including 2012 presidential nominee Mitt Romney, a handful of veteran consultants and members of the conservative intelligentsia -- is actively plotting to draft an independent presidential candidate who could keep Donald Trump from the White House.
Today's Breaking News
Around the World
Russia Calls New U.S. Missile Shield in Romania a 'Direct Threat'
Russia has described a new $800 million U.S. missile defense site in Romania as a "direct threat" and warned it would bolster its equivalent systems earlier than planned.
Abortion study: 25% of pregnancies terminated, estimates suggest
One in four pregnancies ends in an abortion each year, global estimates from the World Health Organization and Guttmacher Institute suggest.
Facebook Relies on Editors to Determine 'Trending' News
Facebook relies on editorial news judgment along with algorithms to determine the day's biggest news stories in an approach that has made the social networking site the world's largest news distributor.
Iran Shows Off Third Underground Missile Site
Iran's military recently publicized a third underground missile facility and showed the launch of a new ballistic missile through the top of a mountain.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Netanyahu on Twitter: Israel would mull an amended Saudi Initiative
Israel is ready to talk about an amended Saudi Peace Initiative, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday during a Twitter chat he held in the courtyard of his Jerusalem home in honor of Israel's 68th Independence Day.
Top Hezbollah commander killed in Syria
Top Hezbollah commander Mustafa Badreddine, Imad Mughniyeh's successor, has been killed in an attack in Syria, the Lebanese group said on Friday, the biggest blow to the Iranian-backed organization since its military chief was killed in 2008.
Inside the United States
STD's on the rise - 'Swiping right' & online dating could be to blame
Sexually transmitted diseases are on the rise for the first time in roughly a decade and online dating could be a contributing factor.
Editor's Note: Nearly 1/2 of the 20 million new STD's are in the age group of 15-24. That means 10 million new cases of STD's in the U.S. are in this age group! There's only 22 million Americans in this age group -- meaning nearly 1/2 of young adults in America has a STD! Are there consequences for having relationships outside of God's order? It seems so! Statistics are staggering!
'Duck Dynasty' star Phil Robertson faces transgender bathroom backlash
Phil Robertson has 'got a radical idea' on how to deal with the controversial transgender bathroom bill in North Carolina. 'Men should use the men's bathroom and women should use the women's bathroom,' Robertson reportedly recently wrote. 'Just because a man may 'feel' like a woman doesn't mean he should be able to share a bathroom with my daughter, or yours. That used to be called common sense. Now it's called bigoted.'
Senate Appropriations Bill Spends More Than Obama Requested
The U.S. Senate's first spending bill of 2016 allocates $261 million more than President Barack Obama requested and lacks significant conservative amendments, but it still sailed to passage Thursday in the Republican-led chamber.
Obama administration won't strip federal funds from North Carolina over bathroom law
The Obama administration announced on Thursday that it would not attempt to strip federal education funding from North Carolina over a bathroom regulation it says violates federal nondiscrimination law.
Federal Judge Sides With GOP in Obamacare Challenge
A federal judge handed House Republicans a win Thursday after ruling that the Obama administration was unlawfully funding an Obamacare subsidy program without congressional approval.
Navy Faces Deployment Crisis as Aging Ships Get Sidelined
The U.S. Navy is suffering from an inability to deploy ships to key international conflict zones due to rising maintenance issues on an aging fleet, that is increasingly being sidelined for lengthy repairs, according to military experts and a new government investigation.
U.S. Politics
Ryan meets Trump, says 'very encouraged' but unity will take time
Donald Trump and Paul Ryan might not have built the bridge but they at least may have established the framework toward presenting a unified front against Democrats in November, after their sit-down Thursday morning on Capitol Hill.
Persian Gulf Sheikhs Gave Bill & Hillary $100 Million
A Daily Caller News Foundation investigation reveals that Bill and Hillary Clinton received at least $100 million from autocratic Persian Gulf states and their leaders, potentially undermining Democratic presidential candidate Hillary's claim she can carry out independent Middle East policies.
Obama to Order Public Schools to Open Restrooms to Transgender Students
The Obama administration on Friday will order that every public school district in the United States must allow transgender students to use the bathrooms that match their gender identity.
Christian News
India: Hindu's torture Christian convert
Police declined to take any action against the Hindus who tortured a Christian in India's Uttar Pradesh state last month and then left him for dead.
Around the World
Russia Calls New U.S. Missile Shield in Romania a 'Direct Threat'
Russia has described a new $800 million U.S. missile defense site in Romania as a "direct threat" and warned it would bolster its equivalent systems earlier than planned.
Abortion study: 25% of pregnancies terminated, estimates suggest
One in four pregnancies ends in an abortion each year, global estimates from the World Health Organization and Guttmacher Institute suggest.
Facebook Relies on Editors to Determine 'Trending' News
Facebook relies on editorial news judgment along with algorithms to determine the day's biggest news stories in an approach that has made the social networking site the world's largest news distributor.
Iran Shows Off Third Underground Missile Site
Iran's military recently publicized a third underground missile facility and showed the launch of a new ballistic missile through the top of a mountain.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Netanyahu on Twitter: Israel would mull an amended Saudi Initiative
Israel is ready to talk about an amended Saudi Peace Initiative, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday during a Twitter chat he held in the courtyard of his Jerusalem home in honor of Israel's 68th Independence Day.
Top Hezbollah commander killed in Syria
Top Hezbollah commander Mustafa Badreddine, Imad Mughniyeh's successor, has been killed in an attack in Syria, the Lebanese group said on Friday, the biggest blow to the Iranian-backed organization since its military chief was killed in 2008.
Inside the United States
STD's on the rise - 'Swiping right' & online dating could be to blame
Sexually transmitted diseases are on the rise for the first time in roughly a decade and online dating could be a contributing factor.
Editor's Note: Nearly 1/2 of the 20 million new STD's are in the age group of 15-24. That means 10 million new cases of STD's in the U.S. are in this age group! There's only 22 million Americans in this age group -- meaning nearly 1/2 of young adults in America has a STD! Are there consequences for having relationships outside of God's order? It seems so! Statistics are staggering!
'Duck Dynasty' star Phil Robertson faces transgender bathroom backlash
Phil Robertson has 'got a radical idea' on how to deal with the controversial transgender bathroom bill in North Carolina. 'Men should use the men's bathroom and women should use the women's bathroom,' Robertson reportedly recently wrote. 'Just because a man may 'feel' like a woman doesn't mean he should be able to share a bathroom with my daughter, or yours. That used to be called common sense. Now it's called bigoted.'
Senate Appropriations Bill Spends More Than Obama Requested
The U.S. Senate's first spending bill of 2016 allocates $261 million more than President Barack Obama requested and lacks significant conservative amendments, but it still sailed to passage Thursday in the Republican-led chamber.
Obama administration won't strip federal funds from North Carolina over bathroom law
The Obama administration announced on Thursday that it would not attempt to strip federal education funding from North Carolina over a bathroom regulation it says violates federal nondiscrimination law.
Federal Judge Sides With GOP in Obamacare Challenge
A federal judge handed House Republicans a win Thursday after ruling that the Obama administration was unlawfully funding an Obamacare subsidy program without congressional approval.
Navy Faces Deployment Crisis as Aging Ships Get Sidelined
The U.S. Navy is suffering from an inability to deploy ships to key international conflict zones due to rising maintenance issues on an aging fleet, that is increasingly being sidelined for lengthy repairs, according to military experts and a new government investigation.
U.S. Politics
Ryan meets Trump, says 'very encouraged' but unity will take time
Donald Trump and Paul Ryan might not have built the bridge but they at least may have established the framework toward presenting a unified front against Democrats in November, after their sit-down Thursday morning on Capitol Hill.
Persian Gulf Sheikhs Gave Bill & Hillary $100 Million
A Daily Caller News Foundation investigation reveals that Bill and Hillary Clinton received at least $100 million from autocratic Persian Gulf states and their leaders, potentially undermining Democratic presidential candidate Hillary's claim she can carry out independent Middle East policies.
Obama to Order Public Schools to Open Restrooms to Transgender Students
The Obama administration on Friday will order that every public school district in the United States must allow transgender students to use the bathrooms that match their gender identity.
Christian News
India: Hindu's torture Christian convert
Police declined to take any action against the Hindus who tortured a Christian in India's Uttar Pradesh state last month and then left him for dead.
Today's Breaking News
Around the World
U.S. to activate $800 million missile defense site in Romania
The United States will switch on a $800 million missile shield in Romania on Thursday, part of an umbrella from Greenland to the Azores against Iranian rockets that Russia aims to knock out its nuclear weapons.
U.S., Russia fine tune deal to share Syrian airspace
Senior Pentagon leaders and their Russian counterparts on Wednesday fine tuned plans to ensure warplanes from both countries operating in the skies above Syria stay out of each other’s way.
Saudis braced for release of hidden pages of 9/11 report
Saudi Arabia is confident nothing in a secret 28-page section of a US congressional report on the September 11 attacks implicates its leaders.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Al-Qaeda leader urged trainee to target Israelis, Americans
An al-Qaeda operative facing sentencing in a New York court next week said bomb-making instructor Anwar al-Awlaki had encouraged him to target Israeli and US nationals at London's Heathrow Airport.
In new Gaza clip, kids urge 'martyrdom, blowing up enemies'
New footage to emerge out of a children's festival in the Gaza Strip shows play-acting Palestinian kids urging each other to 'die as martyrs' and 'blow up their enemies,' and includes mock presentations of them capturing Israeli soldiers and running through what appears to be a tunnel.
Inside the United States
Judge: Man accused of killing 3 at Colorado Planned Parenthood 'incompetent' to stand trial
The man accused of shooting three people dead at a Colorado Planned Parenthood last fall is not mentally fit to understand the case against him at trial, a district court judge ruled Wednesday.
Obama signs bill to boost trade secret protection
President Obama signed a law Wednesday intended to protect the trade secrets and intellectual property of U.S. companies and inventors.
0 to 400 mph in mere seconds: Welcome to the age of hyperloop
Hyperloop One successfully demonstrated Wednesday one key part of how it plans to send people and cargo racing through cushioned tubes at nearly the speed of sound. This transportation alternative, its backers claim, could reduce the journey between Los Angeles and San Francisco to just 30 minutes.
$1,914,651,000,000: FY2016 Taxes Set Record Through April
The U.S. Treasury raked in a record of approximately $1,914,651,000,000 in tax revenues in the first seven months of fiscal 2016 (Oct. 1, 2015 through April 30, 2016), according to the Monthly Treasury Statement released today.
Middle class takes financial hit in most US cities this century
More than four-fifths of America's metropolitan areas have seen household incomes decline this century, according to new research that exposes the politically charged reality of middle-class decline at the heart of this year's presidential election.
U.S. Politics
Trump's Refusal to Release Tax Returns Is a Ticking Time Bomb for the GOP
When Donald Trump sits down with Speaker Paul Ryan and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell tomorrow, there is a pressing issue that they should put before their party's presumptive presidential nominee. He told the Associated Press on Tuesday that he has no plans to release his tax returns before the November election. 'There's nothing to learn from them,' he said. Previously, he had claimed he would love to release the returns as soon as an IRS audit is completed.
Poll: Nearly half of GOP voters disapprove of Ryan
Nearly half of Republican voters disapprove of Paul Ryan's performance as House speaker, according to a new poll released Wednesday by Public Policy Polling.
Sanders: Nominating Clinton would be 'disaster' for party, nation
Fresh off a big win in the West Virginia primary, Sen. Bernard Sanders' campaign said Wednesday the Democratic Party would be courting 'disaster' if it nominates Hillary Clinton as its presidential nominee.
Christian News
Myanmar: Pagodas being built on church lands
In the face of a campaign by a Buddhist monk to build pagodas on church property, Christians in Myanmar have decided to turn the other cheek.
Germany: 80 Muslim Refugees Convert to Christianity and are Baptized
Over 80 Muslim refugees from Iran and Afghanistan have converted to Christianity and been baptized in Hamburg, Germany, according to ChristianToday.com.
Three-fourths of Christian refugees in Germany persecuted by Muslim counterparts: Report
A nonprofit organization that has studied religious persecution around the globe for decades says Germany's Christian refugees are under constant assault by their Muslim counterparts.
Around the World
U.S. to activate $800 million missile defense site in Romania
The United States will switch on a $800 million missile shield in Romania on Thursday, part of an umbrella from Greenland to the Azores against Iranian rockets that Russia aims to knock out its nuclear weapons.
U.S., Russia fine tune deal to share Syrian airspace
Senior Pentagon leaders and their Russian counterparts on Wednesday fine tuned plans to ensure warplanes from both countries operating in the skies above Syria stay out of each other’s way.
Saudis braced for release of hidden pages of 9/11 report
Saudi Arabia is confident nothing in a secret 28-page section of a US congressional report on the September 11 attacks implicates its leaders.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Al-Qaeda leader urged trainee to target Israelis, Americans
An al-Qaeda operative facing sentencing in a New York court next week said bomb-making instructor Anwar al-Awlaki had encouraged him to target Israeli and US nationals at London's Heathrow Airport.
In new Gaza clip, kids urge 'martyrdom, blowing up enemies'
New footage to emerge out of a children's festival in the Gaza Strip shows play-acting Palestinian kids urging each other to 'die as martyrs' and 'blow up their enemies,' and includes mock presentations of them capturing Israeli soldiers and running through what appears to be a tunnel.
Inside the United States
Judge: Man accused of killing 3 at Colorado Planned Parenthood 'incompetent' to stand trial
The man accused of shooting three people dead at a Colorado Planned Parenthood last fall is not mentally fit to understand the case against him at trial, a district court judge ruled Wednesday.
Obama signs bill to boost trade secret protection
President Obama signed a law Wednesday intended to protect the trade secrets and intellectual property of U.S. companies and inventors.
0 to 400 mph in mere seconds: Welcome to the age of hyperloop
Hyperloop One successfully demonstrated Wednesday one key part of how it plans to send people and cargo racing through cushioned tubes at nearly the speed of sound. This transportation alternative, its backers claim, could reduce the journey between Los Angeles and San Francisco to just 30 minutes.
$1,914,651,000,000: FY2016 Taxes Set Record Through April
The U.S. Treasury raked in a record of approximately $1,914,651,000,000 in tax revenues in the first seven months of fiscal 2016 (Oct. 1, 2015 through April 30, 2016), according to the Monthly Treasury Statement released today.
Middle class takes financial hit in most US cities this century
More than four-fifths of America's metropolitan areas have seen household incomes decline this century, according to new research that exposes the politically charged reality of middle-class decline at the heart of this year's presidential election.
U.S. Politics
Trump's Refusal to Release Tax Returns Is a Ticking Time Bomb for the GOP
When Donald Trump sits down with Speaker Paul Ryan and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell tomorrow, there is a pressing issue that they should put before their party's presumptive presidential nominee. He told the Associated Press on Tuesday that he has no plans to release his tax returns before the November election. 'There's nothing to learn from them,' he said. Previously, he had claimed he would love to release the returns as soon as an IRS audit is completed.
Poll: Nearly half of GOP voters disapprove of Ryan
Nearly half of Republican voters disapprove of Paul Ryan's performance as House speaker, according to a new poll released Wednesday by Public Policy Polling.
Sanders: Nominating Clinton would be 'disaster' for party, nation
Fresh off a big win in the West Virginia primary, Sen. Bernard Sanders' campaign said Wednesday the Democratic Party would be courting 'disaster' if it nominates Hillary Clinton as its presidential nominee.
Christian News
Myanmar: Pagodas being built on church lands
In the face of a campaign by a Buddhist monk to build pagodas on church property, Christians in Myanmar have decided to turn the other cheek.
Germany: 80 Muslim Refugees Convert to Christianity and are Baptized
Over 80 Muslim refugees from Iran and Afghanistan have converted to Christianity and been baptized in Hamburg, Germany, according to ChristianToday.com.
Three-fourths of Christian refugees in Germany persecuted by Muslim counterparts: Report
A nonprofit organization that has studied religious persecution around the globe for decades says Germany's Christian refugees are under constant assault by their Muslim counterparts.