Cheryl K. Chumley

Sen. Pat Roberts warns of ‘national socialism’ taking root

Sen. Pat Robert took on a campaign buddy -- former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole -- at a recent Dodge City event to raise money to keep his Kansas seat, warning those in attendance that it's not long before America turns the corner on the Constitution and takes on a more permanent socialistic feel.

September 24, 2014

Calls grow for U.S. to take out Assad, along with Islamic State

Since the United States is already conducting airstrikes over Syria to root out and kill Islamic State terrorists, the military ought to just go ahead and bomb President Bashar Assad — that's the theory coming from the Syrian National Coalition camp anyway.

September 24, 2014

Ann Romney on Mitt in 2016: ‘Well, we will see’

Ann Romney didn't do much to further the notion that her husband, Mitt, might try for another run at the White House in 2016 — but she didn't do much to stop it from spreading, either.

September 24, 2014

France outraged as police free 3 suspected jihadis by mistake

Politicians in France are howling after learning that police in Turkey mistakenly freed three suspected French jihadis who had previously traveled to Syria.

September 24, 2014

Afghan soldiers who ran from Cape Cod hit up nearby strip club

It's not completely clear yet why the three Afghan military officers who took off during a Cape Cod training mission ran away — but what is known is they hit up a nearby strip club, Zachary's Pub in Mashpee.

September 23, 2014

China police under fire for blowing $32K on haircuts

Police in China have come under fire for blowing through $32,000 of taxpayer money in two years for thrice-monthy haircuts for each officer.

September 23, 2014

International Space Station gets first-ever 3-D printer

Packed away in the latest SpaceX cargo shipment to the International Space Station was a 3-D printer — the first time such a piece of equipment has ever been launched into orbit.

September 23, 2014

GOP fumes as Lois Lerner talks to press but snubs Congress

For Congress, Lois Lerner pleaded the Fifth, but for Politico, the embattled ex-IRS director gave a breezy biographical sketch that included her insistence that she had nothing to apologize for — and that she did nothing wrong. Now Republicans are fuming.

September 23, 2014

U.S. to sell cruise missiles to Poland as ‘deterrent’ to Russia

The U.S. State Department announced a $500 million arms deal with Poland — including advanced cruise missiles and fighter jet upgrades — as a strategy to stave off Russia should tensions escalate.

September 23, 2014

Robert Kennedy Jr.: We need laws to ‘punish global warming skeptics’

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., one of climate change's loudest activists, said there should be a law that lets authorities punish skeptics and deniers - those who engage in "selling out the public trust," he said, in an interview with Climate Depot during New York City's recent People's Climate March.

September 23, 2014

Ben Carson: ‘Likelihood is strong’ I am running for president

Ben Carson, former Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon and noted conservative activists, said there is a strong possibility he will run for the presidency in 2016.

September 23, 2014

El Paso hospital tests hundreds of babies for tuberculosis after exposure scare

At least 700 babies at an El Paso hospital have been tested for tuberculosis after a worker tested positive for the disease.

September 23, 2014

Jason Chaffetz on Secret Service security holes: ‘Really scares me’

Rep. Jason Chaffetz said the fact that fence jumpers can gain such easy entry to the White House is scary, and he wonders if the current administration is perhaps failing to take security as seriously as it should.

September 23, 2014

Gabby Giffords’ attack dog gun ads called ‘base and vile’ — by supporters

The Gabby Giffords that tried to wring out sympathy votes for gun control by citing her near-death gun-related experience is long gone, it seems. Now, the former Arizona lawmaker has gone on the attack with new campaign videos that are so vicious that even those on the left say they're shocked.

September 23, 2014

Israel shoots down Syrian fighter jet that ‘infiltrated’ airspace

Israel's military said Tuesday that they've shot down a Syrian fighter jet that had "infiltrated into Israeli airspace" — the first time in 25 or so years for Syria to breach the boundary in that fashion.

September 23, 2014

Rutgers University senior killed by bear while hiking in N.J.: report

A Rutgers University senior is believed to have been killed by a black bear while hiking with four friends through the Apshawa Preserve in West Milford, New Jersey — the first suspected bear kill of a human since 1852.

September 23, 2014

John Kerry: Climate change as dangerous as the Islamic State

Secretary of State John Kerry made clear during recent remarks with foreign leaders: Dealing with climate change demands the same level of "immediacy" as dealing with Islamic State terrorists, he said.

September 23, 2014

D.C. Council set to pass concealed carry gun law: ‘We don’t want to be in contempt’

The D.C. Council is poised to pass a law Tuesday that lets permitted gun owners carry concealed weapons in public — with restrictions.

September 23, 2014

Hamid Karzai takes parting shot: U.S. wanted war for ‘own interests’

Outgoing Afghan President Hamid Karzai took a parting shot at the United States on Tuesday, saying the White House and America's leaders never wanted peace in Afghanistan in the first place.

September 23, 2014

Joe Biden pines that politics are now ‘too personal’

Politics have become "too personal" and that much of the fault is due to the tea party, said Vice President Joseph R. Biden in an interview with The New York Times for its new website, First Draft.

September 22, 2014