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Cheryl Chumley is online opinion editor, commentary writer and host of the “Bold and Blunt” podcast for The Washington Times, and a frequent media guest and public speaker. She is the author of several books, the latest titled, “Lockdown: The Socialist Plan To Take Away Your Freedom,” and “Socialists Don’t Sleep: Christians Must Rise or America Will Fall.” Email her at cchumley@washingtontimes.com.

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Police attend the scene at Banka Credins offices downtowan capital Tirana where its head was shot dead Thursday, June 26, 2014. Police say the head and co-founder of one of Albania's biggest private banks Artan Santo has been shot dead while entering his downtown office, according to police spokeswoman Alma Katragjini. (AP Photo/Hektor Pustina)

Albania bank loses $7M in theft; police arrest 2

Authorities have arrested two suspects in connection to a report from Albania's central bank that nearly $7 million in cash was stolen.

July 30, 2014

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence (Associated Press) **FILE**

Gov. Mike Pence irked as Obama sends illegals to Indiana on sly

Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana is the latest politician to accuse the White House of dumping illegal minor-aged immigrants in his state absent even a courtesy notification — and he's now penned a letter to the president asking him to send them back to their home countries.

July 30, 2014

Israel, White House say Obama phone call to demand cease-fire was fake

Israel and the White House both say that a widely publicized transcript of a telephone call that supposedly took place between President Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — during which the former demanded the latter impose an immediate cease-fire — was fake.

July 30, 2014

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., takes questions from reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, July 25, 2014. (AP Photo) ** FILE **

Nancy Pelosi: Deporting kids un-Christian, sends them ‘into a burning building’

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said sending illegal minor-aged immigrants back home is tantamount to putting them in a building that's on fire — and that it's completely unfair for America to deport them without a proper court hearing.

July 30, 2014

** FILE ** This Sept. 13, 2012, file photo shows a man walking the burned shell of the U.S. Consulate, in Benghazi, Libya, after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens. (AP photo/Mohammad Hannon, File)

Islamist militants seize special forces base in Benghazi, Libya

Islamist militants seized the largest special forces base in Benghazi, on the heels of an overnight battle that killed 30 people.

July 30, 2014

** FILE ** Pennsylvania State Police Capt. Steven Junkin speaks during a news conference, Friday, Jan, 10, 2014, in Chambersburg, Pa. (AP Photo/The Republican-Herald, Joshua Vaughn)

Feds sue Pennsylvania State Police over women’s fitness tests

The U.S. Justice Department launched a lawsuit against the Pennsylvania State Police, alleging that the physical fitness tests the department gives as part of its application process are unfair to women.

July 30, 2014

Smoke from the explosion of an Israeli strike rise over Gaza City, Wednesday, July 30, 2014, amid Israel's heaviest air and artillery assault in more than three weeks of Israel-Hamas fighting. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Israel accused of striking U.N. school, killing at least 15

Israel's military was accused Wednesday of striking a school run by the United Nations located in the Gaza Strip, leading to the death of at least 15 Palestinians.

July 30, 2014

FILE - In this June 17, 2013, file photo, defense attorney Mark O'Mara, left, talks to defendant George Zimmerman during a recess in Zimmerman's trial in Seminole circuit court in Sanford, Fla. Part of a lawsuit against NBC Universal that claims that the television network defamed Zimmerman in a 2012 broadcast was thrown out by a Florida judge Thursday, June 19, 2014, putting the entire litigation in jeopardy. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool, File)

George Zimmerman gets a new gig as unofficial security guard at gun shop

George Zimmerman, a Florida neighborhood watch volunteer acquitted last year of murdering teen Trayvon Martin, recently took on a new, unofficial role: impromptu security guard at a gun and motorcycle shop.

July 29, 2014

Navy investigating ship death of female sailor, 23, as suicide

A 23-year-old female sailor from Ohio found dead while aboard the destroyer James E. Williams likely committed suicide, investigators believe.

July 29, 2014

Radio and television personality Glenn Beck speaks to a gathering at FreePAC Kentucky, Saturday, April 5, 2014, at the Kentucky International Convention Center in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley) ** FILE **

Glenn Beck: Conservatives will lose on immigration

Conservatives aren't likely to win at the immigration and border debates that are coursing through Congress and across the United States, conservative talk show host Glenn Beck believes.

July 29, 2014

In this 2012 photo provided by Edaville USA, a father and son watch Thomas the Tank Engine roll down the track at an annual Day Out with Thomas event at the Edaville USA theme park in Carver, Mass. Groundbreaking for the first permanent Thomas Land in the the United States is set for July 2014 at Edaville USA, and is expected to be open for business in the summer of 2015. (AP Photo/Edaville USA)

Thomas the Tank Engine show is racist, British blogger accuses

A British blogger and mother of a toddler said she's found "subversive messages" in the children's television show "Thomas & Friends," calling it racist and harmful to children.

July 29, 2014

Mayor Rob Ford greets supporters at a party called "Ford Fest" organized by his family in Toronto on Friday, July 25, 2014. Ford returned to City Hall on July 1 after completing two months in rehab for substance abuse. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darren Calabrese)

Toronto’s Rob Ford takes rehabbed self to kids’ playground for political props

Embattled Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, fresh from rehab and ostensibly off the crack pipe, was captured by camera on a seesaw and swing at a children's playground — one of the first of no-doubt political props he'll use for his re-election campaign.

July 29, 2014

This artist's rendering provided by the Satanic Temple shows a proposed monument that the New York-based Satanic group wants to place at the Oklahoma state Capitol. The statue features a bearded, goat-headed demon sitting in a pentagram-adorned throne with children next to it. (AP Photo/Satanic Temple) ** FILE **

Satanists to use Hobby Lobby rule to skirt state abortion laws

The Satanic Temple said in a statement on its website that the Supreme Court's recent ruling on Hobby Lobby now gives women the right to opt out of state laws that require abortion seekers to first read pro-life materials.

July 29, 2014

People observe the damage in the back of several houses in Revere, Mass. Monday, July 28, 2014, after a tornado touched down. Revere Deputy Fire Chief Mike Viviano says the fire department in that coastal city has received dozens of calls reporting partial building and roof collapses, and downed trees and power lines. Viviano says there are no immediate reports of deaths or serious injuries. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Boston-area tornado rips 100 homes: ‘Are we in Kansas?’

A rare tornado ripped through Revere, a seaside city outside of Boston, ripping roofs of homes and ultimately leaving an estimated 100 buildings in shreds.

July 29, 2014

This May 14, 2012, file photo shows conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh speaking during a ceremony inducting him into the Hall of Famous Missourians in the state Capitol in Jefferson City, Mo. (AP Photo/Julie Smith, File) **FILE**

Rush Limbaugh: ‘There is no journalism anymore’

Conservative talk show giant Rush Limbaugh unleashed some harsh criticism against the mainstream media — sparked by a CNN headline — during his recent radio show, outright jabbing that the world of news is pretty much dead.

July 29, 2014

Back-dropped by a mural by Mexican painter David Alfaro Siqueiros, California Gov. Jerry Brown speaks during a press conference with U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Anthony Wayne, not seen, at the Soumaya museum in Mexico City, Monday, July 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

California’s Jerry Brown cites God, ‘religious call’ to embrace illegals

California Gov. Jerry Brown told a crowd of climate change watchers at an event in Mexico that Texas Gov. Rick Perry's push for National Guard troops on the border was flat-out wrong — that God demands a friendlier reception for illegals.

July 29, 2014

** FILE ** Scott Brown accepts the endorsements of Sen. Kelly Ayotte and two former New Hampshire governors in Nashua. (Associated Press)

Scott Brown struggles for political traction in New Hampshire Senate race

Scott Brown, the former Massachusetts senator who took his political aspirations to New Hampshire for a new run at Congress, is not faring as well as hoped, as numerous polls paint his Democratic challenger with a healthy lead.

July 29, 2014

Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai, center, leaves after Eid al-Fitr prayer at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, July 28, 2014. Eid al-Fitr prayer marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Hamid Karzai’s cousin killed by suicide bomber at Eid al-Fitr party

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai's cousin, a powerful ally of Ashraf Ghani — a candidate for president — was killed Tuesday by a suicide bomber who struck at his home.

July 29, 2014

** FILE ** U.S. President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/File)

Obama thanks Muslims for ‘building the very fabric of our nation’

President Obama and his wife sent out a joint statement to Muslims in America for the Eid-al-Fitr holiday, thanking them for their contributions in "building the fabric" of the country.

July 29, 2014

Palestinians inspect the damage at the Ameen mosque in Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip, destroyed by an Israeli strike, Tuesday, July 29, 2014. Early Tuesday, Israel warplanes struck a series of targets in Gaza City, including the top Hamas leader in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh's house and government offices, while Gaza's border area with Israel was hit by heavy tank shelling. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Israel flattens home of top Hamas leader, takes out power plant

Airstrikes from Israel flattened the three-story home of a top political leader for Hamas, along with a key radio and television station and the only power station in Gaza early Tuesday.

July 29, 2014