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Cheryl K. Chumley

Cheryl K. Chumley

cchumley@washingtontimes.com

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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** FILE ** President Obama went to Martha's Vineyard, and all I got was this lousy T-shirt.
(Associated Press)

Obamas’ Martha’s Vineyard vacation to close major roadway

As the Obama family packs for vacation, Martha's Vineyard residents, other tourists and drivers are being given the heads-up for travel inconvenience. For the first time in the island's history of hosting presidents for vacation, Secret Service agents are poised to close a main roadway for an extended period of time and set up security checkpoints on nearby side streets, only allowing residents and emergency vehicles access to the area.

August 7, 2013
**FILE** Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg speaks at the Real Estate Board of New York on Thursday, May 30, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Mayor Michael Bloomberg: NYC may be the next Detroit

New York City is headed toward the same bankrupt fate as Detroit, unless the incoming mayor tends to municipal union issues and curbs soaring pension costs right away, Mayor Michael Bloomberg warned on Tuesday.

August 7, 2013
** FILE ** In this July 30, 2013, file photo, Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is escorted out of a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md., after receiving a verdict in his court martial. A military judge has reduced Army Pfc. Bradley Manning's maximum possible sentence in the WikiLeaks case to 90 years in prison. Judge, Army Col. Denise Lind, found during his sentencing hearing Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013, that a number of the charges refer to the same actions and therefore were duplicative for sentencing purposes. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Bradley Manning’s maximum sentence cut to 90 years

A military judge on Tuesday scaled back the maximum time that Bradley Manning could serve behind bars, from 136 years to 90 years, after ruling that many of his charges were related enough to be combined.

August 7, 2013
Travelers make their way to the departure lounge at Sanaa International Airport, in Yemen, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2013. The State Department on Tuesday ordered non-essential personnel at the U.S. Embassy in Yemen to leave the country. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Yemen foils al Qaeda bomb plot, as U.S. drones strike again

Yemen authorities said on Wednesday they uncovered and foiled a plot by al Qaeda to bomb oil pipelines and seize the country's main ports — and the announcement comes just as suspected U.S. drones are believed to have killed 7 more of the militant group members.

August 7, 2013