Cheryl K. Chumley

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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Saudi billionaire eyes NYC for record-high skyscraper

A billionaire prince from Saudi Arabia is searching out a city to build the world's highest skyscraper, reaching a mile into the sky — and on the list is New York.

June 18, 2013

Barbra Streisand takes jab at ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel, defends women’s rights

Hollywood icon Barbra Streisand, 71, brought her movie past to life this week during a trip to Jerusalem that left her outraged over the treatment of women by ultra-Orthodox Jews.

June 18, 2013

Investigators swarm ‘Goodfellas’ mobster’s New York home to dig for body

Investigators swarmed around the New York house of James "Jimmy the Gent" Burke on Monday to dig for a body believed to be related to a crime case that's been dormant for almost three decades.

June 18, 2013

Islamists drive 19,000 farmers from Nigeria as food shortages worsen

Islamist militants have pushed out 19,000 rice farmers from their northeastern Nigeria properties, at the peak of the harvest season and at a time when the government has declared a food emergency.

June 18, 2013

Ohio day care worker put drugs in pancakes to make kids sleep, police say

Police say an Ohio day care worker laced pancake batter with medicine to make the children sleepy.

June 18, 2013

Top Nazi suspect, 98, charged with war crimes in Hungary

A 98-year-old Nazi suspect from Hungary who's been under house arrest for a year was formally charged with war crimes Tuesday, accused of overseeing the deportation of thousands of Jews during World War II.

June 18, 2013

General Motors recalls 194K SUVs out of fire fears

General Motors is recalling about 194,000 SUVs after engineers discovered a problem with an electronic module that could short circuit and start a fire.

June 17, 2013

Boston Children’s Hospital opens world’s first hand transplant program for kids

Boston Children's Hospital transplant surgeons are actively seeking children who need new hands. The facility has a new pediatric hand transplant unit, which opened Monday — the first of its kind in the world.

June 17, 2013

John Morton, ICE director, to step down in July

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton is stepping down, effective at the end of July.

June 17, 2013

Feds raid 7-Eleven stores in Va., N.Y., arrest 20 in immigration scam

More than a dozen 7-Eleven convenience stores in New York and Virginia were raided Monday by federal agents as part of a nationwide investigation into illegal immigration.

June 17, 2013

Nancy Pelosi proves last straw for Hollywood actor who wants Obama gone

A Hollywood actor raised with what he described as blue-collar values that included working hard for one's own money has remained largely quiet about his conservative principles — until the day he heard Rep. Nancy Pelosi speak of the need to pass "Obamacare."

June 17, 2013

Park perils: Assaults on rangers, wildlife workers on the rise

Falling into the category of "who would have thought?" is a recent report from the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility that found that incidents of aggression and assault against the nation's public parks workers rose by 38 percent between 2011 and 2012.

June 17, 2013