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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Tenn. judge orders dress code for female attorneys

Cover up. That was the order of one judge in a Tennessee court, fed up with the revealing attire frequently worn by female attorneys.

June 13, 2013

Census: Whites to lose majority status by 2043

The latest U.S. census figures show that by 2043 whites in America may no longer be the majority.

June 13, 2013

Derecho threatens: D.C. area braces for severe thunderstorms, high winds

The Midwest may have dodged the derecho, but the East Coast may not be so lucky.

June 13, 2013

Edward Snowden at age 18: Check out my ‘girlish figure’

Edward Snowden, who fled the United States on the heels of releasing sensitive information about National Security Agency surveillance, may now try to present himself as a serious protector of American rights.

June 13, 2013

Surgeon General Regina Benjamin leaving post

Four years is enough: U.S. Surgeon General Regina M. Benjamin said she is leaving her post, effective in July.

June 13, 2013

School rules against Md. second-grader suspended for gun-shaped Pop-Tart

The latest in the saga of a second-grader who sparked national headlines when he was suspended from school for nibbling his Pop-Tart pastry into the shape of a gun is more bad news: The child's record cannot now be expunged, administrators said on Wednesday.

June 13, 2013

Math, France style: Teacher shows kids, age 11, grisly ‘Saw’ flick in class

One father of an 11-year-old boy who attends Jean-Baptiste Clement's math class at a grade school in Colombes, northwest of Paris, said his son came home from school Monday in obvious distress and discomfort — and no wonder.

June 13, 2013

Christian graves defaced in Tel Aviv cemetery

Israeli police said Thursday that several graves at a Christian cemetery in Tel Aviv have been vandalized and defaced.

June 13, 2013

Illinois county bucks state ban on concealed guns, rules citizens can carry

A second county in Illinois is bucking state law and refusing to enforce bans on concealed handguns.

June 13, 2013

U.N. report: Syrian military, rebel fighters recruiting thousands of kids to fight

The United Nations says children are being recruited to fight for both Syrian government forces and rebel fighters, and that thousands have been killed in recent months.

June 13, 2013

Turkey vows to clear protesters as death toll hits 5

Police will remove protesters from Istanbul's Taksim Square within the next 24 hours, said Turkey's prime minister on Thursday, in a blunt warning that marks the end of the government's patience with a weeks-long rally that's escalated into violence.

June 13, 2013

Bill Clinton urges Obama to act now in Syria

President Obama needs to get in the game and become a greater force in the Syrian conflict and help rebel fighters, former president Bill Clinton said on Wednesday.

June 13, 2013

Sarah Murnaghan, 10, has successful lung transplant surgery

The 10-year-old girl at the heart of a national debate over transplant lists that led to a fight on Capitol Hill — and criticism of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius — had successful lung surgery and is recovering well, doctors said Thursday.

June 13, 2013