Cheryl K. Chumley

Hillary Clinton taps Obama pollster Joel Benenson

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has turned to former Obama pollster Joel Benenson to join her campaign team — if in fact she does decide to run for president.

January 7, 2015

Chris Matthews: Tea party lawmakers ‘not that far’ from racists

Chris Matthews, host of "Hardball" on MSNBC, tied tea party-type Republicans to white supremacists, saying GOPers like Rep. Louie Gohmert and Ted Yoho aren't "that far" from possessing the same mentality as ex-KKK head David Duke.

January 7, 2015

Lindsay Graham welcomes Joni Ernst with gift of hog-castration device

Lindsay Graham welcomed fellow Sen. Joni Ernst to Capitol Hill with a gag gift that played off one of her campaign ads: a hog-castration device, mounted on a wooden board.

January 7, 2015

CAIR spokesman: ‘Shouldn’t generalize’ about Islam based on Paris terrorists

A Council on American-Islamic Relations spokesman repudiated Wednesday's terror attack on a Paris satirical newspaper that left 12 dead, saying such incidents don't represent the Islam faith.

January 7, 2015

Islamic State ‘in a defensive posture,’ Pentagon says

Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby said Tuesday the United States is seeing gains in its overseas mission to halt the spread of the Islamic State, claiming the terror group has shifted into a "defensive posture."

January 7, 2015

Thomas McInerney, retired U.S. general, on Paris terror: ‘Political correctness is killing us

Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Thomas McInerney had a blunt assessment of the terror attacks that killed at least 12 in Paris: Those in leadership positions refuse to face the realities of radicalized Islam.

January 7, 2015

Marco Rubio’s book: Amnesty for 12M ‘unrealistic and quite frankly, irresponsible’

Sen. Marco Rubio's upcoming book, "American Dreams," contains his thoughts on immigration — specifically that he doesn't think granting amnesty for the nation's estimated 12 million illegals is the path America should take.

January 7, 2015

John Boehner accused of ‘intimidation tactics’ for booting defectors from posts

Speaker John Boehner is being accused of "intimidation tactics" after he booted Republicans — those who didn't support his re-election to his House leadership post — from the powerful Rules Committee.

January 7, 2015

Paris terror attack kills 12: ‘Prophet has been avenged’ heard at scene

At least 12 were killed in a terrorist attack at a Paris newspaper known for taking satirical shots at the prophet Mohammed early Wednesday morning.

January 7, 2015

Joe Biden rejected as Chris Coons’ young daughter pulls away from V.P.’s kiss

Vice President Joseph R. Biden was captured on video in an awkward exchange with the young daughter of U.S. Sen. Chris Coons, after he went in for a whisper and then a kiss — and the obviously uncomfortable girl pulled away.

January 7, 2015

‘CyberCaliphate,’ pro-Islamic State hacker, takes over U.S. news, Twitter sites

A group of pro-Islamic State hackers calling itself the "CyberCaliphate" took control of the Twitter feeds of two U.S. news outlets, as well as the website of a television news outlet based in Maryland.

January 7, 2015

Charlie Rangel: I never cared about dead during Korean War until bodies ‘looked like me’

Rep. Charlie Rangel was trying to make a point on "The Ed Show" on MSNBC about the need for black police officers to speak out against police violence, but instead came off a bit cold-hearted, saying that he only started caring about the dead during the Korean War when the bodies looked like him.

January 6, 2015

McDonald’s 100-plus Venezuelan franchises run dry of french fries

The more than 100 McDonald's fast-food franchises that operate in socialist Venezuela have run out of potatoes — meaning, no more french fry sides — and are instead offering customers the option to buy a deep-fried arepa flatbread, or a yuca, a starchy national staple.

January 6, 2015

Colin Chisholm, Minnesota millionaire, gets 21 months prison time for bilking $167K in welfare

A Minnesota man who took more than $167,000 in state welfare benefits at the same time he had more than $3 million stashed in his personal bank account was sentenced to 21 months in prison.

January 6, 2015

Bill Clinton’s name found 21 times in sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s directory

Lawyers sifting through documents related to the case of Jeffrey Epstein, the wealthy sex offender accused of pimping out an underage girl to Britain's Prince Andrew, stumbled across an interesting finding among the filings: 21 email and telephone contacts for former President Bill Clinton and his personal aide, Doug Band.

January 6, 2015

Islamic State ‘emir’ known for beheadings found dead, decapitated

A leading Islamic State authority who served as the head of the terror group's so-called police force — and who counted among his duties the oversight of beheadings — has now himself been found beheaded, with a cigarette stuffed in his mouth.

January 6, 2015

Hamas denies leader, Khaled Meshaal, was booted from Qatar

Izzat Risheq, a senior Hamas official, denied reports that his organization's chief, Khaled Meshaal, has been booted from Qatar.

January 6, 2015

Harvard faculty, previously pro-Obamacare, up in arms over health cost hikes

Some of the same faculty members at Harvard who supported Obamacare are now up in arms over their new higher-priced health care plans that take effect in 2015, and they're decrying the added costs and saying the new charges will be too burdensome to pay.

January 6, 2015

Chris Christie criticized on ethics as New Jersey constituents wonder: Where’s our governor?

Gov. Chris Christie is taking a public relations hit from his New Jersey constituents, with recent polling showing that many in the state are negatively perceiving his eyes are on national office and not local affairs — and many more are wondering why he has to take so many political trips.

January 6, 2015

Neo-Nazis in Germany go hip to recruit — launch ‘Vegan Cooking Channel’

Skinheads in Germany are trying a new tactic to bring in the recruits, shying from their combat boots and adopting a calmer, quieter tone — even launching a "Vegan Cooking Channel" on YouTube.

January 6, 2015