Cheryl K. Chumley

Louie Gohmert hints at challenge to John Boehner for House Speaker slot

Rep. Louie Gohmert says not so fast — John Boehner is the House Speaker now, but that doesn't necessarily mean he can't be challenged and that he can't lose in 2015.

November 7, 2014

Mitch McConnell A-OK with Rand Paul for president

Presumptive Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he's aware that Sen. Rand Paul hasn't yet decided on a 2016 presidential run — but that if he does go for it, that's OK by him.

November 7, 2014

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, 9/11 terrorist, seen in Turkish hair removal ad

A Turkish company has issued a mea culpa for an ad to sell hair removal products that used as one of its pitch images a photograph of an al Qaeda terror leader.

November 7, 2014

Diner shocked to learn ‘thirty-seven fifty’ wine turns out to be $3,750

Joe Lentini, a diner at Bobby Flay Steak in Atlantic City, said he was shocked to pick up his tab and find the moderately priced wine he thought he had ordered from the waitress — at a cited cost of "thirty-seven fifty" — had actually pushed his projected bill into the thousands.

November 7, 2014

Martin Dempsey: U.S. troops’ Ebola deployment could last 18 months

U.S. troops may spend up to 18 months on Ebola-related deployments in West Africa — mostly to provide comfort to sufferers and serve as a stabilizing force for the governments, said Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

November 7, 2014

Home Depot says 53M emails stolen in 5-month hack

Home Depot reported that 53 million email addresses of customers and clients were stolen over the course of five months — the largest data security breach for a retailer in history, analysts said.

November 7, 2014

Idaho National Guard helicopter crashes, killing 2 crew

Two crew members were killed when the Idaho National Guard Apache helicopter they were flying in crashed just south of the Boise Airport, authorities reported.

November 7, 2014

Nancy Pelosi to Democratic voters: Yes, it’s a ‘terrible year’ — but it’s your fault

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi reflected on the Election Day losses with fellow Democrats, saying that it really wasn't the party's messages or platforms to blame — rather, it's more the voters' fault, she suggested.

November 7, 2014

Edgars Rinkevics, Latvia minister, comes out as gay in tweet

Edgars Rinkevics, the foreign minister of Latvia, sent out a Twitter message announcing he's gay — a somewhat shocker of a statement that was shared and retweeted over a thousand times in just a few short hours.

November 7, 2014

Dinesh D’Souza: GOP should slap ‘legislative shackles’ on Obama

Noted conservative pundit and author Dinesh D'Souza says that now the elections are over -- and Republicans have won big -- the GOP should put President Obama in "legislative shackles."

November 6, 2014

Harry Reid in tea party group’s sights: ‘Our focus is on retiring him’

A tea party group said they're happy Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was demoted with the wave of Republican elects Tuesday evening — but they're not stopping there.

November 6, 2014

British girl born with alcohol disorder tries to sue mom for ‘crime of violence’

A British girl, 7, born with an alcohol-related disorder is trying to sue her mother for the "crime of violence" because she drank vodka and beer daily while pregnant, her lawyers said.

November 6, 2014

Lawrence Kraus: I found the key to abolish religion

Lawrence Krauss, a cosmologist and theoretical physicist, says he's stumbled upon the key to removing religion from the hearts and minds of Americans everywhere in one short generation: Teach it in schools, he said.

November 6, 2014

Hillary Clinton gets Hollywood love as stars begin fundraising

Barely were the votes tallied in Tuesday's Democratic disaster, and Hollywood's hottest and wealthiest had already moved into fundraising mode for their presumed pick for 2016, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.

November 6, 2014

Charlie Rangel doubles down on South as ‘slave-holding states’

Rep. Charlie Rangel isn't budging, and in post-Election Day televised comments, he reiterated, rather than repudiated, his earlier expressed views on race — that the South was still pro-slavery and under the impression the Confederacy won the Civil War.

November 6, 2014

Obama, Democrats losing favor with women voters

Democrats didn't just lose several Senate seats to Republicans on Election Day — they lost a substantial number of one of their core voting blocks, women, when compared to years past.

November 6, 2014

Hillary Clinton gets some friendly advice: Run from Obama

As if the Democratic devastation on Election Day weren't message enough — now aides and allies of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton say she ought to flee as far as possible from President Obama, particularly if she's looking to run for the White House in 2016.

November 6, 2014

Chris Matthews to Obama: ‘Dammit, you [can’t] run a government on common ground!’

MSNBC's Chris Matthews was a bit outraged in the hours after President Obama's press conference on the midterm turnout, slamming the commander-in-chief's vow to reach out to the soon-to-be Republican majority in both houses of Congress as contrary to good governance.

November 6, 2014

Starbucks’ new dress code: No nail polish, no big diamond rings

Seattle-based Starbucks has released an updated dress code for employees — and au naturale seems the order of the day. Among the rules for baristas: No fingernail polish. No stone-set engagement rings. No watches, No bracelets. No wristbands allowed, the New York Daily News reported.

November 6, 2014

Duncan Hunter: U.S. tried to pay cash to win Sgt. Bergdahl’s freedom

Rep. Duncan Hunter wrote a letter to the Pentagon alleging that U.S. authorities tried to pay cash to win the release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was held captive for nearly five years by the terrorist Haqqani Network in Pakistan.

November 6, 2014