Cheryl K. Chumley

White House to election-year Democrats: Don’t blame Obama

President Obama is not to blame for what ails Democrats at the polls — that's the word from White House press secretary Josh Earnest to vulnerable candidates who are fleeing the commander-in-chief's presence.

October 22, 2014

Obama to go ‘full Mussolini’ after election: Mark Levin

Conservative radio host Mark Levin warned the American public during a Fox News television appearance that President Obama has nothing to lose in his last couple years in office and will press forward with aggression and fervor to realize his agenda.

October 22, 2014

Tea partyers toe GOP line and back moderates for Senate

Tea Party Patriots and Tea Party Express members say it's more important to win the Senate than elect hardcore conservatives, and they have put out the word: Moderates like Sen. Pat Roberts and Sen. Scott Brown have their support.

October 22, 2014

Alveda King: ‘Voting the color of someone’s skin’ is not smart politics

Alveda King, the outspoken niece of the late Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., said in a blunt television interview that blacks shouldn't simply vote based on a candidate's skin color — that it's not smart politics.

October 22, 2014

Elizabeth Warren: Senate has been nothing but a ‘big, male dominated’ institution

Sen. Elizabeth Warren says her colleague Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is right -- sexism in the Senate is alive and kicking.

October 22, 2014

Canadian town cancels trick-or-treating over fear of polar bears

So much for trick-or-treating on Halloween for one Canadian town. The blooming polar bear population on the small hamlet of Arviat has caused enough concern among parents and officials that they've called off the door-to-door candy begs.

October 22, 2014

Methodist pastor defrocked over gay wedding gets Judicial Council scrutiny

A Methodist pastor who was defrocked after he performed a wedding ceremony for his son and his son's male partner — but who was then reinstated by an appeals board — is due for another hearing before the church's highest judicial body.

October 22, 2014

Top Saudi cleric fumes: Twitter ‘the source of all evil and devastation’

A leading Muslim cleric in Saudi Arabia said in a recent televised broadcast that Twitter is downright evil — and in fact, he said, is the "source of all evil."

October 22, 2014

South Florida politicos press to be 51st state, are upset at climate change

Several politicians in South Florida, frustrated by what they perceive as a lack of attention from the higher-ups on the political chain regarding climate change, said they want to form a new state.

October 22, 2014

Valerie Jarrett, post-spine surgery, ‘making progress every day’

One of President Obama's top advisers, Valerie Jarrett, has emerged from spinal surgery in good condition and was given the OK to return to work in the coming days.

October 22, 2014

Puerto Rico judge upholds gay marriage ban

A federal judge in Puerto Rico said yes, the territory may in fact keep intact a ban on gay marriage — a ruling that legal minds say could now reverberate among Northeastern states.

October 22, 2014

U.S. turns over Marine suspected of murder to Philippine military

The U.S. military turned over a Marine, who was suspected of brutally killing a transgender Filipino, to the Philippine military on Wednesday, putting to end a long-simmering dispute between the two governments.

October 22, 2014

Anthony Weiner: I’m doing what it takes to ‘be a good house-husband’

Anthony Weiner, the disgraced sexting lawmaker who lost his New York City mayoral bid, admits that he's probably seen his last political office days but that he's fine with that -- he's committed to being the best "house-husband" he can be, he said.

October 21, 2014

Red-light cameras slapped down by Florida court

A Florida District Court of Appeals judge ruled recently that red-light camera companies can't issue tickets, a decision that slaps back the right of private firms to mail fines to motorists.

October 21, 2014

Ohio faithfuls get last laugh at ACLU suit to tear down Jesus painting

In a fight over the school display of a Jesus painting, the American Civil Liberties Union may have won the battle, but a handful of Ohio faithfuls seems to have won the war.

October 21, 2014

Hollywood’s Cybill Shepherd: I’m once again ‘talking with Jesus’

Actress Cybill Shepherd said she was born a Christian, turned away from praying during her rising Hollywood years, but has since rekindled a relationship with Jesus — and just shortly after was tapped to act in a film about redemption.

October 21, 2014

White House secrecy extends to the chef, who refuses to name the Obamas favorite foods

President Obama's penchant for keeping information under wraps extends all the way to the staff in the White House kitchen.

October 21, 2014

America’s $7.6B war on opium in Afghanistan failing: inspector general

America has spent about $7.6 billion to battle opium growth and trade in Afghanistan over the past 10 years — but it's been largely a moot effort, a new inspector general report found.

October 21, 2014

Rand Paul, Ron Paul bring clashing views of Ebola to the table

When it comes to Ebola, tea party darling Sen. Rand Paul and his doctor dad, the former libertarian-turned-Republican Rep. Ron Paul, view it 180 degrees differently.

October 21, 2014

Taliban spokesman fired for vowing allegiance to Islamic State

The spokesman for the Pakistan Taliban, Shahidullah Shahid, has been formally fired because he took a pledge of allegiance to the Islamic State.

October 21, 2014