Cheryl K. Chumley

Obamacare exemptions to grow to 25M by 2016: report

A new report from the Congressional Budget Office finds that the number of those who don't have to pay fines to opt out of Obamacare — the exempted class — is going to hit 25 million by 2016.

August 7, 2014

Hawaii braces for first direct hurricane hit in 22 years

Hawaiians are buying up supplies and boarding up windows, preparing for the first direct hit of a hurricane in 22 years.

August 7, 2014

Montana newspapers call for Sen. John Walsh to quit race

Montana Sen. John E. Walsh's re-election bid just got a bit tougher, as two newspapers from his home state have called on him to quit or at least stop campaigning.

August 5, 2014

Obama credited with ‘remarkable’ act for taking reporters’ questions

President Obama apparently has dug himself so deep into the black hole called White House public relations that the media world sat up in shock when he actually told reporters at a recent press conference: "I'll take a question," he said.

August 5, 2014

Japanese stem-cell scientist kills himself over scammed research

A famed Japanese stem-cell researcher who co-authored a study that was later retracted was found dead, hanging inside one of his research offices in an apparent suicide case.

August 5, 2014

Muslim lawmaker resigns from British cabinet over handling of Gaza

The first Muslim to serve in the British cabinet resigned Tuesday, citing the government's "morally indefensible" approach to dealing with violence in Gaza.

August 5, 2014

Ron Paul pushes White House for clemency for Edward Snowden

Former Rep. Ron Paul has taken his push for clemency for Edward Snowden to a new level, announcing he's collected more than 37,000 signatures in the past five months -- about a third of what he says he needs to get a White House response.

August 5, 2014

Martin O’Malley says he’s ‘seriously considering’ running against Hillary Clinton

Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley admitted he's "seriously considering" a White House run in 2016.

August 5, 2014

Australia mulls making it a crime to travel to Iraq, Syria ‘without a valid reason’

Australia announced new travel rules for those seeking to go to and from Iraq and Syria, and other terrorist hotspots, as part of a package of counterterrorism initiatives that are expected to cost nearly $600 million to implement.

August 5, 2014

Syracuse University named top party school of U.S. colleges

Move over University of Iowa. There's a new party school in town, and it's called Syracuse University.

August 5, 2014

Republican lawmaker passes out Bibles to 535 in Congress

Republican Rep. Steven Palazzo from Mississippi sent out a copy of the Holy Bible to each and every fellow member of Congress — all 535 of them — as a means of giving out "God's Word" and inspiring deeper policy meditations.

August 5, 2014

John Kerry presses for new climate change rules for farmers, fishers

Secretary of State John Kerry took a turn from international diplomacy to wade into the climate change debate, advising both America and Africa to adopt farming policies that recognize and respond to the "impacts of climate change," he said.

August 5, 2014

New York hospital patient’s Ebola test sets city on edge: ‘It’s scary’

A man who just came back from West Africa and entered a Manhattan hospital to get treated for the same symptoms suffered by Ebola patients has set New York City on edge, awaiting his test results in somewhat of a state of panic.

August 5, 2014

Minnesota mayor, 5, loses re-election bid to 16-year-old

Apparently, 5-year-old Robert "Bobby" Tufts didn't give the people what they wanted. The boy, who served as mayor of Dorset since the age of 3, just lost his re-election bid to an older contender — a 16-year-old.

August 5, 2014

China bans all coal usage, sale in Beijing by 2020

China's latest clean air provision includes the outright banning of all usage and sales of coal in Beijing by the end of 2020.

August 5, 2014

Chuck Schumer presses to ban drone from spying on homes, businesses

Sen. Chuck Schumer said the federal government needs to hurry up and issue guidelines to stop drones from spying on innocent Americans.

August 4, 2014

The New York Times makes history with full-page ad for marijuana

The Sunday pages of The New York Times ran a historical first for the long-running newspaper — a full-page advertisement for marijuana that wasn't placed by an issue advocacy group.

August 4, 2014

Sarah Palin mocks Jesse Ventura: ‘Hey tough guy … your feelings were hurt?’

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin slammed Jesse Ventura for chasing and winning a $2 million defamation judgment against the wide of Chris Kyle, saying his lawsuit was anti-American and "ridiculous."

August 4, 2014

Eric Holder: ‘I will proudly accept that label’ of activist attorney general

Attorney General Eric Holder said in an interview with columnist and political pundit Juan Williams that he considers himself an activist, but there is nothing wrong in maintaining that role while also serving as the nation's highest-ranking law enforcement agent.

August 4, 2014

Obama fingers corporate world as complainers: ‘That’s their job’

President Obama dismissed concerns from the corporate world about White House overregulation, blithely telling an Economist interviewer that CEOs and their ilk always complain — that doing so "was their job," he said.

August 4, 2014