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Cheryl K. Chumley

Cheryl K. Chumley

cchumley@washingtontimes.com

Cheryl Chumley is online opinion editor, commentary writer and host of the “Bold and Blunt with Cheryl Chumley” video and audio show for The Washington Times, a Newsmax contributor, and a frequent media guest and public speaker. She is the author of several books, the latest titled “God-Given Or Bust: Defeating Marxism and Saving America With Biblical Truths" and "Lockdown: The Socialist Plan To Take Away Your Freedom.” She's also the co-author with Allen West of the upcoming "America's Second Civil War: Rescuing the Republic From the Unholy Alliance of Marxists, Islamists and Democrats" (April 2027). Email her at cchumley@washingtontimes.com.

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First Lady Michelle Obama attends a meeting with Communities In Schools board members at the Ferebee-Hope Elementary School in Washington, D.C., May 13, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Samantha Appleton)

Michelle Obama digs in for GOP ‘assault’ on lunch mandates

First lady Michelle Obama is gearing up to defend her school lunch menus from Republicans in Congress who are calling for a scale-back to the regulations, based on student complaints of going hungry and districts' claims of losing money.

May 27, 2014
Army combat helmets assigned to Soldiers participating in the 2009 U.S. Army Reserve Best Warrior Competition sit at the ready during the Urban Warfighting Orientation Course phase of the competition. U.S. Army photo.

Brain implants: Researchers launch $30M quest to help combat vets

Boston researchers are set to kick off a five-year, $30 million brain implant project based on President Obama's "BRAIN" initiative -- an ambitious Department of Defense project that is aimed at helping combat veterans deal with the mental injuries and stresses of battlefield deployments.

May 27, 2014
** FILE ** Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California Democrat, has characterized the new House select committee tasked with investigating the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, as "a hunting mission for a lynch mob." Democrats have yet to decide if they will appoint any members to the panel. (Associated Press)

Dianne Feinstein jumps on Calif. shooting to slam NRA: ‘Shame on us’

Sen. Dianne Feinstein has taken the recent California shooting by the University of California, Santa Barbara, that left six dead as cause to rally for more gun control, to slam the National Rifle Association's lobby work and to chastise Americans who aren't on board with national background checks.

May 27, 2014
People attend a demonstration calling on the government to rescue the kidnapped girls of the government secondary school in Chibok, in Abuja, Nigeria, Thursday, May 22, 2014. Scores of protesters chanting "Bring Back Our Girls" marched in the Nigerian capital Thursday as many schools across the country closed to protest the abductions of more than 300 schoolgirls by Boko Haram, the government's failure to rescue them and the killings of scores of teachers by Islamic extremists in recent years. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Boko Haram slaughters 20 over nonpayment of Islamist tax

Twenty villagers in northeast Nigeria were slaughtered by Boko Haram terrorists after they couldn't provide the full amount of demanded Islamist tax, a fee pushed on those of non-Muslim belief because they're considered second-class citizens.

May 27, 2014
US Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a statement before a meeting with Cyprus' President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu, at the U.N buffer zone in Ledras palace in the divided capital Nicosia, Thursday, May 22, 2014. Biden is in Cyprus for an official, two-day visit to the ethnically divided island. Biden underscored Cyprus’ potential to become key provider of natural gas to Europe, saying that newly discovered offshore reserves of the fossil fuel represented a unique opportunity for the divided island nation. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Joe Biden’s big advice: ‘Assume every microphone is on’

Vice President Joseph R. Biden — who was once caught slinging the f-word during a lean-in comment to the president about Obamacare — now has some words of wisdom that seem to show he learned his lesson: Always consider the microphones on.

May 27, 2014
Patrons visit the pools at The 9/11 Memorial near the World Trade Center which opened to the public Thursday, May 15, 2014, in New York. President Barack Obama praised the new Sept. 11 museum on Thursday as "a sacred place of healing and of hope" that captures both the story and the spirit of heroism that followed the attacks. (AP Photo)

Grieving visitors scratch graffiti into 9/11 memorial name plaques

Grieving friends and family of those who lost their lives during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers in New York have been scratching graffiti into the bronze name panels at the 9/11 Memorial Museum — and police have been primarily turning a blind eye.

May 27, 2014