Cheryl K. Chumley

Republicans demand HHS answer for Obamacare website glitches

Republicans on Capitol Hill are demanding that Health and Human Service head Kathleen Sebelius answer for the massive glitches that have shadowed the Obamacare rollout — even as the White House still tries to downplay the problems.

October 11, 2013

White House signs bill to restore military death benefits

Just hours after claiming the bill wasn’t necessary, the White House has signed onto a measure that restores the $100,000 death benefit given to families of military members killed in action.

October 11, 2013

Pope recalls papal medal for spelling error: It’s Jesus, not ‘Lesus’

The Holy See has called for the return of thousands of his special papal medals after discovering a spelling mistake: It’s not “Lesus.” It’s Jesus.

October 11, 2013

Libya lit up, as car bomb explodes by Swedish Consulate

A car bomb exploded Friday right outside the Swedish Consulate in Benghazi, leaving the building in shambles, government authorities said.

October 11, 2013

Republicans kick off $10M reach-out to Hispanic voters

Republicans on the hunt for Hispanic votes kicked off a $10 million campaign to court the bloc on Thursday, hoping to find the message that resonates before the next election cycle.

October 11, 2013

‘Duck Dynasty’ Willie Robertson: Political office is a potential

Running for a political office is a potential – just not anytime soon, said one of the stars of the popular “Duck Dynasty” show, a Christian-based reality segment of one family’s rise to riches via an invention to aid hunters.

October 11, 2013

Delaware bus overturns, injuring 39 college kids

Nearly 40 University of Delaware students were injured when the bus they were riding overturned on a patch of roadway just south of Wilmington, late Thursday evening.

October 11, 2013

Allen West on Obama: He’s a ‘spoiled brat child’

Former Rep. Allen West took to the media Thursday to give an assessment on the progression of the government shutdown, and President Obama’s leadership skills: He’s throwing a tantrum, acting like a “spoiled brat,” he said.

October 11, 2013

Syrian rebel fighters guilty of war crimes: report

Syrian rebel fighters are guilty of war crimes, and have killed and abducted scores of unarmed civilians during a dozen sieges against villages in Latakia, a human rights group accused on Friday.

October 11, 2013

Utah governor to reopen parks, despite shutdown

The governor of Utah said he’s found a loophole to dodge the federal government’s shutdown order and will open the parts in the state this weekend.

October 11, 2013

Boulder college kids shock reporter, place heavy blame on Obama for shutdown

A reporter for a college news website captured students at the normally liberal University of Colorado giving their take on the source of the government shutdown — and surprisingly, more fingers pointed at the president than the GOP.

October 10, 2013

Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu warns Europe: Don’t ease Iran sanctions

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Thursday against lifting international economic sanctions against Iran, saying the rogue nation will take that cracked door and push it wide open on developing a nuclear weapon.

October 10, 2013

Climate-change study predicts NYC will be ghost town by 2047

By 2058, some of the world's most populated cities will become virtual ghost towns because of irreversible human-induced climate-change devastation, a new study asserts.

October 10, 2013

U.N. members line up to sign mercury treaty

A long-awaited international treaty to curb mercury emissions was adopted at this week’s meeting of world heads in Japan, and U.N. members are now lining up to sign their names to the bottom line.

October 10, 2013

Rep. Gerry Connolly mocks GOP as witch hunters of IRS

Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Virginia Democrat, barely bothered to conceal his disdain for Republicans who wanted to uncover the truth about the targeting of conservative groups and individuals by the Internal Revenue Service when he smugly asked an agency witness giving Capitol Hill testimony Wednesday: Are you a witch?

October 10, 2013

Michele Bachmann: We should try Obama for ‘impeachable offenses’

Rep. Michele Bachmann said President Obama is guilty of enough constitutional offenses that the House ought to pursue impeachment hearings.

October 10, 2013

Richard Branson: Tea partyers need some ‘heavy drug use’

Richard Branson, the billionaire businessman who founded Virgin America airlines, said at a National Press Club panel event Wednesday evening that of all the politicos and players in Washington, D.C., the tea party could benefit the most from taking drugs.

October 10, 2013

Alec Baldwin explodes (again!): Photogs are unconstitutional ‘vermin’ who ‘slither’

Oh, Alec, not again. One of Hollywood's noted leftists, Alec Baldwin — affectionately known among media members as the gift that keeps on giving — waded back into controversy recently with a 500-plus-word penned letter to a local newspaper decrying the very industry that boosts his prestige, the paparazzi.

October 10, 2013

Bill and Hillary Clinton beg Chelsea for grandbabies: ‘It’s unapologetic’

Chelsea Clinton says her parents have not just pressured her to have a baby — they've begged, pleaded and entreated.

October 10, 2013

Egypt denounces U.S. decision to cut aid

A spokesman for Egypt’s foreign ministry adopted a defiant tone on Wednesday in response to the United States’ announced suspension of some aid, calling the decision a mistake and issuing a scathing vow that the country would nonetheless continue its quest for democracy.

October 10, 2013