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Cheryl Chumley is online opinion editor, commentary writer and host of the “Bold and Blunt” podcast for The Washington Times, and a frequent media guest and public speaker. She is the author of several books, the latest titled, “Lockdown: The Socialist Plan To Take Away Your Freedom,” and “Socialists Don’t Sleep: Christians Must Rise or America Will Fall.” Email her at cchumley@washingtontimes.com.

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House Majority Eric Cantor, Virginia Republican (Associated Press)

Cantor’s language mirrors Obama’s, Teddy Roosevelt’s

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor still wears the Republican pin — but his language may be moving left. According to The Hill, which obtained excerpts of the Virginia Republican's speech a day before he was due to speak at the American Enterprise Institute, Mr. Cantor called for aid for working families using language eerily similar to that of notable Democrats.

February 5, 2013

** FILE ** Former Sen. Chuck Hagel stumbled through his Senate confirmation hearing last week, but Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said “the political knives were out for” him. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Lindsey Graham on Chuck Hagel: He’s ‘clueless’

Sen. Lindsey Graham had harsh words on Monday for Chuck Hagel, President Obama's would-be Secretary of Defense: He's "clueless" on some foreign-policy issues.

February 5, 2013

Leaders of Bangladesh’s largest Islamic party, Jamaat-e-Islami, and activists demonstrate in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Monday, Feb. 4, 2013. The party demanded the scrapping of the International War Crimes tribunal in which top Jamaat leaders are facing trials on charges of crimes against humanity during the 1971 war of independence. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)

Bangladesh erupts in violence after Islamist gets life in jail

Police opened fire on protesters Tuesday as violence erupted in cities in Bangladesh over a war crimes tribunal's sentencing of a key Islamist party leader to life in prison.

February 5, 2013

** FILE ** A member of the Muslim community performs a call to prayer during a rally in New York on Feb. 3, 2012, to demand the resignation of police Commissioner Ray Kelly and police department spokesman Paul Browne. Thirty-three civil rights groups from around America complained to the New York attorney general about police documents that showed the New York Police Department recommending increased surveillance of Shiite mosques based solely on their religion. (Associated Press)

NYPD sued for spying on Muslims

Civil rights lawyers filed a suit against the New York Police Department on Monday, alleging law enforcement has created a climate of fear with its "widespread and intense" surveillance of Muslims.

February 5, 2013

United States’ Lindsey Vonn speeds down the course during the women's super-G course, at the Alpine skiing world championships in Schladming, Austria, Tuesday, Feb.5, 2013. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Skier Lindsey Vonn, Tiger Woods’ girlfriend, tears knee ligaments in horrific crash

U.S. skier Lindsey Vonn crashed at the World Alpine Skiing Championships in Schladming, Austria, according to various media reports.

February 5, 2013

The New York headquarters of ratings agency Standard & Poor's is pictured in 2011. (Associated Press)

U.S. sues S&P ratings agency over housing-market collapse

The federal government has lodged a civil complaint against Standard & Poor's, alleging the ratings agency of driving the mortgage crisis by giving high marks to risky bonds.

February 5, 2013

**FILE** Fans and members of the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers wait for power to return in the Superdome during an outage in the second half of Super Bowl XLVII on Feb. 3, 2013, in New Orleans. (Associated Press)

Memo: Superdome officials warned of electrical problems in October

The cause of Sunday's 34-minute Super Bowl power outage may still be a mystery, but documents show that Superdome officials had been warned months earlier about the subpar electrical system and the need for overhaul.

February 5, 2013

**FILE** Loyalty to Britain is displayed on the home of the mother of Jan Cheek, one of the eight members of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly, in this March 13, 2012, file photo. (Associated Press)

Minister vows Falklands back in Argentina’s hands within 20 years

Argentina's foreign minister said Monday he will bring forth a "diplomatic package" that United Kingdom governing officials couldn't refuse and that within 20 years, Britain will relinquish ownership of the Falkland Islands.

February 5, 2013

The household penny jar seen here Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, in Montreal, may soon become a thing of the past. The phasing-out of the penny will begin Feb. 4, 2013 with the Royal Canadian Mint officially ending its distribution of one-cent coins to Canada's financial institutions. Retailers will round consumer cash transactions to the nearest nickel. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Ryan Remiorz)

Penny-pinching: Canada cuts penny; is our Lincoln coin next?

Canada has dropped penny production. And now some are wondering: Maybe it's time for America to do the same?

February 5, 2013

Secretary of State John Kerry, escorted by staff, waves as he begins his first week on the job, as he arrives at the State Department in Washington, Monday, Feb. 4, 2013. The former chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and presidential candidate, replaces Hillary Rodham Clinton as the top U.S. diplomat. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republican state rep mulls Massachusetts Senate race

Sen. John Kerry's vacated seat may see some Republican competition after all.

February 5, 2013

Dale County Sheriff Wally Olsen answers questions from the media about the close of the hostage crisis during a news conference late Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, in Midland City, Ala. Authorities stormed an underground bunker Monday in Midland City, freeing the 5-year-old boy and leaving his captor dead after a week of fruitless negotiations that left authorities convinced the child was in imminent danger. (AP Photo/AL.com, Jay Hare)

Bunkered 5-year-old Alabama boy back home, ‘looks good’

The 5-year-old Alabama boy who was taken at gunpoint from his school bus and held hostage since Jan. 29 in a bunker is home and doing well, family members said Tuesday.

February 5, 2013

This photo provided by the Erath County Sheriff’s Office shows Eddie Ray Routh. He was charged with murder in connection with a shooting at a central Texas gun range that killed former Navy SEAL and "American Sniper" author Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield, the Texas Department of Public Safety said Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013. (AP Photo/ Erath County Sheriff's Office)

SEAL sniper shooting suspect had 2 mental hospital stays

The suspect in jail for allegedly shooting to death American SEAL sniper Chris Kyle and his friend Chad Littlefield on Saturday has a past that includes two mental hospital stays, according to various media reports.

February 5, 2013

Ohio Gov. John Kasich presents the fiscal year 2014-15 executive budget proposal during a news conference Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)

Ohio’s Gov. Kasich takes heat from conservatives for growing Medicaid

Ohio's Republican governor, John Kasich, is taking heat from fellow party members for announcing Monday he will take federal money to expand Medicaid.

February 5, 2013

President Obama gets ready to toss a football in this photo posted on his Twitter feed moments before the Super Bowl kickoff between the Ravens and 49ers. It was taken in 2010. ** FILE **

Photoshop President Obama at your peril, White House warns — but plenty of fodder is available

A thinly veiled White House threat to Americans against altering a photograph of the president supposedly skeet shooting has pretty much fallen on deaf ears.

February 5, 2013

** FILE ** This Jan. 31, 2005, file photo shows Essie Mae Washington-Williams during a book signing in Washington. Washington-Williams, the daughter of one-time segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond who kept her parentage secret for more than 70 years to avoid damaging his political career, died Monday, Feb. 4, 2013. She was 87. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson, file)

Strom Thurmond’s secret daughter dies

The biracial daughter of the late South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond died Monday morning at the age of 87.

February 5, 2013

** FILE ** In this Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, file photo, Bishop Tawadros, 60, soon to be Pope Tawadros II greets well-wishers, not shown, after being named the 118th Coptic Pope in the Wadi Natrun Monastery complex northwest of Cairo, Egypt. Egypt's Coptic Christian pope has sharply criticized the country's Islamist leadership in an interview with The Associated Press, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, saying the new constitution is discriminatory and that Christians should not be treated as a minority. (AP Photo/Roger Anis, El Shorouk Newspaper, File)

Egypt’s Coptic Christian pope condemns new constitution

Egypt's Coptic Christian pope is coming out in strong opposition to the nation's Islamist leadership, calling the new constitution discriminatory, especially toward Christians, and openly criticizing President Mohammed Morsi for religious remarks.

February 5, 2013

** FILE ** In this Jan. 28, 2013, file photo, Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Menendez's office says he traveled on a plane owned by a Florida physician who is a friend and political donor, but denied that the senator had engaged with prostitutes in the Dominican Republic. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Menendez: Reimbursement of Caribbean flights ‘fell through the cracks’

An embattled Sen. Robert Menendez claimed his failure to reimburse taxpayers for $60,000 worth of flights to the Dominican Republic was simple oversight.

February 5, 2013

** FILE ** In this picture obtained from the Iranian Students News Agency, ISNA, the rocket dubbed "Pishgam," or "Pioneer," is launched, in an undisclosed location in Iran. A gray-tufted monkey strapped in a pod resembling an infant's car seat rode an Iranian rocket into space and returned safely, officials said Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, in what was described as a step toward Tehran's goal of a manned space flight. (AP Photo/ISNA, Mohammad Agah)

Iran vows man in space by 2018

The latest in a recent string of Iranian announcements on its space program came Tuesday, when the country vowed to launch an astronaut by 2018.

February 5, 2013

**FILE** Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a news conference in Moscow on Dec. 20, 2012. (Associated Press/RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

Russia hires Goldman to get rid of graft perceptions

Russia — hoping to overcome its global reputation as a breeding ground for graft — has hired Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to advise on government communications and investor dealings.

February 5, 2013

** FILE ** In this Jan. 28, 2013, file photo, Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Menendez's office says he traveled on a plane owned by a Florida physician who is a friend and political donor, but denied that the senator had engaged with prostitutes in the Dominican Republic. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

New report: Shadow of sex scandal hovers over Menendez

Just hours after Sen. Robert Menendez's office issued denials of the New Jersian's dalliances with prostitutes in the Dominican Republican, a new report has surfaced bearing supposed first-hand knowledge of the alleged incidents.

February 5, 2013