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Cheryl K. Chumley

Cheryl K. Chumley

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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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**FILE** Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, addresses the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Aug. 28, 2012. (Associated Press)

RNC chief Priebus courting Ron Paul wing of GOP

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus says he would be a fool not to court the more conservative wing of the party, and he advocated reaching out to Ron Paul voters.

January 28, 2013
Republican Presidential hopeful Rick Perry speaks with Moderator Bret Baier of Fox News during a commercial break of a Presidential Debate at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

Fox News’ van Susteren fires back at Obama

Fox News host Greta van Susteren isn’t taking lightly criticism from President Obama that her news network — along with conservative radio commentator Rush Limbaugh — is failing America by questioning his policies.

January 28, 2013
** FILE ** President Obama throws out the first pitch to St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols (not pictured) before the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in St. Louis on Tuesday, July 14, 2009. Asked in an NBC "Today" show interview about the well-worn bluejeans he wore at the game, Mr. Obama said, "I hate to shop." (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

Obama derides Rush, Fox News in liberal mag interview

President Obama suggested in an interview with the left-leaning magazine, The New Republic, that conservatives ought to compromise, forget Rush Limbaugh, and fall in line with the Democratic Party's policy platforms.

January 28, 2013
Illustration: Biofuels

EPA loses: Court tosses mandate for biofuels

The Environmental Protection Agency cannot impose lofty cellulosic biofuel standards on the oil industry and then inflict punishments when the mandates aren’t met, a federal appeals court just ruled.

January 28, 2013
In this April 27, 2012 photo, the red paddle wheel of the American Queen steamboat churns as it propels the vessel on a Memphis to Cincinnati cruise on the Mississippi and Ohio rivers in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz)

Oil spill closes part of Mississippi River waterway

Investigators are still trying to determine the location of leak in an oil barge that struck a railroad bridge in Vicksburg, Miss., on Sunday and shut sections of the Mississippi River to traffic.

January 28, 2013
Authorities carry out the court-ordered amputation of the fingers of a convicted thief in a public square in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz on Jan. 24, 2013. The 29-year-old man was convicted for being part of a 10-member gang that carried out burglaries in the city and on charges of having “illegal relations,” according to the Mehr news agency. Iran's legal system, based on Shariah, provides for amputation of limbs for theft. (Associated Press)

Iran finger-chopping machine seen as political strategy

Iran’s new finger-chopping machine may be touted as a punishment for thieves, but at least one human rights official finds it curious that its unveiling comes at a time when elections dawn and political unrest is high.

January 28, 2013

Al Qaeda gunmen refuse to free hostages in Philippines

Al Qaeda-linked gunmen in the Philippines have refused to release a reported seven foreigners they’re holding hostage, as two weeks of negotiations with the government end in failure, according to various media reports.

January 28, 2013
President Barack Obama speaks Thursday during the Organizing for America National Health Care Forum in Washington. (Associated Press)

Obama taps campaign database to sell gun control

Organizing for Action — President Obama’s new nonprofit to bolster his public relations sell of policy to a nationwide audience — has just been handed the golden key of political campaigning: a massive computer database of American voter preferences.

January 28, 2013
President Barack Obama speaks Thursday during the Organizing for America National Health Care Forum in Washington. (Associated Press)

Obama taps campaign donor database to sell gun control

Organizing for Action — President Obama’s new nonprofit to bolster his public relations sell of policy to a nationwide audience — has just been handed the golden key of political campaigning: a massive computer database of American voter preferences.

January 28, 2013
**FILE** Vice President Joseph R. Biden, joined at the White House by Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. (left), holds a meeting Jan. 9, 2013, with gun-safety advocates and victims' families. (Associated Press)

Holder releases first 3 proposed gun rules

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has released the first three of what could be 23 new proposals aimed at strengthening the nation's gun laws, in line with the goals put forth by President Obama during his inaugural address and by executive order.

January 25, 2013