Senate lawmakers on Tuesday voted to block a bill that aimed to rein in federal surveillance of electronic communications, all but killing prospects for the legislation to become law this year. The Senate voted 58-42 against moving forward on the USA Freedom Act, failing to garner the requisite votes despite an unusual coalition of Democrats and Republicans eager to end […]

One of the issues that killed the Senate’s hated “Gang of Eight” amnesty for illegal aliens bill was that it allowed the amnestied illegal aliens to immediately access public benefits reserved for citizens and legal immigrants. House conservatives correctly argued that the “Gang of Eight” bill and its various House companion bills would allow illegal aliens immediate access to Social […]

Al Sharpton owes millions in state and federal liens, according to a New York Times report out today about the activist and MSNBC host’s finances. Sharpton owes more than $4.5 million and has “regularly sidestepped” his financial obligations, the report finds. His advocacy group National Action Network has not paid federal payroll taxes for years, and has “repeatedly failed” to […]

Earlier on Tuesday evening, it was reported that hundreds of right-wing activists gathered for a rally to protest the Jerusalem synagogue terrorist attack that led to the murder of four Jewish Israeli men. Ten right-wing activists, four of them teenagers, were arrested for disturbing order and not complying with Police orders during a rally at the Bride of Strings at […]

An officer who was fatally wounded in the attack on a synagogue in Jerusalem dies of his wounds. The death toll in Tuesday’s terrorist attack at a synagogue in the Har Nof neighborhood of Jerusalem has risen to five, after an officer who was fatally wounded in the attack died of his wounds Tuesday night. The latest victim has been […]

Nearly 89 percent of Arabs in Israel support Hamas and other terrorists firing rockets from the Gaza Strip at Israeli civilians, according to a new poll conducted by the “Palestinian Center for Public Opinion” (PCPO). The poll of 1,000 Arabs in the Gaza Strip found that 88.9 percent of those surveyed supported “the firing of rockets from Gaza at Israel,” […]

Just hours after four Jews were murdered praying at a synagogue in Jerusalem’s Har Nof, a young Jew in his 20s was attacked by two Arab assailants armed with iron bars in Jerusalem’s Old City on Tuesday night. The attack took place at the Old City’s New Gate, located in the north-western corner of the Old City and not far […]

24 Jewish orphans were created today. Family of murderers call attack ‘normal thing for every man belonging to Islam,’ residents promise more attacks; police seal neighborhood. The families of cousins Uday and Rassan Abu Jamal in Jerusalem’s Jabel Mukabar celebrated wildly on Tuesday, after learning that the two had murdered four Jews and wounded eight others with hatchets, knives and […]

בס”ד Not only the Arab Nazi terrorists are responsible for today’s massacre in Jerusalem. The Netanyahu-Yaalon-Lieberman-Bennett-Lapid regime in Israel is also responsible. Four Jews were brutally murdered and five more are in critical condition after Arab Nazi terrorists entered a synagogue in Jerusalem with meat cleavers and guns to slaughter the unarmed Jewish worshippers. The evil Netanyahu regime gives millions […]

MKs and public officials have begun to issue official responses to the brutal massacre of praying Jews at a Har Nof, Jerusalem synagogue Tuesday morning. “The shocking massacre in a Jerusalem synagogue this morning are the unfortunate sum of the [so-called] “Palestinian” position: the more we toughen our stance and call for tensions to calm, the more the brutal incitement […]

Four people are dead and thirteen people are injured Tuesday morning, after two Arab terrorists entered a synagogue on Agassi Street in Jerusalem’s Har Nof neighborhood bearing guns, axes, and knives. The terrorists began attacking worshippers, stabbing them, before opening fire.  The seething situation in Jerusalem took a turn for the worse early Tuesday morning when Arab terrorists in Israel […]

An alleged fatwa banning women from touching bananas and cucumbers is making the rounds through Muslim listservs. The religious directive forbids women from handling bananas or cucumbers, because their phallic shape may “make them think of sex,” according to The Times of India. “If women wish to eat these food items, a third party, preferably a male related to them […]

[CBS] – Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon signed an executive order activating the Missouri National Guard on Monday afternoon. According to a news release, the role of the National Guard is to “…support law enforcement during any period of unrest that might occur following the grand jury’s decision concerning the investigation into the death of Michael Brown.” “As part of our […]

Obama lies to defend Islam. What is interesting is that the “Islam State” terrorist group quotes the Koran to defend their barbaric actions. “ISIL’s actions represent no faith, least of all the Muslim faith which Abdul-Rahman adopted as his own,” Obama wrote. “Today we grieve together, yet we also recall that the indomitable spirit of goodness and perseverance that burned […]

“Because of what I did, Jews feel less secure.” That’s a comment from avowed white supremacist F. Glenn Miller Jr., 73, of Aurora, Mo., who told the Kansas City Star that he went to Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City and a nearby Jewish retirement home last year “for the specific purpose of killing Jews.” The founder of the Carolina […]

JERUSALEM –  An internal [and anti-Semitic] European Union document proposes a series of unspecified “actions” that could punish Israel for its settlement activities in the West Bank and east Jerusalem. The document calls for unspecified moves against European companies operating in Israeli settlements as well as a refusal “to engage with settlers,” including politicians and public figures who oppose the […]

Suicide of Jerusalem Arab bus driver’s suicide gives rioters another excuse to attack police. Jerusalem Arab rioters hurled firebombs and rocks at police Sunday night and Monday to protest an almost certain suicide of an Arab bus driver who [so-called] “Palestinian” Authority propagandists said was executed: by “settlers.” One child was lightly wounded Monday morning by a rock, but no […]

Environmental Protection Agency chief Gina McCarthy told reporters Monday morning that the so-called pause in global warming was not representative of the broader trends in climate, which she says point to global warming. “That is a short-lived issue that doesn’t represent climate,” McCarthy told reporters at a breakfast hosted by the Christian Science Monitor, adding that many other factors show […]

Among influential U.S. political tweeters, President Barack Obama is the undisputed king of the fake followers. A MailOnline analysis ranks his sizable Twitter following as the most deceptive total among the 21 most influential accounts run by American politicians: More than 19.5 million of his 36.9 million Twitter followers are accounts that don’t correspond to real people. The four phoniest […]

The State Department has shut down its entire unclassified email system after a suspected hacker attack, the latest in a string of federal agencies to suffer a security breach. A senior State Department official told Fox News on Sunday that the department recently detected “activity of concern” in its unclassified system, but its classified system was not compromised. The Associated […]

A surgeon who contracted the Ebola virus while working in Sierra Leone died Monday at a Nebraska hospital where he was being treated in a biocontainment unit, the facility said in a statement. A statement released Monday by Nebraska Medical Center said Dr. Martin Salia “has passed away as a result of the advanced symptoms of the disease.” Hospital spokesman Taylor […]

Muslims in England have launched a poster campaign across the UK proclaiming areas where Sharia law enforcement zones have been set up. Communities have been bombarded with the posters, which read: ‘You are entering a Sharia-controlled zone – Islamic rules enforced.’ The bright yellow messages daubed on bus stops and street lamps have already been seen across certain boroughs in […]

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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors announced Friday the resignation of postmaster general and CEO Patrick R. Donahue on the same day it reported a $5.5 billion loss in fiscal year 2014. The chairman of the Postal Service Board of Governors, Mickey D. Barnett, called Donahue a visionary leader who worked tirelessly to move the organization forward […]

Hamas praised the stabbing in Jerusalem of a 32-year-old man near the Old City on Sunday evening, and considers it “a natural response to the crimes of the occupation” according to Al Resalah. According to spokesman Micky Rosenfeld, the attack took place shortly after 6 p.m. on Hanevi’im Street, where the suspect fled by foot toward Damascus Gate. Shortly after […]

A Jewish man was stabbed by an Arab terrorist in Jerusalem on Sunday night, on Haneviim street – the latest in a string of terrorist attacks to hit the capital. The perpetrator, a 32-year-old Arab man, fled in the direction of the Damascus Gate (Sha’ar Shechem). Jerusalem police forces have set up roadblocks and begun an extensive search to locate […]

The Islamic State terror group has posted a graphic new video purporting to show the beheading of Peter Kassig, a former Army Ranger who became an aid worker in the midst of Syria’s bloody civil war. In the nearly 16-minute video uploaded to social networks on Sunday, a black-clad militant with his face concealed stands before a severed head that […]

JTF was right again. We told you so… more than 6 years ago. We told you Obama would be a horrible failure and would damage this country. Now the left admits it.   On Friday’s “The O’Reilly Factor” on the Fox News Channel, host Bill O’Reilly sparred with Comedy Central “The Daily Show” anchor Jon Stewart over the results of […]

Jihadi John, the Briton who beheaded two British and two American hostages held by Islamic State terrorists, has been injured in a US-led air strike, according to reports received by the Foreign Office. The masked ‘executioner’ with a London accent is believed to have narrowly escaped death when he attended a summit of the group’s leaders in an Iraqi town […]

The federal government has significantly expanded undercover operations in recent years, with officers from at least 40 agencies posing as business people, welfare recipients, political protesters and even doctors or ministers to ferret out wrongdoing, records and interviews show. At the Supreme Court, small teams of undercover officers dress as students at large demonstrations outside the courthouse and join the […]

Brendan Bordelon at the Corner notices that somebody is being a little bit less than subtle about 2016 now that the Battle of 14 is but a pleasant memory. At an American Federation of Teachers event in Washington D.C., on Thursday, Vice President Joe Biden subtly undercut Hillary’s oft-repeated claim that the Clinton economy sustained a vibrant middle class. “The […]

The United Arab Emirates has officially designated 83 groups as terrorist organizations, including two based in the U.S., the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the Muslim American Society. UAE’s cabinet made the announcement following a meeting on Saturday. Other groups designated as terrorists include al-Qaida, al Nusra, Boko Haram and the Muslim Brotherhood. CAIR’s designation is interesting given its […]

The Sierra Leone doctor who contracted Ebola while working in the country arrived Saturday in the United States for treatment at a biocontainment unit where two others have been treated successfully. Dr. Martin Salia, who was diagnosed with Ebola on Monday, landed at Eppley Airfield in Omaha on Saturday afternoon and was being transported to the Nebraska Medical Center. A […]

Arab MKs are among the Israeli Arabs readying to protest in Umm Al-Fahm Friday, as frustrations build in the Arab city over the Temple Mount and the shooting of terrorist Participants not only include Umm Al-Fahm residents, but also MKs Hanin Zoabi , MK Jamal Zahalka , and MK Afu Agbaria – as well as Sheikh Raed Salah, the leader […]

The Swedes borrow 10,000,000 kroner per hour to finance Muslim immigration. They have imposed the sharia by criminalizing criticism of Islam. The sharia-compliant media does not report on such things. Good to see the Daily Caller finally covering it — even if it took them years to do it.  Atlas has had extensive coverage since 2008. Sweden: Police lured into […]

Hours after a hassidic Jew from the Belz sect was stabbed in the neck in Antwerp, Belgium, a friend of his told Arutz Sheva the injury was not as bad as initially reported. He has been released from the hospital to his home and his condition is good, said the friend. The identity of the suspect is not known, he said, […]

Following the demand by neo-Nazi ‘Die Rechte’ party, the mayor of the German city of Dortmund asked authorities to ban the party. The party reportedly demanded that the mayor send a list of the city’s Jews, a request that the mayor promptly refused, news site Ynet reported Saturday. According to various reports, the party, known as Die Rechte, sent a […]

Hey, it’s not his money. No longer constrained by pending elections, Obama is aggressively moving to advance his far left agenda, in spite of the American public’s best interests. Barack Obama will announce a three billion dollar taxpayer funded US contribution to the world climate change fund. The New York Times reported: The two announcements, both unveiled at prominent global […]

Last year wasn’t the only record low temperatures. The Northwestern and Midwestern USA was hit by an unusually early, mid-November winter storm that buried cars and sent damaging winds and subzero temperatures from Oregon, whipped westward into Montana, and left Illinois with snow flurries and freezing temperatures Thursday. Before it is over this winter storm will deliver snow from Oregon […]

The deadline for a final and comprehensive nuclear deal between the Iranian leaders and the six world powers (the P5+1: China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States) is approaching in less than two weeks on November 24th . It seems that the White House is also investing in the notion that after a final nuclear deal is […]

On Friday, the Washington Examiner reported that according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a full 85.9 million Americans had said they did not want a job last month – 93 percent of all of those who had dropped out of labor force. The labor force participation rate in the United States is at a three-decade low thanks to President Obama’s job-killing economic […]

Leftist speech suppressors are at it again, but this time they’re apparently being subsidized by the American taxpayer. On Monday, House Committee on Science, Space and Technology Chairman Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) sent a letter to the head of the National Science Foundation (NSF), demanding information about the nearly $1 million spent on the “Truthy” data-mining project that monitors political speech on Twitter. “The […]

No less a Democratic figure than long-time Obama advisor and campaign guru David Axelrod is warning Hillary Clinton that he is starting to see dark shades of the 2008 race casting a pall over the purportedly inevitable 2016 presidential nominee. Speaking at a Wall Street Journal breakfast, Axelrod warned Clinton that she needs to stop playing it safe and emerge […]

[NBC News] – Doctors are about to treat their 10th Ebola patient on American soil — a Sierra Leonean surgeon with U.S. residency who will be flown to Nebraska on Saturday for treatment, according to a federal official. Dr. Martin Salia would be the third patient treated at Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. A spokesman said in a statement Thursday […]

ISA reportedly intimidating right-wing activists, attempting to recruit informants; rights group condemns ‘totalitarian’ tactics. The Israel Security Agency (ISA or Shin Bet) is cracking down at Ben Gurion International Airport – not on terrorists, but on religious nationalists. Right-wing activists told Walla! News Friday that they and their families are being specifically targeted at Israel’s only international airport when they return from […]

ISTANBUL (Associated Press) — Militant leaders from the Islamic State group and al-Qaida gathered at a farm house in northern Syria last week and agreed on a plan to stop fighting each other and work together against their opponents, a high-level Syrian opposition official and a rebel commander have told The Associated Press. Such an accord could present new difficulties […]