When tribal leaders from Iraq’s Anbar province arrived in Washington in January to seek help in their fight against ISIS, they were all but ignored by the Obama administration. Frustrated and ready to head back home, former President George W. Bush started making calls. Politico has the story. The Hill: Obama War Powers Request Dying […]

Florida Senator and presidential candidate Marco Rubio says congressional authorization for the war against ISIS must be unconditional, and not limited in time or scope, reports The Hill. The Hill: Anarchist Hackers Go to Cyber War with ISIS WaPo: NBC’s Intense Debate Over Whether to Fire Brian Williams WashEx: Shock Poll – Elizabeth Warren Leads […]

President Obama’s proposed war powers bill will ask Congress to approve military action against ISIS anywhere in the world, but would ban “enduring” ground troops, reports Bloomberg’s Seth Rogin. The Hill reports an earlier version banned nearly all ground troops, but ran into Republican opposition. AP: ISIS Boosted by 20k Foreign Fighters in Syria and […]

Probate judges in Alabama defied a federal judge’s decision and the Supreme Court Monday and refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples, reports the Washington Post. Politico: White House Aggressively Lobbies Congress on War with ISIS DC: Republican FCC Commissioner Slams Obama’s “332 Page Plan to Regulate the Internet” NYT: US Seeks Felony Pleas […]

A new report questions the methods scientists have used to calculate global warming, calling it “one of the greatest scientific scandals of all time,” reports Newsmax. British journalist Christopher Booker examined climate data from stations in South America, and found that raw data from the stations from the 1950s were adjusted downward and more recent […]