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Hagel on Board of Soros Group Pushing ‘Nuke-Free World’

Former Senator Chuck Hagel, President Obama’s nominee for defense secretary, serves on the board of a George Soros-funded group that advocates a nuclear-free world....

Clinton to Testify on Benghazi Attack

Outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is set to testify to Congress next week about the September terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, that killed...

Colorado Swastika Defacements Continue

For the second time in a week, Jews in Colorado were confronted with the ugly and frightening sight of swastikas drawn on a building...

Thousands Rally to Support US Gun Rights, 5 Injured

Thousands of American activists - some carrying carrying rifles and pistols - gathered peacefully on Saturday, January 19, at state capitals across the country...

TSA To No Longer Use Nude Body Scanners at Airports

According to a decision announced on Friday, January 18, the Transportation Security Administration is pulling the plug on its nude body scanner program which...

Florida Congresswoman says Hagel Doesn’t Consider Israel as Ally

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), who has been named to lead the new Middle East and North Africa subcommittee after stepping down as chairwoman of...

New US Travel Warning After Algeria’s Al Qaeda Terror Attack

The United States has issued a travel alert warning its citizens not to travel to Algeria following massive attack by Al Qaeda-linked terrorists in...

Date Set for Chuck Hagel’s Confirmation Hearing

United States lawmakers will have their first chance to formally question Chuck Hagel, President Barack Obama’s controversial defense secretary nominee, on January 31 when...

Obama Calls for Unity and Equality in Inaugural Speech

As he was inaugurated for a second term, President Barack Hussein Obama issued an impassioned call for national unity and equality on Monday, warning...

Obama Announces Executive Order on Gun Control

One month and two days after the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School, President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden took the White House...

Orthodox Jewish Parents Fight to Keep Teen Daughter on Life Support

An Orthodox Jewish Florida couple is fighting to keep their critically ill 19-year-old daughter on life support, claiming that the hospital she is in...

Orthodox Obama Aide Nominated for Treasury Secretary

Jack Lew – President Obama’s Chief of Staff, who was previously known for his economic and budgetary expertise – has been nominated by the...

Presenting the Facts: Hagel on Israel

As controversy continues to escalate over President Obama’s nomination of former Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel (R) for Secretary of Defense, taking a factual glance...

Sale of Torah Bells Heats Up Dispute Between Touro Synagogue & Shearith Israel

The multi-million dollar sale of a set of Torah finial bells dating back to Colonial times has generated a heated dispute between two venerated...

2013: The Worst Flu Outbreak in Over a Decade

The 2013 outbreak of the potentially deadly influenza virus, better known in common parlance as “the flu” has been termed by experts to be...

Obama and Karzai say US Troop Withdrawals to Take Place in Spring

After a meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Friday, January 11th, President Obama said that US troops remaining in the region would transfer...

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