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Associated PressSeptember 27, 2016

In a combative opening debate, Hillary Clinton emphatically denounced Donald Trump Monday night for keeping his personal tax returns and business dealings secret from voters and peddling a “racist lie” about President Barack Obama. Businessman Trump repeatedly cast Clinton as a “typical politician” as he sought to capitalize on Americans’ frustration with Washington. Locked in […]

Mitch PerryAugust 15, 2016

After Debbie Wasserman Schultz had accused her Democratic congressional opponent, Tim Canova, of wanting to disarm Israel, Canova changed the wording on his website. But Wasserman Schultz is not taking her foot off the pedal on the issue. “The best way to protect American and Israeli security is to focus on disarming those actors who […]

Tom JacksonJuly 15, 2016

There is no shortage of terms to describe what happened on the Riviera promenade in idyllic Nice, France, Thursday night. Grisly. Barbaric. Hateful. Unforgivable. Monstrous. The list goes on. The one word that no longer applies, however, is this: Unimaginable. We passed the threshold of the inconceivable years ago, probably in September 2001, when Islamist […]

Ryan RayJanuary 21, 2016

A bill sponsored by Sen. Joe Negron to prevent state funding from flowing to organizations that boycott or have divested from Israel on human rights grounds unanimously passed the Senate on Thursday. The bill creates a state list of “scrutinized companies” that boycott Israel to be kept by the State Board of Administration responsible for investing funds from […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 13, 2016

During his State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Barack Obama said we have a robust economy, yet we have a shrinking middle class and economic confidence is low. He said his policies in the Middle East are working well, yet in Syria alone we have thousands of killings and millions of people deserting […]

Associated PressDecember 12, 2015

In a Republican primary increasingly focused on national security, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is painting a picture of a dangerous world that he is the candidate best prepared to lead. “We know that we’re in the midst of the next world war. It’s a world war that’s not going to look like the first […]

Guest AuthorNovember 25, 2015

When President Abraham Lincoln wrote all of his Thanksgiving Proclamations, it was during a time of war. Most of us know the Civil War, maybe not all its ins and outs, but the gist of the deal. The war wrought havoc on the “mystic chords” of national unity that had held the nation together through […]

Associated PressNovember 24, 2015

Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush is coming back for South Carolina for a series of events in the Upstate. The former Florida governor is starting his swing Tuesday with a Salvation Army event in Greenville at 1 p.m. At 3 p.m., he stops by Spartanburg’s Beacon Drive-In, a restaurant that has become a must-see for […]

Associated PressNovember 22, 2015

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says he saw people cheering the Sept. 11 attacks across the river in New Jersey – a claim officials strongly deny. Trump first told the story Saturday at a rally in Birmingham, Alabama, as he pressed the need for greater surveillance, including monitoring certain mosques, in the wake of the […]

Associated PressNovember 20, 2015

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson has said that blocking potential terrorists posing as Syrian refugees from entering the U.S. is akin to handling a rabid dog. At campaign stops in Alabama on Thursday, Carson said halting Syrian resettlement in the U.S. doesn’t mean America lacks compassion. “If there’s a rabid dog running around in your […]

Tag: Middle East

Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump battle fiercely over taxes, race, terror

Debbie Wasserman Schultz hits back on Tim Canova call to disarm Middle East, Israel

Tom Jackson: Reeling from horror that is no longer unimaginable

Senate unanimously passes pro-Israel legislation

Tim Bryce: Obama’s speech shows that he’s living in Fantasyland

Chris Christie casts himself as best prepared to keep America safe

Chris Timmons: Remember, above all, your gratitude

Jeb Bush makes stops in upstate South Carolina

Donald Trump says he saw people celebrating 9/11 in Jersey City

Ben Carson: Refugee program must screen for “mad dogs”