Fox 411: Spanish director Pedro Almodovar’s latest thriller, “The Skin I Live In,” had filmgoers fleeing the theater Thursday night at its gala premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, due to some aggressively violent and disturbing content. The film, which stars Antonio Banderas and budding actress Spanish actress Elena Anaya, focuses on a mad but [...]
Fox News: A year-long investigation by the Fox News’ specials unit has uncovered new and overwhelming evidence that the American cleric, Anwar al-Awlaki, the first U.S. citizen on the CIA’s kill or capture list, was an overlooked key player in the 9/11 plot. Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com In a new hour-long special, “Fox [...]
ABCNews: A Tucson, Ariz., SWAT team defends shooting an Iraq War veteran 60 times during a drug raid, although it declines to say whether it found any drugs in the house and has had to retract its claim that the veteran shot first. Multisource political news, world news, and entertainment news analysis by Newsy.com And [...]
Jerusalem Post: Even though the President’s speech was riddled with seemingly pro-Israel notions, it marked a radical departure from American policy regarding the conflict until now. Israeli society has the proclivity to latch on to a new national fear every month, while quickly forgetting the old one: The February fear of a Muslim Brotherhood takeover [...]
Arizona Republic: A group of local government officials and activists Friday sent a letter to U.S. Attorney for Arizona Dennis Burke urging the federal government to take “immediate action” against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio for alleged misspending and mismanagement within his agency. The group includes county Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox; state Rep. Ruben Gallego, [...]
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Politico: Some Jewish Democrats in Congress are carefully distancing themselves from President Barack Obama’s Thursday Middle East speech, criticizing his call for a two-state solution that would shrink Israel back to borders based on those it had before the “Six Day War” in 1967. Many others have kept their powder dry, suggesting that they neither [...]
Fox News: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in front of President Obama and the media, explicitly rejected the president’s call for a Palestinian state based on the pre-1967 borders. Sitting beside Obama following a private Oval Office meeting, the visiting prime minister said Friday that he values the president’s efforts to advance the peace process [...]
New York Times: WASHINGTON — As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel heads to the White House on Friday for the seventh meeting since President Obama took office, the two men are facing a turning point in a relationship that has never been warm. By all accounts, they do not trust each other. President Obama [...]
(CNNMoney) — By now, you’ve probably heard of the religious group that’s predicting the end of the world starts this weekend. Harold Camping and his devoted followers claim a massive earthquake will mark the second coming of Jesus, or so-called Judgment Day on Saturday, May 21, ushering in a five month period of catastrophes before [...]
Fox News: At least 17 people are dead after Syrian forces fired live rounds into crowds of protesters in the central city of Homs as thousands took to the streets for pro-democracy demonstrations. Witnesses say an 11-year-old boy is among the dead, according to Al-Jazeera. The attack took place after Syria’s secret police drove cars [...]
Mediaite: It is on. A new online campaign ad attacking Mitt Romney has been released, funded by a recently group called Priorities USA Action. Who is that you ask? Well, its founders former Deputy Press Secretary for the White House Bill Burton, and Sean Sweeney, who is former senior adviser to former White House Chief [...]