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In what's just more proof that ISIS is by far the most diabolical terrorist organization in the world, Fox News reports that its leaders burned their own jihadists alive because they fled when the Iraqi city of Mosul was attacked by the Iraqi army. ISIS fighters who fled to the terror group's Iraqi stronghold of Mosul after being defeated in Ramadi were burned alive in the town square, sources told FoxNews.com, in an unmistakable message to fighters who may soon be defending the northern city from government forces. Several residents of Mosul recounted the grisly story for stateside relatives,...

Trump says Americans shouldn't let the government turn the West into a federally-owned frontier. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) Forget China, guns or immigration. Donald Trump is taking on a new issue: federal land ownership. In a new op-ed for the Reno Gazette-Journal, the Republican presidential front-runner rails against the "draconian rule" of the Bureau of Land Management and the Obama administration's "land grab" in the western United States. "The BLM controls over 85 percent of the land in Nevada," Trump explains. "In the rural areas, those who for decades have had access to public lands for ranching, mining, logging and energy...

Hugh Hewitt interviews republican presidential candidate Sen Ted Cruz about the nuclear triad and Donald Trump's understanding of it.

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Tue Jan 12, 2016 7:18 Several Blasts Rock Aramco Oil Facilities TEHRAN (FNA)- A number of blasts hit Baqiq industrial city in the Southern Saudi province of Jizan where the kingdom's giant Aramco oil facilities is located. The local residents of Al-Sharqiya region where the Baqiq industrial city and the Aramco oil facilities are located confirmed huge explosions near the huge oil facilities, the Arabic-language media outlets reported on Tuesday. Baqiq industrial city belongs to Aramco oil company which itself is Saudi Arabia's biggest economic enterprise. The oilfields of Aramco, including Qawareh oilfield, are located in Shiite-populated Eastern Saudi Arabia....

At an pro-gun rally today, two heckler's rushed the stage as GOP Presidential hopeful Ted Cruz addressed the crowd. Cruz handled the situation with the calm and cool that we have come to expect from the Texas Senator. "What made everybody so weird and sad that they had to come out here," the heckler said as he stood on stage. "Why is everybody so excited about guns?" Cruz calmly approached the man and placed his hand on his shoulder. "Sir, who are you and what're you doing here?" Cruz asked. "Are you a little bit confused?" At that point, security...

The Iowa Caucus and New Hampshire primary are only a few weeks away; and it is likely that Ted Cruz and Donald Trump will win those first two primary states. This is not altogether surprising, and will not guarantee either of those candidates the nomination, but it will make the road to the nomination much tougher for the rest of the field. It is worth noting that the last time the GOP nominated somebody who did not win either of those two critical early states was 1964, when presidential nominations were a very different process than they are today. Mr....

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Plenty of Texas gun rights advocates celebrated 2016 as the year open carry finally arrived. But for some conservative Catholics, it’s another reason clash with Dallas Bishop Kevin Farrell. The Dallas Diocese forbids parishioners from bringing guns – openly carried or concealed – to their churches. A recent online column by Farrell – described by some as “strident” – has made the Bishop’s critics even more vocal.

The Vermont senator vaults past Clinton in Iowa, as the rivalry heats up for the Democratic nomination. The intensifying rivalry between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders spiked a few degrees on Tuesday with two new polls showing the Vermont senator catching fire in not only his regional stomping ground of New Hampshire but also in Iowa, where Clinton enjoyed a double-digit lead as late as mid-December. Monmouth University's survey of likely New Hampshire Democratic primary voters out Tuesday showed 53 percent expressing support for Sanders, compared to 39 percent for Clinton. In Iowa, Sanders recorded his first victory over Clinton...

Bernie Sanders just won a game-changing endorsement with weeks to go before the first primary ballots are cast. MoveOn, the 17-year-old progressive advocacy group with hundreds of thousands of members nationwide, just overwhelmingly endorsed the Vermont senator's presidential campaign. The endorsement race wasn't even close -- Sanders won 79 percent of the vote with over 340,000 ballots cast. "This is a massive vote in favor of Bernie Sanders, showing that grassroots progressives across the country are excited and inspired by his message and track record of standing up to big money and corporate interests to reclaim our democracy for the...

Polish State TV's "Po przecinku" ("After the comma") program this week reported German officials ordered CCTV video of the Cologne sexual assaults on New Year's Eve be deleted. The segment aired on January 9, 2016. The video was translated to English.

The NFL’s owners are working hard to resolve the L.A. situation, by allowing both the Rams and Chargers to move there. Per multiple reports, it appears that Inglewood will prevail over Carson as the location of the new L.A.-area stadium. The Chargers want to play at a stadium to be built in Carson, but the Rams want to proceed in Inglewood. Sam Farmer of the Los Angeles Times has reported that the Inglewood proposal regarding the Rams plus another team eventually got 20 of the 24 required votes to move; the Carson proposal managed far fewer. It was believed the...

Say goodbye to tipping at Tom Douglas' Dahlia Lounge, Palace Kitchen and The Carlile Room. The entirety of the 20 percent service charge "will be redistributed to our team through wages, commissions and benefits," Douglas said in a news release. Among the goals of the change, he said, is to "provide greater compensation equity for front of house and back of house." (The company said it based the 20 percent figure on average customer tips over the past three years.) And while Douglas's take on Seattle's $15-an-hour minimum wage has not necessarily been positive in the past, he promised, "We...

President Obama delivers his final State of the Union Address to a Joint Session of the U.S. Congress. Republican Response to the State of the Union Address Governor Nikki Haley (R-SC) delivers the Republican response to President Obama's annual State of the Union address.

Metropolitan areas can change in an instant with a major catastrophe. Hundreds of thousands of people could be gone just as quickly. Society could be unraveled by any number of scenarios, and it could leave you stranded, without loved ones and desperate to secure food, water and shelter. Escape to the countryside or a remote location may not be feasible. Could you survive in an urban environment if the SHTF and everything you knew was gone? Rudy Reyes, a veteran Recon Marine, lends his expertise and shows how to survive an urban environment, find resources inside a broken city, all...

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: We've got some new polling numbers in here on the Trump race. TheHill.com/NBC/Wall Street... NBC News/SurveyMonkey poll. Trump's at almost 40% in this one now. Thirty-eight percent. This is nationwide. Trump 38%, Ted Cruz 20%, Marco Rubio 11%, Ben Carson 9%, and Jeb and Christie and Paul are tied at 3%. Three weeks before the Hawkeye Cauci. BREAK TRANSCRIPT RUSH: Donald Trump, in addition now to the NBC/MonkeyBar poll. Whatever that monkey poll is. What the hell is it? Monkey what? SurveyMonkey. Okay, Trump 38%, Cruz 20%. From the New York Times: "Donald Trump Has Commanding Lead...

U.S. Sen. Cory Booker has invited the leader of a Jersey City mosque to be his guest in Washington, D.C., tomorrow as President Obama delivers his final State of the Union address. Booker, D-NJ, announced today that he wants Ahmed Shedeed, president of the Islamic Center of Jersey City, to be his plus-one for the annual speech to show "the boundless capacity of our country to rise above intolerance, fear and discrimination," Booker said in a post on Medium.

Cedar Falls, Iowa Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is holding a rally here at the University of Northern Iowa Tuesday night, and the room was about half full shortly before the event began. Take a look: But when Trump arrived on stage, he claimed the local fire marshall had warned the floor of the event might collapse, and that "hundreds" of people were being turned away at the door.

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