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Lindsey Graham, who couldn't charm his way into contention in a crowded GOP primary race and dropped out a few weeks ago, is back in New Hampshire to help another struggling candidate make his own closing argument. Fewer than 40 people showed up to greet Jeb Bush, with Graham in tow, at a VFW hall here Wednesday afternoon

The FBI is investigating a college professor for possible ties to terrorist groups. He maintains that he is just a Muslim convert who happens to call Osama bin Laden "the greatest." Julio Pino, an associate professor of history at Kent State University in Ohio, is suspected of having ties to the Islamic State group and using his class as a recruitment hub. An FBI spokeswoman confirmed to the Akron Beacon Journal on Tuesday that it is looking into Pino, who also goes by the name Assad Jibril Pino. The agency said there was no immediate threat to the university. "From...

For those interested, Cruz will be on Hannity for an extensive interview tonight.

The Islamic State has called upon Muslim couples who are living in the United States to emulate the San Bernardino shooters and "attack the infidels where they live." The call to arms was published in the English online version of the Islamic State magazine Dabiq, which ISIS uses for propaganda and recruitment globally. The magazine states its mission as promoting unity, truth-seeking, migration, holy war and community. The magazine describes the shooting attack as "unique" since "the Khilafah's (Islamic Caliphate) call for the Muslims to strike the crusaders in their own lands was answered once more" - but this time,...

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: Man, are we loaded today.  I'll tell you right now, it's going to take all three hours and then some.  I'm gonna try to get it all in here in three hours.  Much of today is gonna build on points that I have been making the past two days, evolving, growing, adding evidence to it, all rooted around the question, who is and what is the conservative movement, and why is it apparently behaving so oddly?  I think I can explain this and much else to all of you as the program unfolds today before your very...

EXETER, N.H.-In Iowa, Ted Cruz is under fire from the highest-ranking Republican in the state over his opposition to the ethanol mandate. But Cruz found a friendlier audience for that position in New Hampshire on Wednesday."There should be no mandates, no subsidies whatsoever for any energy source, whether ethanol or oil and gas or anything else," he said at a town hall here after a voter expressed concern that perhaps he was now in favor of the Renewable Fuel Standard. Stressing that he does not support that ethanol mandate, Cruz continued, "Right now I am the only major candidate in...

So the Establishment has to choose between a Sarah Palin endorsed Donald Trump...and Ted Cruz. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

El Paso-area school districts will cancel classes Feb. 17 for Pope Francis' visit to Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, a city directly across the U.S. border. The Ysleta, Socorro and El Paso school districts cited finances, safety concerns, staffing challenges and transportation issues as reasons for closing. A portion of César Chávez Border Highway will be closed during the papal Mass, and district officials say the city's bus and policing resources will be strained.

Clearly human driven climate change and anthropogenic global warming can not be defeated through political action alone. A challenge this monumental will call for more strident measures. With that in mind, the Obama administration has apparently decided to bring in the big guns… literally. The Pentagon has been ordered to “address climate change.” (Free Beacon) A new directive issued by Pentagon leaders mandates that the agency work to "assess and manage risks associated with the impacts of climate change," according to a copy of the Jan. 14 directive issued by Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work.As the Obama administration...

The NFL are 'on track' to deliver a permanent UK-based American football franchise within the next six years, spokesman Mark Waller has insisted. Since 2007, London's Wembley Stadium has been home to the National Football League's International Series by hosting regular-season matches. Jacksonville Jaguars ‒ who are owned by Shahid Khan, the Fulham owner ‒ have played a game a season there since 2013 and now a permanent move for an NFL team appears to be likely.

Rob Riggle gets you on the right bandwagon in this week's edition of "Riggle's Picks."

Sarah Palin is wrong to call Donald Trump a conservative, Jeb Bush said Wednesday. -snip- "Rush Limbaugh and others are now questioning his conservative credentials, and I think they're right," he said. -snip- Bush, who has climbed into a tie with Florida Sen. Marco Rubio for third place in New Hampshire, behind Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, according to a new CNN/WMUR poll, said Trump's attacks come because he knows Bush is a threat. "He's scared of me. He's insecure. He doesn't believe that he can take me on," Bush said.

Just one more moment of disappointment from those we work hard so had to elect (h/t Michelle Malkin on Twitter, Tuesday). This is the Senate roll call vote on the radical judge Wright nomination. Note the bend-over Rs who voted yes. @CR pic.twitter.com/e2EpkK41Sm   — Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) January 20, 2016 First to note: Senators Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio didn’t show up to vote (they’re too busy asking Americans for a promotion). Second to note: Even though Senator Rand Paul is also running for president, he made time to show up and vote on the right side. (Nay) Lastly...

I'm A Lonesome Polecat - Seven Brides for Seven Brothershttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9-jbBbjLUc Lyricist Johnny Mercer said that the musical numbers were written at Kidd's behest, as an example "of how a songwriter sometimes has to take his cue from his collaborators." For example, Kidd explained to Mercer and dePaul his conception of the "Lonesome Polecat" number, the lament of the brothers for the women, and the two worked out the music and lyrics. To perform the electrifying dance numbers and grueling action sequences, choreographer Michael Kidd wanted dancers to portray all six of Adam Pontipee's rough and tumble brothers. Kidd said...

Jeb Bush's campaign is out with a new ad painting a presidential nomination for Donald Trump as a death knell for the Republican Party's chances of defeating Hillary Clinton in November. The ad imagines an Election Day match-up between Trump and Clinton, showing doctored news footage reporting on Trump's election night concession to Clinton after an "unprecedented victory not since Reagan in 1984." It also includes the voices of CNN newscaster Wolf Blitzer and MSNBC's Chris Matthews announcing the Democrat's victory. After footage of Clinton thanking an audience, from her kickoff address this summer, the footage rewinds before the warning...

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder apologized to the residents of Flint for a water crisis that has prompted outrage, federal scrutiny and lawsuits, vowing to seek long-term assistance for the city’s residents. In his State of the State address on Tuesday night, Snyder said he was asking state lawmakers for $28 million to help residents reeling after Flint’s drinking water became contaminated with dangerously high levels of lead. He also vowed to release his emails related to Flint from 2014 and 2015.

LONDON -- Donald Trump doesn't have many fans in Britain's Parliament. But a debate among lawmakers on calls to ban Trump from the country revealed little appetite to close Britain's doors to the provocative Republican US presidential contender. During a three-hour debate Monday, legislators from Britain's main parties stood to call Trump an attention-seeker, a demagogue and a fool. Many, though, argued that he should not be stifled or banned. "While I think this man is crazy, while I think this man has no valid points to make, I will not be the one to silence his voice," said Conservative...

A 24-year-old woman accused of intentionally running down people along the Las Vegas Strip last month could be sentenced to more than 1,000 years in prison if convicted of all the charges she faces, the district attorney said today. Prosecutors today filed additional charges against Lakeisha Holloway, who now faces 71 counts related to the crash that killed one person and injured 35 others.

DETROIT -- Commenting for the first time on the lead contamination in the drinking water of Flint, Mich., President Obama said Wednesday that he "would be beside myself" if he were a parent in the city. Mr. Obama said that in a White House meeting on Tuesday with Flint's mayor, Karen Weaver, "I told her that we are going to have her back, and all of the people of Flint's back, as they work their way through this terrible tragedy." The long-running crisis, which has poisoned dozens of Flint residents, at least, and left tens of thousands of others unsure...

Deja-vu. It is not an English word, but French. However, the word immediately springs to mind when hearing about yet another Western politician or Islam critic, whom some British politicians want to ban from entering their country. Welcome, Donald Trump, in the company of Pamela Geller, Robert Spencer and myself. Both Pamela, Robert and myself have been banned from entering the United Kingdom. In my case, it happened on February 12, 2009. Two highly respected members of the British House of Lords, Lady Caroline Cox and Lord Malcolm Pearson, had invited me to show my 2008 documentary Fitna to members...