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The Washington Post quickly removed a cartoon of a Hamas terrorist following backlash from some readers branding it 'racist.' The political cartoon, titled 'Human Shields', depicted a large-nosed Hamas extremist with infants, children and women tied to him, as he questioned: 'How dare Israel attack civilians...'

On January 18, the Marine Corps Times criticized the "yield-no-ground attitude toward gun control" and urged veterans to support more gun laws. The Marine Corps Times tweeted, "Veterans should lead the push for more secure gun laws." Veterans should lead push for more secure gun laws https://t.co/Q9LY3qB0b1 - Marine Corps Times (@Marinetimes) January 18, 2016 A link in the tweet takes readers to a January 18 article in the publication, written by former Sgt. Matthew Hess who served in the Marine Corps from 2009-2015.

Columnist and author of “Never Trust a Liberal Over 3-Especially a Republican” Ann Coulter said that Democrats were engaging in a double standard by criticizing Rudy Giuliani while calling Republicans racist on Saturday’s “Fox & Friends” on the Fox News Channel. “Everyone keeps saying ‘oh how you can see into his heart? you can’t say this.’ Gosh, they sure call us racist a lot. Can they see into our hearts? And that’s based on, what? Because Republicans want to cut taxes? Whereas the fact that Democrats, generally do not love their country. I would base [that] on things like Obama...

NEW CANAAN, Conn. – Daisy Franklin of Norwalk was among the nearly 100 protestors who came to the New Canaan home of General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt Saturday to take part in the first known Occupy Wall Street rally in Fairfield County. "I worked in a small Norwalk manufacturing company for 15 years until it was forced to shut down a year ago," Franklin, 55, told the crowd, using a bullhorn. "Now, I get by on less than $200 a week of unemployment for me and my daughter. When you run out of money, you run out of options. So,...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraq is on target to meet by September key political benchmarks set by the U.S. Congress, Iraqi National Security Adviser Mowaffak al-Rubaie said Sunday. Iraqi lawmakers have cut their planned two-month recess in half and will be working six-day weeks for the rest of this month to try to pass the provisions by September, he said. Al-Rubaie disputed a report in Sunday's Washington Post that cited senior U.S. officials as saying the Iraqi government "is unlikely to meet any of the political and security goals or timelines President Bush set for it in January when he...

QUICK LINKS: HOME | NEWS | OPINION | RIGHTPAGES | CHAT | WHAT'S NEW townhall.comTrue GritAnn Coulter (back to web version) June 12, 2003I could hardly breathe. Gulping for air, I started crying and yelling, "What do you mean? What are you saying? Why are the Clintons back again?"Interviewing Hillary Clinton last Sunday night about her book Living History, ABC's Barbara Walters began with such hardball questions as: "Are you a saint?" "[Is it] tougher than being first lady, being a senator?" "You know, you have been working on so many bills with Republicans. ... How do you turn...

Silveira v Lockyer is working its way through the courts. This case may well end up in the Supreme Court. It has the potential to be the biggest Second Amendment case since “Miller” in 1939. Listen to “On Target” tonight at 9 PM Eastern Time. Host, John Bender, will have as his guest Constitutional scholar and attorney, John C. Armor, Esq. They will discuss the potential impact of the case and what the chances are that the Supremes will take it. Tune in to Radio Free Republic tomorrow night. If you value the Second Amendment you will not want to...