GOP USA MIDDAY REPORT 05/18/2015

Lindsey Graham: I'm running because I think the world is falling apart South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham all but confirmed Monday that he will run for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, saying he believes he'd be the best commander in chief amid continued Middle East unrest.

CA liberals shocked when Linda Sanchez utters Indian war cry A California congresswoman has been sharply criticized for making a stereotypical "war cry" sound when referring to Native Americans at a political meeting.

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Obama bans some military-style equipment provided to police Nine months after police in riot gear dispelled racially charged protests, President Barack Obama is prohibiting the federal government from providing some military-style equipment to local departments and putting stricter controls on other weapons and gear distributed to law enforcement.

Obama blasts Israel, touts lifting Iran sanctions in Saudi paper Soon after Saudi Arabian Premier King Salman snubbed President Barack Obama's invitation to attend a Gulf leaders summit at Camp David, the commander-in-chief interviewed for the first time with an Arabic media outlet -- blasting Israel for its conflict with the Palestinians and promoting his nuclear deal to lift sanctions against Iran.

'Paddle in Seattle' protesters gather against Shell oil rig After raising a "climate justice now" sign in Elliott Bay, a flotilla of hundreds of kayaks, sailboats and canoes paddled up the Duwamish River on Saturday to get as close as possible to Shell's Arctic oil-drilling rig moored at Terminal 5.

Paul Ryan says Amtrak spending cuts not to blame in Philadelphia crash As the FBI continued to investigate whether a projectile hit the Amtrak regional train that derailed outside Philadelphia on Tuesday, killing eight people and injuring more than 200, Congressman Paul Ryan once again rejected criticism of reductions in spending on the rail network which has mushroomed since the fatal accident.

Hundreds of Kenyan pastors to Obama: Stop preaching homosexuality Hundreds of Kenyan pastors have had enough of President Barack Obama's aggressive push for African nations to forsake their religious convictions and fully embrace homosexual behavior and same-sex "marriage."