1776 COALITION 07/02/2015

Goodbye General Lee! TV Land is yanking the 1980s show Dukes of Hazard amid controversy over the Confederate flag, which is prominently displayed on the roof of the Duke Boys’ car, named the General Lee. The move, reported by TheWrap, comes as the... Read More Congressional pressure building on Obama as Iran talks drag out The Obama administration's decision to send Iranian nuclear talks into overtime is triggering a backlash on Capitol Hill, as congressional Republicans warn Tehran is exploiting the situation and moving the goalposts. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., called on the... Read More State Dept. withholds ‘classified’ info from Clinton emails, despite claim of ‘no classified material’ A State Department spokesman said Wednesday that details from 25 emails were deemed classified and withheld from the 3,000-page trove of Hillary Clinton documents released overnight -- despite the former secretary of state claiming she never sent classified material on... Read More US blocks attempts by Arab allies to fly heavy weapons directly to Kurds to fight Islamic State The United States has blocked attempts by its Middle East allies to fly heavy weapons directly to the Kurds fighting Islamic State jihadists in Iraq, The Telegraph has learnt. Some of America’s closest allies say President Barack Obama and other... Read More Obama takes health-care victory lap in Tennessee NASHVILLE — If last week was Barack Obama’s best week as president, Wednesday felt a bit like a victory lap. In the morning, the president celebrated a final agreement with Cuba to reopen the long-shuttered U.S. embassy in Havana. A... Read More Consider Syria IS strikes, defence secretary urges MPs MPs should consider allowing Britain to bomb Islamic State targets in Syria, the defence secretary is to say. The RAF has been carrying out strikes in Iraq since September but Michael Fallon will say Parliament should look at the case... Read More