1776 COALITION 08/16/2015

What scandal? Clinton downplays email controversy as petty politics; promises transparency Hillary Clinton defended her handling of the 2012 Benghazi attacks and her use of a private email server as secretary of state, dismissing the controversies as “partisan games” in a speech in Iowa on Friday. "They'll try to tell you... Read More SCOTT WALKER PLEDGES TO REPEAL OBAMA’S AMNESTY ON DAY ONE On the David Webb Show on SiriusXM radio, Governor Scott Walker continued to lay out popular reforms to control exploding immigration. Walker told listeners that he would “absolutely” put an end to the sanctuary city policies that have led to... Read More Joe Biden said to be considering one-term presidency If Vice President Joe Biden makes the leap into the Democratic presidential race, he could promise that he would serve just one term in the White House, journalist and author Carl Bernstein said Friday. “And one thing that I keep... Read More Arkansas ending Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Gov. Asa Hutchinson says he’s ending Arkansas’ Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood, despite federal health officials warning other states that such a move could violate the law. The Republican governor on Friday announced the state was... Read More Challenge stops confederate statue move at Univ. of Texas AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas on Friday abruptly canceled weekend plans to relocate a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis after a legal challenge from the same group that recently lost at the U.S. Supreme Court over rejected... Read More Islamic State leader reportedly raped American hostage WASHINGTON – American hostage Kayla Mueller was repeatedly forced to have sex with Abu Bakr Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State group, U.S. intelligence officials told her family in June. "They told us that he married her, and we... Read More