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Cheryl K. Chumley

Cheryl K. Chumley

cchumley@washingtontimes.com

Cheryl Chumley is online opinion editor, commentary writer and host of the “Bold and Blunt” podcast for The Washington Times, and a frequent media guest and public speaker. She is the author of several books, the latest titled, “Lockdown: The Socialist Plan To Take Away Your Freedom,” and “Socialists Don’t Sleep: Christians Must Rise or America Will Fall.” Email her at cchumley@washingtontimes.com.

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** FILE ** Judy Pepenella, a New York resident and member of the Conservative Society for Action, protests the health care reform law Monday outside the U.S. Supreme Court. She said she is part of a group of 50 doctors who filed a friend-of-the-court brief advocating that so-called Obamacare be struck down. (Raymond Thompson Jr./The Washington Times)

Health premiums could hike 400 percent under Obamacare

Prepare your wallet. Health premiums are set to rise by as much as 400 percent under Obamacare. That's according to a new report from the House Energy and Commerce Committee released this week that uses information from the nation's largest health insurance companies to estimate the emerging costs of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

May 14, 2013
Supporters and opponents of Minnesota's gay marriage bill gather in the State Capitol Rotunda in St. Paul as the Senate prepared to take up the issue, Monday, May 13, 2013 in St. Paul, Minn. The bill passed the Minnesota House last week. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Minnesota moves toward gay marriage law

Minnesota senators will likely give the final stamp of legislative approval on Monday to a same-sex marriage bill, the twelfth state in the nation to pass the law.

May 13, 2013
** FILE ** Defense Distributed, a Texas-based group, earlier this month test-fired the first gun — which it calls the Liberator — made with the 3-D printing technology. (defdist.org)

Reporters sneak plastic 3-D printed gun aboard British train

Two Britain reporters were able to sneak a plastic gun made with a 3-D printer past security checkpoints onto a crowded Eurostar train leaving London for Paris, a security test subsequently described by their newspaper as an abject failure.

May 13, 2013

Car bomb near Benghazi hospital kills 9

A car bomb exploded outside a hospital in Benghazi, Libya, on Monday, killing nine people, including three children, said a security official.

May 13, 2013
** FILE ** In this April 23, 2012, file photo, veteran ABC newswoman Barbara Walters arrives to the Matrix Awards in New York. The veteran ABC News anchor is set to announce Monday morning, May 13, 2013, on "The View" that she will retire from TV journalism during the summer of 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, File)

Barbara Walters to retire in 2014

It's official. Longtime news woman Barbara Walters, 83, is retiring from her public faces on television in 2014. Specifically, she's quitting her host role at The View and her on-air journalism duties at ABC.

May 13, 2013
The exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington is seen here on March 22, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

IRS scandal grows to include debt critics

Congressional members have given the IRS until Wednesday to provide copies of all agency communications that include the words "tea party," "patriot," and "conservative."

May 13, 2013