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Cheryl Chumley is online opinion editor, commentary writer and host of the “Bold and Blunt with Cheryl Chumley” video and audio show for The Washington Times, a Newsmax contributor, and a frequent media guest and public speaker. She is the author of several books, the latest titled “God-Given Or Bust: Defeating Marxism and Saving America With Biblical Truths" and "Lockdown: The Socialist Plan To Take Away Your Freedom.” She's also the co-author with Allen West of the upcoming "America's Second Civil War: Rescuing the Republic From the Unholy Alliance of Marxists, Islamists and Democrats" (April 2027). Email her at cchumley@washingtontimes.com.

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** FILE ** Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem Sunday, April 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Gali Tibbon, Pool)

Arab League sweetens peace deal, puts pressure on Israel’s P.M. Benjamin Netanyahu

The Arab League has sweetened a peace-making deal with Israel, putting the pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reignite talks with coalition members who have more moderate views on Palestinian relations.

May 1, 2013

A woman grieves as she sticks a poster of a portrait of her family member on the wall of a school turned make-shift morgue on Tuesday April, 30, 2013 in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. (AP Photo/Ismail Ferdous)

Death toll from Bangladesh factory collapse passes 400

The death count from a Bangladesh garment factory collapse has risen again, and law enforcement in the country on Wednesday say they've now pulled at least 400 bodies from the rubble.

May 1, 2013

Opposition lawmaker Julio Borges arrives with a bruised face to his political party's headquarters before speaking to the press in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, April 30, 2013. Members of Venezuela's National Assembly say post-election tensions set off a brawl between lawmakers that left Borges badly bruised and bleeding, after he and other opposition lawmakers tried to protest a proposal barring them from legislative activities. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Brawl in Venezuela parliament leaves member bruised, bloody

A member of Venezuela's assembly appeared on state television with a bruised, swollen and bloody head Tuesday evening, after a brawl erupted among lawmakers in a heated session over post-election powers.

May 1, 2013

** FILE ** In this Monday, Sept. 17, 2012, file photo, Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, center, waves to his supporters, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Hezbollah warns: U.S., Israel will not take Syria

The head of Hezbollah sent a clear warning that Syrian rebels were doomed to fail, no matter what aid came from the United States and Israel.

May 1, 2013

**FILE** Everett Dutschke stands in the street near his home in Tupelo, Miss., on April 23, 2013, and waits for the FBI to arrive and search his home in connection with the sending of poisoned letters to President Obama and others. Dutschke, 41, was arrested April 27 at his Tupelo home in connection with the letters, which allegedly contained ricin. (Associated Press/Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)

FBI finds ricin in martial arts studio run by letter-writing suspect

Federal authorities say they've found evidence of ricin in the Tupelo, Miss., martial arts studio that is run by the suspect who's accused of sending poison letters to the president.

May 1, 2013

** FILE ** In this May 4, 2009, file photo, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, left, fights Lamar Fenner of Chicago, in the 201 weight class, during the 2009 Golden Gloves National Boxing Tournament at the Salt Palace, Monday, May 4, 2009. Tsarnaev was identified as a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Rick Egan)

Saudi Arabia warned U.S. in writing about Tamerlan Tsarnaev: Report

The U.S. received a written warning about Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev in 2012 by Saudi Arabia, a government head with the kingdom said Tuesday.

May 1, 2013

**FILE** Hannah Warren, 2, poses with her parents Lee Young-mi and Darryl Warren at Seoul National University Hospital in Seoul on July 13, 2012. Hannah, who was born without a windpipe, received a new windpipe made from her own stem cells in a landmark operation on April 9, 2013, at Children's Hospital of Illinois in Peoria, Ill. She is the youngest patient ever to get the experimental treatment. (Associated Press/The Korea Herald)

Stem cells grow new windpipe for 2-year-old girl facing death

Experimental stem-cell treatment has been credited with saving the life of a 2-year-old girl who was born without a windpipe.

April 30, 2013

A European Union flag waves in the wind in front of the Chancellery in Berlin on Oct. 12, 2012. **FILE**

European bank head: More wealth confiscation on the way

European politicos facing sluggish economic growth will definitely turn to the rich to take their cash, said one banking head, remarking on the potential for repeat in the raid on Cyprus savings.

April 30, 2013

Indian policemen try to remove protestors shouting slogans outside Prime Minister's residence during a protest against the rape of a 5-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, Sunday, April 21, 2013. The girl was allegedly kidnapped, raped and tortured by a man and then left alone in a locked room in India’s capital for two days. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

5-year-old rape victim in India dies

A five-year-old girl recovering in the hospital from a rape in India died on Monday from cardiac arrest.

April 30, 2013

**FILE** Rep. Peter T. King, New York Republican (Associated Press)

Poll: 7 in 10 people say more public cameras needed

Seventy percent of respondents in a Rasmussen Reports poll said more cameras posted in public places are necessary to help secure Americans' safety.

April 30, 2013

** FILE ** Rep. Barbara Lee, California Democrat, addresses the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

13 Democrats: Failing to fix climate change will drive women to prostitution

Failing to address climate change could drive women into prostitution, said 13 House Democrats who signed a resolution saying women are affected more negatively than men by the dramatic weather shifts.

April 30, 2013

Waitress Jasmine Randhawa serves a pepperoni pizza at Mountain Mike's pizza parlor in Palo Alto, Calif., on Friday, April 1, 2011. The nation's service sector, which employs about 90 percent of the U.S. workforce, grew in April, though at the slowest pace since August. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

Pizza reduces cancer risk: study

Eat more pizza. That’s the message from Italian researchers who say eating more of the doughy pie can actually cut the chance for certain cancers.

April 30, 2013

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Israel activates 2,000 reservists for surprise drill against Hezbollah

Israel called up 2,000 military reservists for a surprise exercise to prepare for an engagement with Hezbollah in Lebanon.

April 30, 2013

George Zimmerman, defendant in the killing of Trayvon Martin, arrives in Seminole circuit court, in Sanford, Fla., with his attorney Mark O'Mara, left, for a pre-trial hearing, Tuesday, April 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool)

Flurry of filings complicate George Zimmerman hearing

The court has been besieged by a flurry of last-minute filings in the case of George Zimmerman, whose neighborhood watch shooting of Trayvon Martin is supposed to head to a procedural hearing on Tuesday.

April 30, 2013

Rep. Louie Gohmert, Texas Republican (Associated Press)

Rep. Louie Gohmert: FBI counterterrorism stymied by political correctness

The FBI's counterterrorism unit is stymied by politically correct pressures that push back against investigations based on a suspect's radical Islamic affiliations, one congressman said.

April 30, 2013

** FILE ** Van Jones focused on green jobs, enterprise and innovation as a special adviser on the Council on Environmental Quality.

Ex-Obama czar Van Jones takes to Twitter to tout arrest — that he requested

Former Obama administration green czar Van Jones took to Twitter on Monday to tout his arrest for a courthouse protest against Big Coal — the arrest he asked police to make.

April 30, 2013

** FILE ** Former Rep. Anthony Weiner (Associated Press)

Anthony Weiner: At $500K, ‘I make far less than I should’

Disgraced former Democratic New York Rep. Anthony Weiner said he’s a solid businessman with a family income that’s in the $500,000 range – and that he's worth a lot more.

April 30, 2013

Washington Wizards center Jason Collins (right) battles for a rebound against Chicago Bulls guard Kirk Hinrich during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Chicago on Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Collins has become the first male professional athlete in the four major sports leagues to come out as gay. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

ESPN apologizes for Chris Broussard’s conservative Christian views of homosexuality

ESPN has been pushed to apologize for evangelical views expressed by NBA analyst Chris Broussard, who stated a biblical view of homosexuality during a segment about the coming out of free agent Jason Collins.

April 30, 2013

Glenn Beck (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Glenn Beck: Boston manhunt reminds of Nazi Germany

Nationally known media personality Glenn Beck said the police response to the Boston Marathon bombing attacks reminded of Nazi Germany, with door-to-door searches to root out Jews during the Holocaust.

April 30, 2013

In this view from midtown Manhattan, cranes work on the rising spire on top of One World Trade Center, Thursday, April 25, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

One World Trade Center spire delivery delayed due to weather

Blame it on the weather. The final two sections for the 408-foot spire that's supposed to top the One World Trade Center couldn't be delivered on Monday, as scheduled, because of rainy conditions, Port Authority officials said.

April 30, 2013