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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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United Nations African Mission In Darfur, UNAMID soldiers patrol the refugee camp of Zamzam at the outskirts of the Darfur town of el Fasher, Sudan Tuesday, April 13, 2010.The hybrid peacekeeping mission in Darfur said four soldiers are missing for the past 24 hours in South Darfur.(AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

U.N. peacekeeper shot dead, 2 injured in Darfur attack

The United Nations said one peacekeeper was killed and two others injured in a Friday attack by unidentified gunmen in East Darfur.

April 19, 2013

** FILE ** A U.S.-made Patriot missile is launched during in Ilan County, 49 miles west of Taipei, Taiwan., on July 20, 2006. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

U.S. to deploy Patriot missile batteries on Jordan-Syria border

An unnamed Jordan source said the U.S. military agreed on Friday to the country's request to put Patriot missile batteries along the border with Syria.

April 19, 2013

** FILE ** Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, 2nd left, Prince Charles, left, and Prince William, and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge appear on the balcony of Buckingham Palace in central London, Tuesday, June 5, 2012, to conclude the four-day Diamond Jubilee celebrations to mark the 60th anniversary of the Queen's accession to the throne.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Fitch ratings strips Britain of top AAA score

Fitch Ratings agency downgraded Britain's rating on Friday from triple-A to AA+, a recognition of the nation's weak economic future and growing debt.

April 19, 2013

** FILE ** Former Republican Representative from Florida, Allen West. Associated Press)

Allen West: Can we investigate radical Islamic terror now?

Former Florida Rep. Allen West issued a scathing statement on his Facebook page Friday, in response to the ongoing manhunt for one of the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings.

April 19, 2013

This combo of photos released by the FBI early Friday April 19, 2013, shows what the FBI is calling Suspects No. 1, left, and No. 2, right, walking through the crowd in Boston on Monday, April 15, 2013, before the explosions at the Boston Marathon. (AP Photo/FBI)

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s father warns ‘all hell will break loose’ if son killed

Anzor Tsarnaev, the father of the two suspects in the Boston bombings, called on his 19-year-old son, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, to give up peacefully.

April 19, 2013

**FILE** United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (Associated Press)

Evidence exists that Syria used chemical weapons, Britain and France tell U.N.

There is evidence that Syria's government forces used chemical weapons in several areas around Homs, Aleppo and even Damascus, British and French diplomats told the U.N. on Friday.

April 19, 2013

Mangled metal and crushed vehicles are all that remains at the blast site of the fertilizer company, Thursday, April 18, 2013, in West Texas. (AP Photo/The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Paul Moseley)

Authorities pull 13 dead from Texas plant explosion

Authorities recovered Friday the bodies of 13 people who were killed in a fertilizer plant explosion that rocked the town of West, Texas, earlier this week.

April 19, 2013

** FILE ** Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf addresses his party supporters on April 15, 2013, at his house in Islamabad. (Associated Press)

Police take Pakistan’s Musharraf into custody

Police arrested former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on Friday, a day after a judge revoked his bail and he fled back to his gated compound in a dramatic SUV escape.

April 19, 2013

This combo of photos released by the FBI early Friday April 19, 2013, shows what the FBI is calling Suspects No. 1, left, and No. 2, right, walking through the crowd in Boston on Monday, April 15, 2013, before the explosions at the Boston Marathon. (AP Photo/FBI)

Boston ‘bombers are brothers’ from Chechnya; police name both

The two suspects involved in Monday's marathon bombings in Boston were brothers and hailed from overseas, various media reported Friday.

April 19, 2013

Police officers walk near a crime scene Friday, April 19, 2013, in Watertown, Mass. A tense night of police activity that left a university officer dead on campus just days after the Boston Marathon bombings and amid a hunt for two suspects caused officers to converge on a neighborhood outside Boston, where residents heard gunfire and explosions. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Boston area shuts transit, schools as manhunt spreads through Watertown

Hundreds of Boston-area commuters were stranded Friday, as transit police shut down the entire MBTA system of commuter rail, bus and subway services to comb for Suspect No. 2 who wore the white hat in the marathon bombings.

April 19, 2013

** FILE ** Venezuelan Interim President Nicolas Maduro holds the official certificate declaring him the winner of the presidential election, at the Electoral Council in Caracas, Venezuela, on Monday, April 15, 2013. The nation's government-friendly Electoral Council quickly certified the razor-thin presidential victory of the late President Hugo Chavez's hand-picked successor over challenger Henrique Capriles. (Associated Press)

Venezuela council concedes to audit of election

Facing stiff outcry about election fraud, Venezuelan authorities agreed Friday to go forth with an audit of votes.

April 19, 2013

Officials address the media during a news conference in Watertown, Mass., Friday, April 19, 2013. Officials are urging residents of Watertown and surrounding towns to stay indoors. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Police warn Boston suburbanites: Lock your doors, suspect armed with explosives on body

Police in the Boston suburb of Watertown are combing the streets in an intense manhunt for Suspect No. 2 who wore a white hat in the marathon bombings, warning residents early Friday morning not to open their doors.

April 19, 2013

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Delaware’s Christine O’Donnell keeps doors open for political run

Former U.S. Senate hopeful and tea party favorite Christine O'Donnell isn't shutting the door on a future run for office.

April 18, 2013

Philadelphia Phillies relief pitcher Jonathan Papelbon pitches to the Miami Marlins during a baseball game in Miami on Sunday, April 14, 2013. The Phillies won 2-1. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Phillies pitcher Jonathan Papelbon: Obama ‘wants to take our guns’

Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Jonathan Papelbon, a World Series-winning right-hander with the Boston Red Sox in 2007, stole headlines Thursday — not for his earned run average, but rather for his political views.

April 18, 2013

**FILE ** Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (Associated Press)

Wisconsin’s Scott Walker quietly tops list of GOP favorites for White House

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is the sleeping lion in a list of possible Republican candidates for president in 2016, surging to the top of some politicos' lists who see his scandal-free past as a big boon.

April 18, 2013

** FILE ** The late Bob Ross, host of the PBS series "The Joy of Painting." Ross died in 1995. (AP Photo/Copyright Bob Ross Inc. ® The Joy of Painting)

‘EGO Act’ targets lawmakers who spend big bucks on taxpayer-funded portraits

Portraits of congressional members cost $40,000 a pop and a Republican lawmaker from Louisiana is wondering: Why should taxpayers be paying for this?

April 18, 2013

**FILE** Rep. Michele Bachmann, Minnesota Republican, speaks at the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md., on March 16, 2013. (Associated Press)

Rep. Michele Bachmann’s ex-staffer to testify: Campaign broke funding rules

The former chief of staff for Rep. MIchele Bachmann is set to testify that her presidential campaign paid a Kansas politico to work her, in violation of campaign ethics.

April 18, 2013

Chicago sinkhole swallows three cars, injures man

A sinkhole on the southeast side of Chicago swallowed up three vehicles Thursday morning, injuring one person who had to be pulled from the hole.

April 18, 2013

** FILE ** Syrian President Bashar Assad (Associated Press)

Syria’s Bashar Assad says U.S. will rue backing of al Qaeda rebels

The United States is making a monumental mistake in supporting Syrian rebel forces because they're aligned with al Qaeda and they sooner or later will strike at Europe and at America's heartland, Syrian President Bashar Assad said.

April 18, 2013

Koshik, a 22-year-old Asian elephant, puts his trunk in his mouth to modulate sound next to his chief trainer, Kim Jong-gab, at the Everland amusement park in Yongin, South Korea, on Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. Koshik can reproduce five Korean words by tucking his trunk inside his mouth to modulate sound. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Move afoot at Yale to give personhood protection to apes, elephants

Yale University is hosting a conference to debate the merits of granting personhood to animals, with input from one featured speaker who doesn't even consider human babies worthy of protection until they're a month old: ethicist Peter Singer.

April 18, 2013