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Donald Trump walked a political tightrope Saturday -- promising in heartland Iowa to help farmers across the country by cutting taxes and federal regulations while continuing his stark appeal to potentially disaffected minority voters in U.S. ier cities. “We are going to end this war on the American farmer,” Trump told the crowd at Iowa GOP Sen. Joni Est’s influential “Roast and Ride” rally in Des Moines. In a roughly 45-minute address in which Trump largely stuck to measured and prepared remarks, the Republican presidential nominee also repeatedly tried to distinguish himself from Democratic rival Hillary Clinton and appealed to evangelicals and others to assist him in helping minor...

FILE: April 26, 2011: NBC host Chris Matthews at the 2011 Time 100 Gala ceremony in New York. (REUTERS) MSNBC’s Chris Matthews has a striking message for disaffected Democrats: Get “excited” about Hillary Clinton’s campaign and the possibility of the party controlling Washington, or “don’t vote.” The “Hardball” host offered the advice on air Tuesday night, while griping about some Democrats’ pessimistic attitude toward the election. “Here’s my question. Why don’t they get excited on the left, and the center-left, about maybe … getting to run the govement for four, or eight years, wiing the House and the Senate, wiing the White House? … Think about wiing big,” Matthews said. He continued...

FILE: April 26, 2011: NBC host Chris Matthews at the 2011 Time 100 Gala ceremony in New York. (REUTERS) MSNBC’s Chris Matthews has a striking message for disaffected Democrats: Get “excited” about Hillary Clinton’s campaign and the possibility of the party controlling Washington, or “don’t vote.” The “Hardball” host offered the advice on air Tuesday night, while griping about some Democrats’ pessimistic attitude toward the election. “Here’s my question. Why don’t they get excited on the left, and the center-left, about maybe … getting to run the govement for four, or eight years, wiing the House and the Senate, wiing the White House? … Think about wiing big,” Matthews said. He continued...

The U.S. Navy lieutenant who apologized on video for “a mistake” while he and his crew were being held by Iranian captors in January is appealing his discipline for violating the service’s code of conduct, The Navy Times reported. Lt. David Nartker was given a non-judicial punishment last week by the Navy Expeditionary Combat Command, two officials familiar with the proceeding told The Times. Narker appeared before Rear Adm. Frank Moeau on Aug. 4 to hear the charges against him, Stars and Stripes reported. The exact punishment given to Nartker and the charges leveled against him have not yet been revealed. Stars and Stripes reported the punishments could range from confinement to his...

The U.S. Navy lieutenant who apologized on video for “a mistake” while he and his crew were being held by Iranian captors in January is appealing his discipline for violating the service’s code of conduct, The Navy Times reported. Lt. David Nartker was given a non-judicial punishment last week by the Navy Expeditionary Combat Command, two officials familiar with the proceeding told The Times. Narker appeared before Rear Adm. Frank Moeau on Aug. 4 to hear the charges against him, Stars and Stripes reported. The exact punishment given to Nartker and the charges leveled against him have not yet been revealed. Stars and Stripes reported the punishments could range from confinement to his...

A former Marine court-martialed in part for refusing to remove abiblical phrase from her workspace lost her appeal on Wednesday, when a federal court concluded the orders from her superiors did not constitute a "substantial burden" on her First Amendment rights. Monifa Sterling, who was a lance corporal stationed at Camp Lejeune, N.C., was court-martialed for various offenses relating to separate incidents – including disrespecting a superior officer, disobeying lawful orders, and failing to report to an assigned duty. But the part of the case that fueled her court challenge involved orders to remove a personalized version of the biblical phrase from Isiah 54:17: "No weapon formed agai...

Christian rockerDallas Taylor is in critical condition after an all-terrain vehicle accident in Florida. The 36-year-old lead singer of southe heavy metal band Maylene and the Sons of Disaster was injured Tuesday when the ATV he was driving on church property near Ocala went out of control and struck a sign. Authorities say Taylor was flown by helicopter to UF Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville. Dottie Taylor tells the Ocala Star-Baer doctors brought her son out of sedation briefly on Wednesday to perform neurological tests. She says Taylor and his 10-year-old son were visiting from Birmingham, Alabama, when he took the ATV for a spin. The Florida Highway Patrol says Taylor wasn't weari...

The owners of a Christian bookstore in Knoxville, Teessee were dumbfounded after the News Sentinel rejected their ad because it included an offensive word – “Christian.” Lois McGiis and her family own Cedar Springs Christian Store. They recently decided to close a second location of the store so they decided to place an ad in the classified section of the newspaper, which is owned by Gaett. Click here to join Todd’s American Dispatch: a must-read for conservatives! The advertisement read: “Store closing sale – Cedar Springs Christian Store – Clinton Highway location – All merchandise, fixtures, slat walls must go. Sale through August 13, phone 865.947.XXX.” Mrs. McGiis placed the ad on Jul...

The owners of a Christian bookstore in Knoxville, Teessee were dumbfounded after the News Sentinel rejected their ad because it included an offensive word – “Christian.” Lois McGiis and her family own Cedar Springs Christian Store. They recently decided to close a second location of the store so they decided to place an ad in the classified section of the newspaper, which is owned by Gaett. Click here to join Todd’s American Dispatch: a must-read for conservatives! The advertisement read: “Store closing sale – Cedar Springs Christian Store – Clinton Highway location – All merchandise, fixtures, slat walls must go. Sale through August 13, phone 865.947.XXX.” Mrs. McGiis placed the ad on Jul...

PHILADELPHIA – Democrats tried to tu their attention Monday night from an email scandal that claimed their party chairwoman and sent Beie Sanders supporters into near rebellion with a scorching attack on Donald Trump that ranged from uamed references by Michelle Obama to in-your-face attacks by Elizabeth Warren and Sanders himself. The Vermont senator blasted Trump as a candidate who "insults" minorities and "divides us up." “Based on her ideas and her leadership, Hillary Clinton must become the next president of the United States,” the Vermont senator told the rowdy and emotional convention crowd, with many of his supporters visibly crying during his remarks and chanting his name. San...

A representation of Calvary in cave 18 on the island of Mona. (University of Leicester) Archaeologists have made a fascinating discovery in a remote Caribbean island cave: 16th-century Christian symbols left by European explorers alongside ancient indigenous art, offering a glimpse into the colonization of the Americas. The small island of Mona, which sits between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, is filled with caves; caves on the island were sources of freshwater, and marks made by indigenous people commonly appear near the water sources. (Christopher Columbus visited the island in 1494.) But it’s cave number 18 that has caught scientists’ eyes. Inside the cave, which is over hal...

Father Noel Gorgis left his post after he was ordered to move to Baghdad. The persecution of Christians in Iraq and Syria has exposed a rift among the half-million Chaldeans in the U.S., igniting furious debate as to whether the religious minority -- subjects of ongoing genocide at the hands of ISIS -- should remain in their ancestral home or seek asylum abroad. According to leaders within the Chaldean community, which is an Iraq branch of the Catholic Church, there are two opposing factions within the religious community. One is led by Baghdad-based Patriarch Sako, who closely aligns under the goveance of Pope Francis and holds particular influence among the 250,000 Chaldeans located in...

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CLEVELAND – Apparentlysensing a need to quell any further attempts by anti-Trump forces to sidetrack the Republican National Convention, the Trump campaign tuedTuesdayto Mike Pence todeliver an impromptu call for party unity, telling Republicans,“The time has come for us to come together …Let’s get to work.” The Indiana goveor showed up as a surprise guest for a meeting of the American Conservative Union at a restaurant in downtown Cleveland. He delivered impassioned remarks, and closed with a ringing endorsement of his ruing mate. “He loves this country. He believes in the American people and their boundless potential. He is unintimidated by the world but he is in awe of the people of...

Shouts of “Allahu Akbar” and sermons blaring from speakers continue to echo throughout the cosmopolitan districts of Istanbul in the wake of Friday’s failed military coup, creating a “surreal” scene and stoking fears a nation that remained proudly secular for the last century could be hurtling down the path to full-blown Islamic rule. As the coup attempt unfolded, President Recep Tayip Erdogan rallied his supporters to the streets and squares of major cities. Long Erdogan’s base, the nation’s most fervent Muslims had steadily been moving from smaller cities and rural villages into the secular intellectual bastions of Istanbul and Ankara. His urgent call amid the coup attempt brought in...

Shouts of “Allahu Akbar” and sermons blaring from speakers continue to echo throughout the cosmopolitan districts of Istanbul in the wake of Friday’s failed military coup, creating a “surreal” scene and stoking fears a nation that remained proudly secular for the last century could be hurtling down the path to full-blown Islamic rule. As the coup attempt unfolded, President Recep Tayip Erdogan rallied his supporters to the streets and squares of major cities. Long Erdogan’s base, the nation’s most fervent Muslims had steadily been moving from smaller cities and rural villages into the secular intellectual bastions of Istanbul and Ankara. His urgent call amid the coup attempt brought in...

A Christian student group is suing North Carolina State University over a policy they say requires members to get a permit to talk to their classmates about Jesus. Grace Christian Life, a religious student group long recognized by the 35,000-student school in Raleigh, claimed in a federal suit that school officials barred members last September from evangelizing to people on campus. The officials cited the school’s “Speech Permit Policy,” which the lawsuit, filed by Alliance Defending Freedom, claims is unconstitutional. “We believe that the only permit a student needs to speak on college campuses is the First Amendment,” ADF attoey Tyson Langhofer told FoxNews.com. Earlier this month,...

WASHINGTON – A unanimous Supreme Court on Monday overtued the corruption conviction of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDoell in a ruling that makes it harder to prosecute elected officials accused of bribery. The justices ruled the jury received faulty instructions about what constitutes bribery under federal law. McDoell was convicted in 2014 of accepting more than $165,000 in gifts and loans from a wealthy businessman in exchange for promoting a dietary supplement. The former goveor says he never took any official action to benefit Star Scientific Inc. CEO Joie Williams or pressured other public officials to do so. McDoell says he simply performed routine courtesies for Williams like sett...

FILE -- (The Associated Press) If Califoia Democrats have their way, Christian colleges and universities will no longer be allowed to require students attend chapel services or require them to profess a relationship with Jesus Christ. Senate Bill 1146 would close a loophole that lawmakers say allows Christian universities to discriminate against students based on their gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation. Click here to join Todd’s American Dispatch - a must-read for Conservatives! “All students deserve to feel safe in institutions of higher education, regardless of whether they are public or private,” said Senator Ricardo Lara, the author of the legislation. “Califoi...