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House Republicans have detailed perjury allegations against Hillary Clinton, citing the apparent conflict between her 2015 congressional testimony about her email practices and the FBI's conclusions aounced in July, according to a letter to the U.S. attoey for the District of Columbia. "The four pieces of swo testimony by Secretary Clinton described herein are incompatible with the FBI's findings," House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, and Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., wrote to U.S. Attoey Chaing D. Phillips. "We hope this information is helpful to your office's consideration of our referral." The Justice Department Assistant Attoey General for Legis...

CLIFTON, N.J. – An aspiring nun who was told she couldn't enter a convent until her student loan debt was paid off has used an online appeal to get the money. Alida Taylor, 28, was accepted to join the Sisters of Life in New York City in September. The Clifton, New Jersey, woman started a GoFundMe page late last month, hoping to get $12,000 to pay down her student loans. She surpassed her goal Thursday, raising more than $22,000. In an update on the crowdfunding page, Taylor said the extra money will be used for a vocation fund for Casa Guadalupe, a house of prayer and discement for Catholic women, where Taylor is currently staying. Multiple attempts to reach Taylor were unsuccessful. But sh...

FILE: 2015: Aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman in the Strait of Hormuz. (U.S. Navy via AP) The Pentagon has ordered the USS Harry Truman to remain in the Persian Gulf for an extra 30 days to continue strikes against the Islamic State, the Navy aounced late Friday. Aircraft from the Truman carrier have dropped more than 1,000 bombs on the terror group’s targets since arriving in the Gulf late last year, according to a statement aouncing the extension. The entire Truman strike group consists of the aircraft carrier, the cruiser USS Anzio and three destroyers – the USS Bulkeley, the USS Gonzalez and USS Gravely. Adm. John Richardson, chief of Naval Operations said late Friday, the decision wa...