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Fischer: God ignoring Obama because he's 'arrogant' and supports LGBT marriages

Bryan Fischer, the director of issues analysis of the conservative American Family Association (AFA), says that God is ignoring President Barack Obama's prayers because he still supports equal marriage rights for LGBT people.

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Maryland school promotes 'ex-gay' therapy as a solution to bullying

Prince George's County Public Schools on Wednesday decided to drop the use of a video that promoted so-called "ex-gay" therapy as one possible solution to the bullying of LGBT students.

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KKK rallying 'thousands' after Memphis parks drop Confederate names

A Ku Klux Klan leader named Edward, who goes by the title "KKK Exalted Cyclops," is promising the "largest" rally in Memphis history after the city decided to remove Confederate names from three parks.

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Bernie Sanders seeks to crackdown on corporate tax havens

Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont on Thursday announced new legislation aimed at preventing corporations from using offshore havens to lower their taxes.

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Brennan refuses to say whether waterboarding is torture

At his confirmation hearing on Thursday, President Barack Obama's nominee for CIA director refused to state whether or not waterboarding was a form of torture.

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Activists banned after protests stall CIA nominee Brennan's hearing

Senate intelligence committee chairman Diane Feinstein (D-CA) on Thursday ordered protesters cleared from a Senate hearing on the nomination John Brennan to be the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

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Tennessee Christian quits job, refuses to file taxes over '666' on W-2 form

A 52-year-old Christian man in Tennessee has quit his job after the number "666" was printed on his W-2 form, and he refusing to file his taxes until he gets a new one.

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'Stop and Frisk Watch' app catches New York cop giving the middle finger

A New York City Police Department officer was caught on video expressing his opinion about a new mobile phone app that lets people document abuse of the city's "stop and frisk" policy.

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Iowa bill would jail raped women for 'murder' of single-cell zygotes

A bill introduced by nine Republican state lawmakers in Iowa on Wednesday would define abortion as "murder," sending doctors and raped women who terminate pregnancies to jail.

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Malkin suggests Chris Rock needs 'therapy' over gun control comments

In comments drawing heat from the right-wing, comedian Chris Rock said Wednesday at an event organized by Mayors Against Illegal Guns that he supports the president's recent gun control proposals because he and the first lady are "kind of like the mom and the dad of the country."

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Pastor apologizes for praying alongside Muslims, Jews at Newtown vigil

A pastor in Connecticut has apologized for taking part in a vigil for the victims of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School because his church does not allow worshiping with other faiths.

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Scarborough: Colin Powell 'absolutely necessary' for Republicans

MSNBC host Joe Scarborough said Wednesday the Republican Party had no hope of winning national elections unless they attracted moderate figures like former Secretary of State Colin Powell.

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Rand Paul praises Reagan in call for containment of radical Islam

In a much-anticipated speech on radical Islam, Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky praised Ronald Reagan and advocated a policy of containment. The potential 2016 GOP presidential candidate on Wednesday sought to frame himself as a realist when it came to foreign policy.

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