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Cheryl K. Chumley

Cheryl K. Chumley

Cheryl Chumley is online opinion editor, commentary writer and host of the “Bold and Blunt” podcast for The Washington Times, and a frequent media guest and public speaker. She is the author of several books, the latest titled, “Lockdown: The Socialist Plan To Take Away Your Freedom,” and “Socialists Don’t Sleep: Christians Must Rise or America Will Fall.” Email her at cchumley@washingtontimes.com. 

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**FILE** Sen. Robert Menendez, New Jersey Democrat (Associated Press)

New report: Shadow of sex scandal hovers over Sen. Menendez

Just hours after Sen. Robert Menendez's office issued denials of the New Jersian's dalliances with prostitutes in the Dominican Republican, a new report has surfaced bearing supposed first-hand knowledge of the alleged incidents. Published January 31, 2013

Beitar Jerusalem F.C. soccer coach Eli Cohen, center, poses for the media with new Beitar players Gabriel Kadiev, left, and Zaur Sadayev, right, during a press conference in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. The arrival of Zaur Sadayev and Gabriel Kadiev to Beitar Jerusalem's squad comes amid rising tensions. The team's fans chanted anti-Muslim slogans at a recent game and unfurled a sign protesting the Chechens' arrival. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Israeli soccer fans decry new Muslim players

Fans have rebelled, but decision-makers for a popular Israeli soccer club, Beitar Jerusalem, vow to push forward with plans to bring on board two players of Muslim faith. Published January 31, 2013

This Oct. 8, 2012 photo released by NBC shows former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, left, is interviewed by host Jay Leno on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” in Burbank, Calif. NBC has cut the salary of the popular late night talk show host in an an effort by new owner Comcast Corp., to reboot the network. (AP Photo/NBC, Paul Drinkwater)

Schwarzenegger to enviros: Get ‘sexy’

Hollywood's Arnold Schwarzenegger pushed environmentalists Thursday to end their "doom and gloom" warnings and instead vamp up their message. Be "sexy," he said, Raw Story reports. Published January 31, 2013

** FILE ** In this Jan. 22, 2013, photo released by the Philippine Coast Guard, coast guard divers approach the USS Guardian, a U.S. Navy minesweeper, to assess the situation after it ran aground last week off Tubbataha Reef, a World Heritage Site in the Sulu Sea, 640 kilometers (400 miles) southwest of Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Philippine Coast Guard)

U.N. green machine to fine Navy for reef grounding

It's bad enough the U.S. Navy grounded its minesweeper, the USS Guardian, in the Philippines. It's even worse the $227 million ship will have to be dismantled in order to remove it from the reef. But now, environmentalists with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization want to fine the United States for the ship's damage to the coral reef, a listed World Heritage Site. Published January 31, 2013

**FILE** President Obama (Associated Press)

Obamacare glitch could leave thousands uninsured

Glitch may be an understatement, but that's what industry analysts have by and large termed a Wednesday failure of the Internal Revenue Service to properly address an Obamacare funding issue — and now families may be outpriced from health plans. Published January 31, 2013

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China sics hackers on The New York Times

Chinese hackers have the New York Times in their crosshairs, as paper executives report numerous network attacks in recent weeks. The cybersecurity attacks coincide with a New York Times article that exposed a leading politician as wealthy — a public revelation that angered Beijing, according to the Voice of America. Published January 31, 2013

**FILE** Israeli police headquarters is seen in the E-1 construction site near the West bank settlement of Maaleh Adumim on the eastern outskirts of Jerusalem on Dec. 2, 2012. (Associated Press)

U.N. panel finds Israel guilty in settlement dispute

A panel of U.N. investigators led by a French judge found Israel guilty of violating Palestinians' human rights with "creeping annexation" into disputed territories in East Jerusalem and the West Bank. Published January 31, 2013

An Egyptian protester throws stones at riot police, not seen, during clashes near Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Cleric tells Morsi: Kill the ‘thugs’

A radical cleric has encouraged President Mohammed Morsi to "use his powers" to kill the "thugs" and "criminals" who are causing the unrest that has plagued Egypt the past weeks, leading to the death of dozens. Published January 31, 2013

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, left, walk before a government meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Government Press Service)

Russia condemns reported Israeli air attacks

The intensity level of Middle East affairs ratcheted a degree higher Thursday, as Russian officials expressed concern, almost to the point of condemnation, about reported Israeli air strikes in Syria. Published January 31, 2013

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks in the parliament in Tehran on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran vows to speed uranium program

Defiant Iran Thursday vowed to speed up its uranium enrichment program, and told International Atomic Energy Agency officials it will install thousands more centrifuges at its Natanz plant. Published January 31, 2013

** FILE ** Sen. John Barrasso, Wyoming Republican, speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Barrasso bill to freeze 2012 NLRB decisions

Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso brought forth a bill Wednesday to freeze or moot almost all National Labor Relations Board decisions from the past year. Published January 31, 2013

Dale County Sheriff Wally Olsen, right, briefs the media at the Dale County hostage scene in Midland City, Ala., on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Montgomery Advertiser, Mickey Welsh)

Hostage situation with 5-year-old enters third day

The standoff between an Alabama gunman and law enforcement has entered its third day, and the fate of a 5-year-old boy, abducted from his school bus at gunpoint and subsequently hidden in an underground bunker, is still largely unknown. Published January 31, 2013

** FILE ** George Zimmerman (left) talks with defense counsel Mark O'Mara during a court hearing at the Seminole County Courthouse on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, in Sanford, Fla. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool)

George Zimmerman seeks to push back trial to November

Attorneys for George Zimmerman, the Florida neighborhood watch volunteer who shot and killed teen-age Trayvon Martin in February 2012, asked the judge Wednesday to delay the trial. Published January 31, 2013