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The country that once welcomed war resisters has developed a much different reputation during the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan: Supporters say no U.S. soldier who has sought legal residence in Canada, either as a refugee or on humanitarian grounds, has been successful.

When Army Sgt. Patrick Hart decided a decade ago that he would not serve in the war in Iraq, he expected to follow the same path as thousands of American war resisters during the Vietnam era and take refuge across the border.
washingtontimes.com|By CAROLYN THOMPSON
Hassan Giordano, a leader of a Baltimore branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), said he was told that hosting Republican outreach in his office is off limits.
washingtontimes.com|By Douglas Ernst

“We just finished tightening the last bolts on Mark II, America’s first fully functional giant piloted robot. And because we’re American, we’ve added really big guns.”

The USA and Japan are heading for another showdown — with giant robots.
washingtontimes.com|By Douglas Ernst
Vice President Joseph R. Biden claimed Thursday that the Supreme Court’s ruling legalizing same-sex marriage is “as consequential” as the Brown v. Board of Education decision to desegregate public schools.
washingtontimes.com|By Jessica Chasmar

“I will use every legal remedy I have to make sure that this man cannot do this to me, cannot do it to my wife, cannot do it to my five children, cannot do it to any other American,” he said. “I will not relent. I will continue.”

The Christian owners of an Oregon bakery who refused to make a wedding cake for a lesbian couple — and were sequentially fined by the state for doing so — now say they plan to fight that decision amid an impending deadline.
washingtontimes.com|By Andrew Blake

Can you think of any others?

Casualties of political correctness - See more: http://wtim.es/1NRpAOF

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Oregon children as young as 15 can now get a state-subsidized sex-change operation without their parents’ consent under a new policy quietly enacted in January, according to a Fox News report.
washingtontimes.com|By Jessica Chasmar

“You say the wrong thing then suddenly you are a racist,” one white man says in the trailer.

“It feels like I’m being discriminated against,” one white woman says.

A new MTV documentary titled “White People” follows five young white people from around the country and documents their experiences with racial identity.
washingtontimes.com|By Jessica Chasmar
The Confederate flag has been removed from a flagpole on the grounds of the South Carolina Statehouse, where it has had a presence since the Civil Rights movement.
washingtontimes.com|By Washington Times Staff
The chairman of the Essex County Democratic Committee in New Jersey is accused of punching a blind Army veteran following an argument at a polling location during East Orange’s council primary last month.
washingtontimes.com|By Jessica Chasmar
Jeb Bush’s campaign and his Right to Rise PAC announced Thursday the Republican presidential candidate raised $11.4 million in the second quarter, averaging $760,000 a day in donations — besting Hillary Clinton’s $570,000 per day pace.
washingtontimes.com|By Kellan Howell, Seth McLaughlin and Seth McLaughlin, Kellan Howell
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party has unveiled a “straight pride” flag celebrating traditional families in response to the LGBT movement’s rainbow flag and “gay fever” sweeping the globe.
washingtontimes.com|By Jessica Chasmar

Federal officials admitted Thursday that hackers got the most sensitive personal information from more than 21 million Americans - Read more: http://wtim.es/1HQQ3f8

Federal officials admitted Thursday that hackers got the most sensitive personal information from more than 21 million Americans, further raising the stunning estimate of damage from the cyber intrusion, which has caused chaos at the government’s main human resources agency.
washingtontimes.com|By Stephen Dinan

Real estate mogul and 2016 GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump said he would “bomb the hell” out of oil sites he says are controlled by the Islamic State terrorist group and then get oil companies to go in and rebuild them.

Real estate mogul and 2016 GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump said he would “bomb the hell” out of oil sites he says are controlled by the Islamic State terrorist group and then get oil companies to go in and rebuild them.
washingtontimes.com|By David Sherfinski
A Texas clerk said Monday she will not issue marriage licenses for same-sex couples because the Supreme Court’s ruling is “lawless.”
washingtontimes.com|By Cheryl Wetzstein

“There are very few people that still look upon the Confederate flag as a racist symbol, but for those who feel that way, black people in our country, we should do away with the Confederate flag and its emblem as white superiority in any place that it exists,” Mr. Carter said, Mediaite reported.

Former President Jimmy Carter told CNN’s Jake Tapper that “very few” Americans view the Confederate flag as a symbol of racism.
washingtontimes.com|By Douglas Ernst

Caught in a lie? No way, really?

The House Select Committee on Benghazi released Wednesday the March 4 subpoena for former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s emails, refuting her claim in a national TV interview that she was never subpoenaed.
washingtontimes.com|By S.A. Miller

“I want to see real serious debate and action on guns. But it is not going to take place if we simply have extreme positions on both sides. I think I can bring us to the middle,” he added - Read more: http://wtim.es/1HLgLWt

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernard Sanders said Sunday that “99.9 percent” of gun owners obey the law.
washingtontimes.com|By Jessica Chasmar
Pop singer Ariana Grande was caught on camera saying she hates America and apparently licking a doughnut shop’s merchandise for paying customers.
washingtontimes.com|By Douglas Ernst

“We hereby declare our independence from bigotry, in all its evil forms,” he wrote. “We declare our independence from racism, sexism, homophobia, language discrimination and chauvinism.

Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson argued Sunday that the U.S. is in desperate need of a new Declaration of Independence that frees it from bigotry, religious extremism and greed.
washingtontimes.com|By Jessica Chasmar

The Army will reportedly cut 40,000 soldiers over the next two years to keep pace with ever-shrinking budgets.

The Army will reportedly cut 40,000 soldiers over the next two years to keep pace with ever-shrinking budgets.
washingtontimes.com|By Jacqueline Klimas

Hmmm... What do you think about this?

“I believe that Jesus would approve gay marriage,” Mr. Carter told HuffPost Live. “That’s just my own personal belief.”

Former President Jimmy Carter says he believes Jesus would approve of gay marriage but that he has a hard time believing Jesus would approve of abortions except in cases of rape, incest, or if the mother’s life was in danger.
washingtontimes.com|By David Sherfinski
A snapshot of 2016 presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton shaking hands on the campaign trail was quickly deleted by her social media team after questions arose concerning a tattoo sported by one of her supporters.
washingtontimes.com|By Andrew Blake

“Congress and the Obama administration need to partner with Puerto Rico by providing real support and tools so that Puerto Rico can do the hard work it will take to get on a path toward stability and prosperity,” Mrs. Clinton said in a statement first obtained by Reuters.

Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday said Puerto Rico deserved a “fair shot” at using U.S. bankruptcy laws to restructure some $72 billion in debt.
washingtontimes.com|By S.A. Miller

“Hey PC crowd! You guys are nuts! Insane! Crazy!” the “God’s Not Dead” actor wrote. “Banning The Dukes of Hazard? Really? The Confederate Flag on the car? When does this stop? Then get rid of Hogan’s Hero’s, The Jeffersons, All in the Family, etc. The list goes on. Chocolate is racist then. So are marshmallow’s. I am offended by everything should be the Lefts slogan.”

Actor Kevin Sorbo ranted on Facebook Friday against the “PC crowd” that pressured TV Land to remove reruns of “The Dukes of Hazzard” because of a Confederate flag painted on the roof of the iconic “General Lee” Dodge Charger.
washingtontimes.com|By Jessica Chasmar
CNN’s “State of the Union” host Jake Tapper slammed liberal critics who have accused the Sunday morning show of lacking diversity, pointing out that it’s not his fault all the 2016 Democratic presidential candidates are white.
washingtontimes.com|By Jessica Chasmar

Can you think of anything else he is 'dead wrong' about?

A Nobel laureate who supported President Obama in his first presidential campaign now says the Democratic president is “dead wrong” on global warming.
washingtontimes.com|By Valerie Richardson

“First you have to defeat them on the battlefield. All the rest of that follows. There’s no doubt there’s ideological struggle here. There’s now there’s an economic problem in those places in the world where they have gigantic youth unemployment. But as Bismarck said, ‘The issue will be decided by blood and steel,’ ” Mr. McCain said.

Sen. John McCain said Monday that President Obama is suffering from a “delusion” as to how the U.S. can defeat the Islamic State group.
washingtontimes.com|By Douglas Ernst

The White House blamed congressional Republicans Monday for the death of a San Francisco woman allegedly shot by a repeat offender illegal immigrant, and for a spate of gun violence last weekend in President Obama’s hometown of Chicago.

The White House blamed congressional Republicans Monday for the death of a San Francisco woman allegedly shot by a repeat offender illegal immigrant, and for a spate of gun violence last weekend in President Obama’s hometown of Chicago.
washingtontimes.com|By Dave Boyer

Blu-ray review: Kingsman: The Secret Service - Awesome - Read more: http://wtim.es/1KGPcQq

A subversive and thrilling tribute to the James Bond genre brought to cinematic life by director Matthew Vaughn gave movie audiences a wild ride earlier this year.
washingtontimes.com|By Joseph Szadkowski

San Francisco, which has one of the most lenient “sanctuary city” policies in the nation, does not hold those identified as illegal immigrants by ICE without a judicial determination or arrest warrant.

Francisco Sanchez had been deported to Mexico five times before he says he shot and killed a woman last week on Pier 14, but he knew San Francisco was a sanctuary city where immigration authorities would not detain him.
washingtontimes.com|By Valerie Richardson

Several Republicans moved to distance themselves from billionaire Donald Trump’s comments on illegal immigrants fueling crime even as Mr. Trump doubled down, citing last week’s San Francisco shooting to bolster his case.

Several Republicans moved to distance themselves from billionaire Donald Trump’s comments on illegal immigrants fueling crime even as Mr. Trump doubled down, citing last week’s San Francisco shooting to bolster his case.
washingtontimes.com|By Valerie Richardson
The president of a conservative watchdog group says now that it is known that classified information was contained in Hillary Rodham Clinton’s private stash of State Department emails, it is time for the government to seize her personal server and related storage disks to determine whether security…
washingtontimes.com|By Rowan Scarborough

“Americans consume 80 percent of the world’s painkillers. Makes sense though, right? I mean racism in this country is a big pain in the ass,” says one woman.

Al Jazeera’s digital news channel AJ+ posted a video for the Fourth of July that mocks Americans as fat, racist and violent.
washingtontimes.com|By Jessica Chasmar
The Fourth of July weekend reminded us how young this country really is, and why our birthday is worth celebrating. With all the chaos in the world, and the embarrassment of the current failed batch of American politicians, this nation remains the best country in the world.
washingtontimes.com|By Tammy Bruce