Section: The Blaze (USA)
Historian Claims Associated Press Had Mutually Beneficial Pact With Nazi Germany to Retain Hitler Regime Access
As the “marine corps of journalism,” the Associated Press, turns 170 years old this year, new questions are being raised by some historians about the news organization’s credibility when it comes to covering totalitarian states, including Nazi Germany in the 1930s and 1940s. According to German historian Harriet Scharnberg, the AP made a...
TV Show’s Revelation About Dustin Hoffman’s Roots Brings the Actor to Tears
Actor Dustin Hoffman was overwhelmed with emotion after learning about the heroic actions and suffering of his great-grandparents in Soviet Russia, about whom he apparently knew nothing until he heard their story during an interview with PBS’s “Finding Your Roots.” Researchers with the genealogy show hosted by Henry Louis Gates Jr....
President of Prestigious Liberal Arts College ‘Respects’ Free Speech Rights of ‘Social Justice Writing’ Professor Following Anti-Semitic Facebook Posts
The president of Oberlin College in Ohio said that his institution “respects” the right of professors to express their views following the revelation that one of his faculty members placed anti-Semitic posts and 9/11 conspiracy theories on social media, and even claimed that the Islamic State group is not a jihadist terrorist group but rather a...
Russia Seeks to Fly Over U.S. With Advanced Digital Camera: ‘Is It Me or Is This Just Insane?’
WASHINGTON (TheBlaze/AP) — Russia will ask permission on Monday to start flying surveillance planes equipped with high-powered digital cameras amid warnings from U.S. intelligence and military officials that such overflights help Moscow collect intelligence on the United States. Russian President Vladimir Putin (Image source: AP/RIA-Novosti,...
There’s a Good Chance Your Valentine’s Day Roses Came From This Country
NYAHURURU, Kenya (AP) — This Valentine’s Day, there’s a good chance your flowers came from Kenya. “I know the flowers are for giving on Valentine’s Day,” said Phanice Cherop, a worker at a flower farm in Kenya. “They are very beautiful.” On a crisp February morning, Cherop squeezed through a row of shoulder-high white roses, cut...
‘Repeated Aggression’: John Kerry Goes After Russia at Munich Security Conference
MUNICH (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday sharply criticized Russia for its actions in Ukraine and Syria, accusing Moscow of “repeated aggression” in both places. In a speech at the Munich Security Conference, Kerry said Russia is defying the will of the international community with its support for separatists in eastern...
Intelligence Officials: Islamic State Determined to Strike U.S. This Year
WASHINGTON (AP) — Leaders of the Islamic State are determined to strike targets in the United States this year, senior U.S. intelligence officials said Tuesday, telling lawmakers that a small group of violent extremists will attempt to overcome the logistical challenges of mounting such an attack. In testimony before congressional committees,...
New Video From Russia Depicts Obama as a Mass-Murdering, Devil-like Figure
A video depicting President Barack Obama as a murderous devil was reportedly projected onto multiple buildings in Moscow, Russia, Friday morning, along with a message that said he needs to be tried in international court. The video was released on the YouTube channel “60sec.” The video shows different projections while a clock counts down from 60...
Congressman Unleashes on Obama Immediately Following State of the Union: He ‘Doesn’t Understand the World’
Immediately following President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union address, Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) did not hold back, slamming the president for being “naive and childish” on national security and asserted that Obama did not understand the world in general. “He doesn’t understand the world. He simply doesn’t...
‘They Are Our Martyrs of Today’: Pope Prays for Peace and the Persecuted Church in Christmas Day Address
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis issued a Christmas Day prayer that recent U.N.-backed peace processes for Syria and Libya will quickly end the suffering of their people. He denounced the “monstrous evil” and atrocities they have endured and praised the countries that have taken in their refugees. Pope Francis delivers his “Urbi et Orbi” (to the...
