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FPI  / April 12, 2019 The Catholic Church’s abuse crisis was fueled by the sexual revolution of the 1960s, according to Pope Benedict XVI. Benedict, who resigned the papacy in 2013, says in a newly-drafted 6,000-word document – titled “The Church and the Scandal of Sexual Abuse” – that many in the ’60s fought for […]

Analysis by FPI  / April 12, 2019 The arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in London followed by the unsealing of his indictment and requested extradition by the U.S. government have given rise to warnings and a frenzied debate among advocates of the Free Press and First Amendment guarantees. But conservative media critics cited by […]

FPI  / April 12, 2019 Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz on April 10 introduced a resolution aimed at removing California Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff as chair of the House Intelligence Committee. The “PENCIL Act,” – which stands for “Preventing Extreme Negligence with Classified Information Licenses” – also calls for Schiff’s security clearance to be immediately […]

FPI  / April 12, 2019 President Donald Trump hosted four World War II veterans at the White House on April 11, lauding them as “great heroes” who helped engineer “a great victory.” “We knew how to win wars,” Trump told the veterans. “This is a special moment.” The president also kept a promise he made […]

FPI  / April 12, 2019 Google joined Twitter on the list of what critics say is bias against the pro-life movie “Unplanned” as the search engine for a time listed the genre of the film as “propaganda.” Daily Signal senior writer/producer Kelsey Bolar posted a screenshot on April 11 showing that Google had classified “Unplanned” as a […]

FPI  / April 11, 2019 The National Women’s Hall of Fame last month announced its newest inductees. Included among them were Jane Fonda and Angela Davis, two fervent supporters of cult leader and mass murderer Jim Jones, a columnist noted. During research for his book “Cult City: Jim Jones, Harvey Milk, and 10 Days That Shook […]

FPI  / April 11, 2019 In 2018, Mexican immigrants in the U.S. sent a record $33.48 billion in remittances to their homeland. A large amount of the money flowed through a program operated by the U.S. Federal Reserve, a government watchdog group reported. The program – named  “Directo a Mexico” – sends marketing materials to […]

FPI  / April 11, 2019 While allowing a lawsuit to proceed against an Illinois school district which allows transgender students to use the facilities of their choice, a federal judge threw out the student-plaintiffs’ argument that they have the right to “bodily privacy,” saying that right refers to physically being touched by others, “not visual […]

FPI / January 25, 2019 By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — For nearly two months, large popular demonstrations have rocked Algeria protesting the candidacy of incumbent President Abdelaziz Bouteflika who planned to run for a fifth five-year term in national elections. The protests evoked the so-called Arab Spring in which demonstrations and later armed […]

Analysis by FPI  / April 10, 2019 April 9, 2019 was not a good day for supporters of former Sec. of State Hillary Clinton who have been accusing her opponent in the 2016 presidential election of “colluding” with Moscow. Attorney General William Barr confirmed to a Senate committee that he is reviewing the FBI’s conduct […]

FPI  / April 10, 2019 President Donald Trump wants a “battlefield commander” who will take the fight to the border and won’t be slowed down by congressional bickering, a senior Trump administration aide said, according to a veteran Washington reporter. Trump’s moves at the Department of Homeland Security this week “amount to an all-out declaration […]

FPI  / April 10, 2019 Conservative commentator Candace Owens blasted Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu for what she said was the congressman’s out-of-context use of a previous quote from Owens about nationalism and Nazi Germany. “I think it’s pretty apparent that Mr. Lieu believes that black people are stupid and will not pursue the full clip…That […]

FPI  / April 10, 2019 The Trump administration will soon present a Mideast peace plan “to resolve a problem that’s been going on for decades and decades that previous administrations couldn’t solve,” U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on April 9. Testifying before a Senate subcommittee, Pompeo declined to respond when Democrats asked him […]

FPI  / April 10, 2019 After an election in which his Likud Party exceeded expectations, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that “The people of Israel again showed their trust in me, for the fifth time, and even greater trust.” Netanyahu’s Likud Party and The Blue and White Party of Benny Gantz both won 35 […]

FPI  / April 9, 2019 A federal judge on April 8 blocked the Trump administration’s policy of sending asylum seekers to Mexico as they wait for an immigration court to hear their cases. San Francisco-based U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg granted a request on behalf of 11 asylum seekers from Central America and legal advocacy […]