WikiLeaks is at it again – though once more, it’s the Gitmo detainees who wind up as the big losers. Though the activist website founder and former hacker Julian Assange continues his personal war against America, ironically his release of more than 700 secret files from the Guantanamo Bay Naval …

A disturbing new report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) warns that America’s growing debt could choke economic growth and lead to a death spiral from which there is no recovery. The CBO’s report should give new energy and urgency to the call for a Constitutional Balanced Budget Amendment. …

“Anti-worker.” “Hates Americans.” “Domestic terrorist.” That’s the PG-version of the rhetoric Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s political opponents used to make the case against him. While Walker is no stranger to fierce political combat, such name-calling coarsens the public policy debate and does a disservice to voters. Using heavy-handed labels as …

President Obama’s speech on the Afghan/Pak War, and the annual policy review that accompanied it, paint a fairly upbeat picture of our progress since the surge. We’ve made military progress in defeating the Taliban, especially in the south. We’ve degraded Taliban and Al Qaeda strongholds in Pakistan. We’re ahead of …

Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates’memoir“Duty,”has laidbareone of the most damning statements anyone can make of acommanderinchief at President Obama’s door – that the president put his own political fortunes ahead of the lives of the men and women under his command. While the book will not be officially released …

ISLAMABAD – Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has asked authorities to temporarily suspend the implementation of the death penalty during the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. A statement released by Sharif’s office late Thursday says Sharif ordered a pause to observe “the sanctity of the holy month”, which began …

SEOUL, South Korea – Seoul says North Korea has canceled plans to attend next month’s University Games in South Korea. North Korea earlier told South Korean organizers that it wants to send a team to the multi-sport event in the South Korean city of Gwangju. The Unification Ministry said Monday …

BEIJING – China says Southeast Asia’s lawless ‘Golden Triangle’ region remains the overwhelming source of the heroin and methamphetamine used in the country. A Cabinet report on China’s drug situation released Wednesday underscores the threat posed by the region incorporating parts of Laos, Myanmar and Thailand, despite efforts at cross-border …

SAO PAULO – Brazil’s government says unemployment continues rising in Latin America’s largest country. The country’s IBGE statistics bureau said Thursday that the jobless rate in May was 6.7 percent, against 6.4 percent in April and 4.9 percent in May of last year. IBGE said it was the highest May …

BUJUMBURA, Burundi – Witnesses say two people have been killed in overnight attacks that they believe were carried out by Burundian police. Witnesses in Jabe neighborhood in the nation’s capital of Bujumbura, reported intense gunfire Saturday night in an apparent police crackdown on areas seen as hosting anti-government protesters. Mohamed …