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Geer, SC – Trump Backers Baffled By Criticism Of His Muslim Proposal
Geer, SC - As she's working the counter at a hole-in-the-wall hot dog stand named Rosie's in upstate South Carolina, Tracy Hooker isn't interested in debating the merits of Donald Trump's proposal to...
Houston – Ted Cruz Adds Billionaire Backer To Presidential Campaign
Houston - Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz has picked up the backing of a Texas billionaire and the state's lieutenant governor, his campaign said Monday.
Darwin Deason, a technology entr...
Miami – No Longer Patient, Bush Backers Fret About Sluggish Campaign
Miami - For months, Jeb Bush's campaign insisted it was too early.
To worry about the Republican presidential candidate's sluggish poll numbers. Or fret over the rise of unorthodox candidates Donal...
Washington – Joe Biden Backers Hiring Staff In More States In Hopes Of 2016 Run
Washington - A group of Joe Biden supporters trying to build momentum for a White House run by the vice president is hiring paid staff in about a dozen crucial primary states.
The political action ...
Washington – Biden Backers Eye Gay Support, Money For Presidential Bid
Washington - Backers of Vice President Joe Biden are reaching out to donors and activists in the gay and lesbian community to line up financial and political support if Biden, who endorsed same-sex ma...
Washington – Vocal Biden Backer Joins Super PAC Urging VP To Run In 2016
Washington - One of Vice President Joe Biden's most vocal supporters joined the super PAC urging him to run for president Monday, as interest in Biden's political future spiked amid fresh signs that h...
Syria – Islamic State Calls On Backers To Kill 100 U.S. Military Personnel
Syria - Islamic State has posted online what it says are the names, U.S. addresses and photos of 100 American military service members, and called upon its "brothers residing in America" to kill them....
New York – Islamic State Backers Under Scrutiny In US
New York - Officially, the FBI agents who swarmed Donald Ray Morgan at Kennedy Airport this month were there to arrest him on a mundane gun charge. But they whisked him away to their Manhattan office ...
Jerusalem – Netanyahu Backer Sheldon Adelson’s Bid For Pro-Settler Paper Rips Israeli Right
Jerusalem - The planned purchase of a second right-wing Israeli newspaper by a major American backer of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has some critics seeing a move to shore up his constituency as...
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – Saudi Arabia Warns Online Backers Of Women Drivers
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Saudi officials stepped up warnings on Friday over plans by women to challenge the male-only driving rules in the ultraconservative kingdom, saying that even online support for ...
Israel – Backers Settlers Stake Claim In Netanyahu Cabinet
Israel - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new governing coalition prepared to take office after a parliamentary vote on Monday with powerful roles reserved for supporters of settlers in occ...
Tampa, FL – Ron Paul Says His Backers Will ‘Become the GOP Tent’
Tampa, FL - Rep. Ron Paul, the plucky GOP presidential candidate yet to get fully behind Mitt Romney, lashed out Sunday at Republican efforts to marginalize his supporters at the upcoming party conven...
San Francisco – Gay Marriage Ban Backers Seek Supreme Court Review
San Francisco - Backers of California's ban on same-sex marriages asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overrule a federal appeals court that struck down the measure as unconstitutional, a move that means t...
Washington – Court Order Targets WikiLeaks Backer’s Email
Washington - The U.S. government has obtained a controversial type of secret court order to force Google and small Internet provider Sonic.net to turn over information from the email accounts of WikiL...
Santa Monica, CA – Backer of Circumcision Ban Pulling Out
Santa Monica, CA - In response to the rising backlash against a proposed initiative that would have made circumcision for minors a criminal act, the main proponent of the measure announced her intenti...
Manhattan, NY – Ground Zero Mosque Backers Considering New Plan
Manhattan, NY - Backers of New York's Ground Zero mosque said they are considering a larger project that might be located at the current site or elsewhere in the neighborhood.
Executive Director Da...
Amman, Jordan – Govt Backers, Police Attack Jordan Protest, 1 Dead
Amman, Jordan - Protesters demanding reforms clashed with government supporters in the center of Jordan's capital on Friday, pelting each other stones until security forces charged in and beat protest...
Egypt – Chaos in Cairo as Mubarak Backers, Opponents Clash
Egypt - Several thousand supporters of President Hosni Mubarak, including some riding horses and camels and wielding whips, attacked anti-government protesters Wednesday as Egypt's upheaval took a dan...
Albany, NY – Speaker Silver Faces Coup Rumors Among Coumo Backers
Albany, NY - Some foot soldiers in the state Assembly are whispering about something that hasn't been tried in 10 years -- a long-shot attempt to dethrone Sheldon Silver as speaker.
A few rank-and...
Washington – Israel’s Iron Dome Defense System Gets New Backer: Barack Obama
Washington - The budgetary difficulty that has been delaying Israel's armament with the anti-missile defense system Iron Dome has apparently been resolved. The Pentagon has issued a message to Israel'...