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All-Star Panel: Reaction to rioting in Baltimore

This is a rush transcript from “Special Report,” April 27, 2015. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. BRET BAIER, ANCHOR: Looking live in Baltimore as police are trying to get the situation under…

Veteran defense lawyers see possible criminal inquiry for Clintons

With a sitting Democratic senator recently indicted on federal bribery and corruption charges, top criminal defense lawyers in the nation’s capital say Democratic presidential front runner Hillary Clinton could conceivably face similar scrutiny, amid mounting disclosures about the tangled finances…

Pressure grows on Hillary from left and right

April 23, 2015: Hillary Rodham Clinton reacts to applause from the crowd before speaking during the sixth annual Women in the World Summit. Buzz Cut:• Pressure grows on Hillary from left and right• Hillary challengers converge on S.C.• Big stakes…

The Foxhole: Michael Pillsbury, real-life ‘Smoking Man’ from Nixon to Obama, unravels China’s secrets

In autumn 1969, President Nixon and his White House national security adviser, Henry Kissinger, worried that one of the president’s main foreign policy objectives – the opening to China – conflicted with another: détente, the diplomatic overture to the Soviet…

Jeb Bush staying on campaign sidelines — but not for long?

At every stop along the undeclared campaign trail, Jeb Bush studiously reminds voters that he is not yet running for president. “I’m not a candidate, and if I am a candidate, this is a long journey,” Bush told a crowd…

How the GOP must answer Hillary’s message

Round one goes to Hillary. Mrs. Clinton’s video announcing her candidacy hit all the buttons—jobs, fairness, education, gender, and gay rights—necessary to hold together the 51 percent majority that reelected President Obama. Republicans responded with negative ads slamming Clinton’s character…

Does Hillary Clinton think the American voter doesn’t know who she is?

In the video announcing her presidential candidacy, Hillary Clinton says the economic deck “is still stacked in favor of those at the top.” She should know because she has gobbled up a lot of cash for speaking fees and the…

How the obsessive, dishonest prosecution of Scooter Libby almost cost us Iraq

FILE — I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby (AP) People who wonder why the war in Iraq went so wrong for so long, will need to read Judith Miller’s new book “The Story: A Reporter’s Journey.” Miller details how special prosecutor Patrick…

Front-line doctors blame UN for delayed Ebola response

In this Friday, Sept. 12, 2014, file photo, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Dr. Margaret Chan speaks during a news conference about support to countries affected by the Ebola virus, at WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. (AP Photo/Keystone,…

Cyclone Pam takes heavy toll on remote island of Vanuatu

South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, whose name means “land eternal.” (Chris Kilham) In 1995, I made the first of dozens of trips to the remote South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, whose name means “land eternal.” At the time,…