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New US hostage policy will help families work with gov’t, say negotiators

A former FBI hostage negotiator who dealt with Islamist terrorists holding Americans for ransom said President Obama’s new strategy for handling such cases is a “step in the right direction” that clears the way for families and the government to…

Fox News Poll: Voters doubt Obama administration can stop Iran

Voters are worried about Iran developing nuclear weapons — and they doubt the White House can negotiate a deal to stop that from happening. That’s according to a Fox News poll released Wednesday. Nearly three-quarters of voters are concerned about…

How my dad helped set me up for success

On the morning a friend had a speech due to President George W. Bush, his first daughter was born. My former colleague said he was trying to figure out a way to get the edits the president wanted back by…

Hillary Clinton wants to take us back to yesterday, not the future

In her reintroduction speech on Roosevelt Island in New York last Saturday, Hillary Clinton hit all the boilerplate liberal Democrat notes: The New Deal, big government, soak the rich, evil Wall Street … you know the song because the music…

Profs say US history guidelines would shortchange college-bound seniors

Neither Ben Franklin nor Martin Luther King Jr. make an appearance in the College Board’s AP US History guidelines. Dozens of historians have sent the influential College Board back to the drawing board, after determining that its U.S. history exam…

Calling America ‘Land of Opportunity’ offensive, University of California warns professors

Phrases such as “America is the land of opportunity” and “America is a melting pot” are “micro-aggressions” that could leave some students feeling discriminated against, according to a new faculty training guide put out by the University of California that…

Friday News Roundup: June 12, 2015

FILE – In this June 10, 2015 file photo, Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin, left, and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo listen during a news conference in front of the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, N.Y., where David Sweat and Richard…

‘Wishful Thinking’: Obama’s ex-military intel chief blasts Iran talks in scathing testimony

A former top military intelligence official under President Obama on Wednesday blasted the administration’s pursuit of a nuclear deal with Iran, calling it a “placeholder” based on “wishful thinking.” Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, former head of the Defense Intelligence…

Hillary can’t hide from ObamaCare

**Want FOX News First in your inbox every day? Sign up here.** Buzz Cut:• Hillary can’t hide from ObamaCare• Baier Tracks: Obama’s incomplete Iraq strategy• Jeb stokes Nineties nostalgia with Europe trip• NYT hits Rubio… again• He’s very big in…

Turkey’s election results were a big surprise. What’s next?

Make no mistake: Turkey’s 76 million people, 86 percent of whom cast votes in the national parliamentary election Sunday, delivered a stunning rebuke to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Islamist who has dominated Turkish politics as prime minister and now…