Chris Ruddy: Today's News

The most important issues of the day, reported by Newsmax and Chris Ruddy.

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Jeb Bush Will Rise With Immigration Stance

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush set off a firestorm when he said people who come to America illegally to provide a better life for their families are committing "an act of love."

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Runners Reclaim Boston as American Keflezighi Wins Marathon

American Meb Keflezighi won the Boston Marathon, a year after a bombing at the finish line left three dead and more than 260 people injured.

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry is emerging as one of the Republican frontrunners for the 2016 presidential race, Christopher Ruddy, CEO of Newsmax Media, said on CNBC's 'The Kudlow Report' on Tuesday.

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A new cable channel is set to launch

Christopher Ruddy of Newsmax Media joins Morning Joe to discuss the June launch of Newsmax TV.

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Ruddy to CNN: Newsmax TV Will Go Beyond Fox News Newsmax Founder and CEO Christopher Ruddy told CNN Sunday that Newsmax TV will broaden the political conversation well beyond simple labels like “liberal” and “conservative.” Read more at http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/christopher-ruddy-newsmax-cnn-fox/2014/03/09/id/556935.

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The Next Ailes: Newsmax's Chris Ruddy Preps TV Rival to Fox News

What’s remarkable about Ruddy’s prominence in the Republican media establishment is that he isn’t even a Republican, and Newsmax isn’t a conventional media company. Ruddy has taken Newsmax’s boomer audience, average age 54.7, and figured out how to sell it far more than political news. 

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Shots Fired as Ukrainians Fail in Bid to Recapture Air Base

Perched on a cliff high above the Black Sea, Ukraine's Belbek military air base and its MiG-29 fighter jets fell into the hands of forces loyal to Russian President Vladimir Putin late last week.

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Moscow: Troops in Ukraine Defending Russians

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday justified the use of Russian troops streaming into neighboring Ukraine's Crimea region as a necessary protection for his country's citizens living there.The use of Russian troops is necessary until the normalization of the...

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Ukraine: Parliament Chief Takes Presidential Power

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's newly emboldened legislature has voted to hand the president's powers to the parliament speaker.

The legitimacy of Sunday's vote is unclear. President Viktor Yanukovych has said that a flurry of parliament decisions in recent days are illegal.

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Rand Paul's Mistake With Bill Clinton

Sen. Rand Paul was fast becoming the GOP contender of the future — until he resurrected the Monica Lewinsky issue in a series of recent interviews. It's a real mistake for Paul's rising political future and a strategic blunder for the GOP.

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Walesa: We Deserve to Know Everything About Our Leaders

In an exclusive interview with Newsmax, former Polish President Lech Walesa discusses his work with the Lech Walesa Institute and discloses his futuristic plan to ensure political accountability. Walesa founded the Institute in 1996, after leaving office following an...

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Liberal Intolerance Gone Wild: Cuomo, de Blasio, Ailes

Remember the days when liberals were advocates for free speech and a tolerant attitude to ideas and people? Today we are witnessing a disturbing trend. More and more mainstream liberals and Democrats seem to be moving to the intolerant fringe. I don't want to tar and...

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In devastating new estimates on the economic effects of Obamacare, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday that President Barack Obama's signature health insurance law will result in a bigger reduction in working hours than previously anticipated.

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Dinesh D'Souza: Today's US Government Would Terrify Founders

Dinesh D'Souza — who made a documentary critical of President Barack Obama and has since been indicted for arranging excessive campaign contributions — says he is just one of many being penalized for criticizing Obama, and says the Founding Fathers would be terrified of what's happening.

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President Barack Obama twice blamed Fox News Channel for misinforming the public on issues that have bedeviled his presidency in the past year during a pre-Super Bowl interview with the network's Bill O'Reilly.

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Ruddy at Trump's Superbowl Party: Trump vows as NY Governor to cut taxes in half!

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Text of the House GOP Principles on Immigration

House Republican leaders presented their principles on immigration to rank-and-file members at the annual retreat in Cambridge, Md. Here is the text of their document.