Politics

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said that if comprehensive immigration reform is going to pass in this Congress, it will happen before June of 2014.  “Well, I think if it’s going to happen, it will happen before June,” she

On Monday, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) argued that the budget deal he cut with Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) was a political win for Republicans because it avoided the possibility of another government shutdown, thereby keeping focus supposedly on Obamacare before

Pinewood Elementary School in Gaston County, North Carolina, tried to suspend a five-year-old boy last week for making a “gun gesture” with his hand while playing with friends on the playground.  According to Charlotte’s WBTV, a one-day suspension was issued to

On December 15th Breitbart News reported that an armed guard saved students’ lives when Karl Halverson Pierson began firing his shotgun inside Arapahoe High School. As more details emerge, it has become evident that the guard — a county deputy

The Fed’s latest stock market bubble is at risk of blowing up. It could blow up as soon as the Fed’s next meeting this Wednesday, or it could last longer. Either way, it is doomed. Bubbles are inflated when the

In another case of glaring government ineptitude, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) allowed one of its leading climate change experts to defraud taxpayers for nearly $1 million in salary. Moreover, he was paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in unearned

In an interview with the Italian newspaper La Stampa published Sunday, Pope Francis offered a clarification of the economic views he articulated in his November 24th apostolic exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium. “The Marxist ideology is wrong,” he told La Stampa. The pontiff

One week after a Government Accountability Institute (GAI) report created a media firestorm by revealing that the official White House calendar and Politico presidential calendar recorded only a single one-on-one meeting between President Barack Obama and Health and Human Services

The country’s top problem, according to Americans, is the U.S. government, the latest Gallup poll shows, in which “dissatisfaction with government” topped even health care and the economy as the top problem facing the nation today. Gallup asked Americans to name the

Schweitzer is trying to “out progressive” Hillary Clinton and other challengers by throwing some bombs. In this case – at least on the corporatist charge – a bomb of truth. But he heads into the bushes when he asserts that

The budget deal that Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) brokered last week and passed in the House will make it easier for four vulnerable Senate Democrats from red states to get re-elected. According to The Hill,

The budget deal that House Budget Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) cut with Senate Budget Committee chairwoman Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) is set to clear the Senate, The New York Times reports. “Senator Orrin G. Hatch, Republican of Utah,

Mike Bloomberg only has two weeks left in his tenure as New York City Mayor, but he is trying to make them count. According to a New York Times report, Bloomberg has approved real estate projects priced at more than

On Monday, District Judge Brian Cogan of the Eastern District of New York ruled that the Obama administration’s contraceptive mandate “accommodation” was unconstitutional, violating the First Amendment protection of freedom of religion. The Department of Health and Human Services issued

In an unaired interview with Spanish-language network Telemundo, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said that illegal immigrants who are “here without sufficient documentation”–including those who have overstayed their visas–should not be deported. She also said she was “hopeful” that

Reps. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Doug Collins (R-GA) recently took issue with my “screed” in opposition to the latest recording industry power grab and in favor of the  Internet Radio Fairness Act. In their piece they quote Pink Floyd and

In a case that has drawn attention to the highly competitive and lucrative world of educational assessment and technology associated with the Common Core State Standards, the Pearson Foundation, the non-profit arm of one of the country’s largest educational publishers,

Early Monday morning, according to the Los Angeles Police Department, a massive frat party brawl involving from 1,000 to 1,500 people at the LAX Radisson. The event apparently prompting the brawl: the 16th Annual Kapa Khristmas Jam & Toy Drive,

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said he thinks that House Budget Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) is presidential material because of his work on the spending deal he cut with Senate Budget Committee chairwoman Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA). “From my

The National Republican Congressional Committee already has its sights set on keeping the House seat once held by Florida GOP Rep. Bill Young. Young passed away at the age of 82 in October and was the longest tenured Republican in

Germaphobes beware: the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday announced antibacterial hand soap and body wash companies must prove their products prevent infection and kill bacteria better than plain old soap and water or they will be forced to

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said she did not think the disastrous Obamacare rollout would hurt Democrats in the 2014 elections and claimed Democrats would gain more seats in the House after the midterm elections.  “I don’t think that

The budget deal that House Budget Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) made with Senate Budget Committee chairwoman Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) cuts military pensions to pay for immediate spending increases, CNN Money’s Jennifer Liberto reports. The bill raises spending

Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), the ranking GOP member of the Senate Budget Committee, is warning his fellow Republican Senators against voting for the spending deal that House Budget Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) reached with Senate Budget Committee chairwoman

Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, has released a section-by-section analysis of the spending deal House Budget Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) cut with Senate Budget Committee chairwoman Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA). “The

President Obama gave almost immediate approval to the budget deal negotiated by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), even as top Democrats expressed skepticism. In doing so, Obama breaks a promise he made to veterans and military

Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, President Obama has lost credibility as a leader and effective executive with most Americans. A good CEO must work within the strengths and limitations of his organization–then execute effectively to deliver on the promises

One of the more insignificant, yet pernicious, spending cuts in the Ryan-Murray budget is a reduction in military pensions. The changes would apply to current active-duty and retired military personnel under the age of 62. Many military families view these

The health insurance giants that donated millions to get President Barack Obama elected are enjoying record profits amid the Obamacare debacle and are projected to pour an estimated $500 million in 2014 into Obamacare advertising designed to score even greater

House Budget Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) argued that caving on the budget to pass the legislative deal he cut with Senate Budget Committee chairwoman Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) should be done so that the GOP can focus on

George P. Bush is warming up his political career in Texas, but instead of toeing the establishment GOP line, he is making an attempt to distance himself from his family’s reputation and align with conservatives and Tea Partiers. Early in

John Podesta, former advisor to President Clinton and now an advisor to Barack Obama, is being hailed as a savior by environmental groups hoping to push their agenda through with help from the White House. The supposed drop in unemployment

In his exclusive interview with Breitbart News on Operation Fast and Furious, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform chairman Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) noted that a larger picture of “ineptness” is emerging regarding President Barack Obama’s administration. “I think

Don Bongino, former Secret Service agent, told Breitbart News Executive Chairman Stephen K. Bannon on Breitbart News Sunday that he is running for Maryland’s Sixth Congressional District as a Republican. The show, which airs every Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot channel 125,

Wouldn’t it be nice if American citizens could depend on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to actually enforce the law? It really doesn’t seem like much to ask of the nation’s top law enforcement agency. And yet, when it comes