Code Pink’s leader Medea Benjamin was stopped at the Cairo airport on Monday along with other U.S. women within her organization and placed in a detainment cell. The radical left wing anti-war group, known for its support of Hamas, was
by Kerry Picket3 Mar 2014, 6:27 PM PST0

CLEARWATER, Florida–They say all politics is local, but Alex Sink, the Democratic Party’s hope to pick up a Congressional seat in Florida’s special election next Tuesday, only recently moved into the district in which she is running. The Sink campaign
by Kerry Picket3 Mar 2014, 3:15 PM PST0
Russian troops are likely to roll into Ukraine and Putin’s armed forces have effectively seized control of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula on Saturday. President Obama promised more “flexibility” on negotiations with Russia to then Russian President Dimitry Medvedev in March of 2012
by Kerry Picket1 Mar 2014, 10:17 AM PST0

Senior House Democratic lawmakers may be dropping like flies, the dreaded “six year itch” may be on its way to wreak havoc for the party, and Obamacare may be a dead weight pulling President Obama’s party underwater. But key congressional
by Kerry Picket28 Feb 2014, 1:20 AM PST0
The religious liberties versus government battles began long before state legislature like Arizona began considering bills to protect business owners’ religious freedoms or bake shops refused to make wedding cakes for same sex couples. Almost two years ago an uproar
by Kerry Picket27 Feb 2014, 11:51 AM PST0
Rep. Charlie Rangel (D – NY) discussed with Breitbart News on Wednesday his thoughts on what he thought about the Republican Party and grassroots conservatives like the tea party. : “…but in all of my public life I’ve never seen
by Kerry Picket26 Feb 2014, 6:57 PM PST0
The Clinton White House has yet to release records, which remain sealed at the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, even though the expiration date is long past due for legally releasing the documents. According to Politico: The papers contain confidential
by Kerry Picket26 Feb 2014, 8:53 AM PST0
Touted as a long-shot contender for the Democratic presidential 2016 ticket, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper told reporters on Sunday that he believes that there’s “always room for more candidates” in the Democratic field other than Hillary Clinton. “Hillary Clinton has
by Kerry Picket24 Feb 2014, 5:35 PM PST0
Rep. John Dingell (D – MI), the longest serving U.S. Congressman, announced his retirement on Monday. The 87 year old Democratic Congressman served 29 terms and also served as a House Page from 1938 to 1941 before running for his
by Kerry Picket24 Feb 2014, 8:19 AM PST0
Connecticut’s Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy told Breitbart News on Sunday that numbers reported by The Hartford Courant, showing only 15 percent of Connecticut residents owning “assault weapons” applied for the mandated state certificate, were wrong. “It’s not true. That’s a
by Kerry Picket24 Feb 2014, 6:11 AM PST0
Embattled Hollywood actor Alec Baldwin told the world he is leaving public life. In a long essay posted on NY Magazine’s Vulture.com, Baldwin revealed the public relations nightmare he went through in 2013 after being fired in November from MSNBC
by Kerry Picket24 Feb 2014, 4:51 AM PST0

The Federal Communication Commission announced it will no longer ask editors and reporters about their newsroom practices in a controversial questionnaire that critics ripped as invasive and having troublesome implications. Questions in the document for editors and reporters will be
by Kerry Picket21 Feb 2014, 12:58 PM PST0

In 2009, when she was still just a nominee for the Federal Communications Commission, Mignon Clyburn, the daughter of Rep. Jim Clyburn, told the Senate Commerce Committee, “The FCC is not in the content business.” But just over a year
by Kerry Picket21 Feb 2014, 12:38 PM PST0
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire–Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI) told reporters here that he is still deciding as to whether he will run for president in 2016. “I’m going to look at it after this session. I’m keeping my options opened. Right now,
by Kerry Picket18 Feb 2014, 9:29 PM PST0

CONCORD, New Hampshire–Raising eyebrows with a well-publicized trip to New Hampshire, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) says he is just trying to “shape” the 2016 debate. “I want to be part of shaping the debate both for the Republican Party and
by Kerry Picket18 Feb 2014, 5:13 PM PST0
Facing criticism for his use of executive orders to go around Congress to legislate his policy from health care to the minimum wage, President Barack Obama appears to be going back on a campaign promise he made in 2008. At
by Kerry Picket17 Feb 2014, 8:46 PM PST0

Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA), Chairman of the House Oversight Committee, is spending part of the congressional recess wooing fellow Republicans in New Hampshire this week, prompting some to wonder if Issa is laying out the foundations of a presidential run
by Kerry Picket17 Feb 2014, 4:53 PM PST0

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius met with President Barack Obama and senior White House aides numerous times prior the rocky launch of HealthCare.gov, according to documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by The Hill. The 750
by Kerry Picket14 Feb 2014, 12:02 PM PST0

As they raced to flee the Capitol before an approaching snowstorm, some Republicans were not being too hard on themselves for capitulating and passing a “clean” debt ceiling bill, in the process ending a GOP precedent set to use such
by Kerry Picket13 Feb 2014, 11:30 AM PST0
Wikileaks tweeted out 1976 U.S. State Department cables on Wednesday morning between former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and then U.S. Ambassador to Ghana and former child star Shirley Temple Black. The information is part of the “Kissinger cables” that
by Kerry Picket12 Feb 2014, 3:36 AM PST0
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R – CA) is the only Republican on the Committee who has not signed on to become a co-sponsor a resolution that would create a select committee to investigate the attack against the
by Kerry Picket11 Feb 2014, 3:27 AM PST0
GOP members on the House Foreign Affairs Committee released on Friday a report showing the State Department’s lack of accountability following the deadly terrorist attacks at the compound and the CIA annex in Benghazi, Libya on September 11, 2012. The report itself did
by Kerry Picket10 Feb 2014, 1:47 AM PST0
The Obama administration just made it easier for supporters of terrorists to come into the U.S. as refugees. Now congressional Republicans are asking what in the world they were thinking. The GOP lawmakers said they are taken aback by the
by Kerry Picket6 Feb 2014, 5:42 PM PST0

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Regulatory Affairs Subcommittee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) requested Tuesday that Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen withdraw a proposed regulation that they say stifles political speech by nonprofit organizations.
by Kerry Picket4 Feb 2014, 7:38 PM PST0
Mayor Bill De Blasio was questioned by CBS New York’s Marcia Kramer on Monday about complaints from Staten Island residents regarding unplowed roads in in the borough that had not been cleaned up by 1pm following a snow storm. Staten
by Kerry Picket3 Feb 2014, 2:21 PM PST0