After some setbacks over the past several weeks, top aides to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker tell Breitbart News that he’s toughening up his immigration position as he learns more about the issue. “He’s for border security first, enforce the laws on the books, fix legal immigration system with national interest in mind and then deal with those here,” Walker spokeswoman Kirsten Kukowski said in an email. Kukowski’s comments to Breitbart News come after a trip Walker took on Friday to the border with Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. A lot depends on what the governor means by a: “legal immigration system with national interest in mind.” Still, this could be a step toward Walker remaking his image on immigration in the manner of Senate Judiciary Committee subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest chairman Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL).
by Matthew Boyle29 Mar 2015, 6:22 PM PST0
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) fired at Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC), among others, calling their ideas “fiscally irresponsible and dangerous to the country” and “just as bad as the Democrats” after they voted to raise defense spending on Thursday without offsetting that with spending cuts to federal programs.
by Matthew Boyle26 Mar 2015, 2:32 PM PST0
Rep. Marlin Stutzman says he may pursue the Senate seat that will be vacated by the retirement of Dan Coates.
by Matthew Boyle24 Mar 2015, 2:38 PM PST0
Right after his presidential campaign announcement speech here at Liberty University, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said that in order to win in 2016, he plans to “reassemble” the coalition that propelled Ronald Reagan to victory in 1980.
by Matthew Boyle23 Mar 2015, 7:48 PM PST0
CBS News 60 Minutes correspondent Lara Logan is back in the hospital in Washington, D.C., due to years-long complications stemming from the brutal sexual assault she endured in Egypt while covering the Arab Spring in early 2011, several sources close to her—including one family friend who went on the record—confirmed to Breitbart News on Monday evening.
by Matthew Boyle23 Mar 2015, 6:56 PM PST0
More than 10,000 people here at Liberty University’s convocation on Monday morning went wild as conservative Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) announced his presidential campaign, asking Americans to “imagine a president” who stands up for the values they believe in.
by Matthew Boyle23 Mar 2015, 10:28 AM PST0
Inside the Carter Glass Mansion on the campus of Liberty University here, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) was gracious enough to allow Breitbart News to capture some photos of him and his family—wife Heidi and daughters Caroline and Catherine—as the potential first family got ready for bed ahead of the senator’s big speech on Monday morning.
by Matthew Boyle23 Mar 2015, 7:21 AM PST0
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) may have accidentally admitted that it’s worried about a Cruz GOP presidential campaign—noting in an email to supporters that his announcement “sent shivers down” their spines.
by Matthew Boyle23 Mar 2015, 5:18 AM PST0
Jenny Beth Martin, the co-founder of Tea Party Patriots and the head of the Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund Super PAC, is celebrating Sen. Ted Cruz’s announcement on Twitter that he’s running for president.
by Matthew Boyle23 Mar 2015, 5:14 AM PST0
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is set to deliver a major speech at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, on Monday morning—and speculation is mounting that Cruz may indeed launch a presidential bid right then and there.
by Matthew Boyle21 Mar 2015, 11:25 PM PST0
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) attacked Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Susan Collins (R-ME), and Orrin Hatch (R-UT) on Friday in an appearance on Hugh Hewitt’s radio program.
by Matthew Boyle20 Mar 2015, 6:14 PM PST0
“There has never been a candidate like me,” Donald Trump says. He’s considering a 2016 presidential bid.
by Matthew Boyle18 Mar 2015, 4:08 PM PST0
Nationally syndicated conservative columnist Michelle Malkin, founder of the website Twitchy, tells Breitbart News that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker—a potential 2016 GOP presidential candidate—needs to be vetted. She also says Walker’s “problems” run much deeper than the decision to hire—then quickly let go of—pro-amnesty communications aide Liz Mair, who had taken shots at Iowa.
by Matthew Boyle18 Mar 2015, 1:43 PM PST0
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign-in-waiting is now leaking reporter inquiries to other media outlets as Breitbart News pursued questions on the dual citizenship of new communications staffer Liz Mair.
by Matthew Boyle17 Mar 2015, 11:06 AM PST0
Steve Deace, a nationally syndicated conservative radio host based in Iowa, said in an interview with Breitbart News that newly-hired Walker digital director Liz Mair “is on the wrong side of three issues that are non-starters, non-negotiables for Iowa conservatives.”
by Matthew Boyle16 Mar 2015, 7:02 PM PST0
Though he hasn’t officially launched a presidential campaign, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) is taking steps that make it seem that’s likely forthcoming. He opened a new office via RAND PAC in here in Austin that will focus on building a communications technology infrastructure.
by Matthew Boyle16 Mar 2015, 12:11 PM PST0
AUSTIN, Texas — Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) slammed former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush as a “Democrat-light” who’s “almost like Hillary Clinton but not quite,” in an exclusive interview with Breitbart News.
by Matthew Boyle15 Mar 2015, 6:50 PM PST0
“I think he [President Obama] is and has been a lame duck since the day of the election if not before the election,” Sen. Rand Paul says in an exclusive interview with Breitbart News.
by Matthew Boyle15 Mar 2015, 12:18 PM PST0
Sen. Rand Paul says that President Barack Obama’s Attorney General nominee U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch hasn’t “shown any compassion, or understanding of the law” when it comes to civil forfeiture.
by Matthew Boyle15 Mar 2015, 12:03 PM PST0
Sen. Rand Paul tees off on potential presidential opponent Hillary Clinton. “I think she clearly broke the law,” with her private email server, the Kentucky Republican says in an exclusive interview.
by Matthew Boyle15 Mar 2015, 11:42 AM PST0
Sen. Rand Paul looks to build campaign strength, but in Texas this weekend, rather than New Hampshire or Iowa.
by Matthew Boyle15 Mar 2015, 6:44 AM PST0
BOWIE, Maryland — Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) was a hit speaker on the campus of Bowie State University on Friday, earning several rounds of applause and a standing ovation for the conservative message he delivered to a predominantly liberal audience
by Matthew Boyle14 Mar 2015, 1:07 AM PST0
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) won’t be able to just skate by if he merely votes against U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch as President Barack Obama’s nominee to replace Eric Holder as Attorney General, Arizona state Sen. Kelli Ward told Breitbart News.
by Matthew Boyle13 Mar 2015, 7:31 PM PST0
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) is tripling down in his war to block President Barack Obama’s nominee to replace Eric Holder as Attorney General, U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch, launching a new petition on Friday calling for 10,000 signatures to block the vote.
by Matthew Boyle13 Mar 2015, 5:57 PM PST0
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell doesn’t have to bring U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch, President Barack Obama’s nominee to serve as the next Attorney General of the United States, up on the Senate floor for a vote next week—or ever—if he doesn’t want her confirmed. But he’s doing it anyway.
by Matthew Boyle13 Mar 2015, 4:17 PM PST0
