New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez on Monday nicknamed President Barack Obama’s Housing and Urban Development secretary Shaun Donovan the Hurricane Sandy “disaster czar.” At a press conference with fellow New Jersey Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg and New York Democratic
Alabama Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions on Tuesday demanded the resignation of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) director John Morton. “Last year, I joined with my colleagues at a press conference with the top representatives of the nation’s rank-and-file immigration law
ABC News chief global affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz said Monday evening that the fact President Barack Obama attended her wedding to her now ex-husband Julius Genachowski–Obama’s Federal Communications Commission chairman–“had nothing to do with what I did at the debate.”
Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee said Monday that while he thinks the “Group of Eight” immigration reform proposal is a step in the right direction, he can’t support it. “Despite the often divisive rhetoric surrounding immigration reform, initial discussions have
A staffer at the far left-wing Media Matters for America allegedly “committed numerous felonies” in Washington, D.C., and in other locations nationwide by carrying a gun to protect the group’s founder, David Brock, the Daily Caller reports. TheDC reports that now-former
The far left-wing, George Soros-backed Media Matters for America organization has been on a gun control binge in recent weeks, aligning its advocacy efforts with those of President Barack Obama’s push for restrictive new laws since his re-election. In the less
(Update: No.) New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez is scheduled to appear on ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday amid the rekindled firestorm surrounding his trips to the Dominican Republic. Several people at the network, including anchor George Stephanopoulos, haven’t responded
A spokeswoman for Texas Republican Gov. Rick Perry told Breitbart News the state’s GOP isn’t afraid of efforts from national Democrats to descend on his state and turn the longtime Republican stronghold blue. “They can bring it on,” Perry spokeswoman
President Barack Obama’s former national field director Jeremy Bird has launched an organization with a plan to turn Texas blue for the first time in decades, Politico reports. Bird’s new organization, “Battleground Texas,” will target Hispanic voters in the state
Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer, the head of the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division who played a critical role in lying to Congress about Operation Fast and Furious, plans to resign soon, the Washington Post reports, citing anonymous sources. “It
House Speaker John Boehner, who’s spent the past two years trying to work with President Barack Obama, finally appears to understand what he’s up against. In remarks to the Ripon Society on Tuesday, Boehner–the de facto head of the Republican
Facing the passage of the House GOP’s “No Budget, No Pay” bill Wednesday, Senate Democrats, including Senate Budget Committee chairwoman Sen. Patty Murray, have promised they will draft a budget for the first time in four years. “I’ve been discussing
A comparison of aerial photographs from President Barack Obama’s first and second inaugurations shows that thousands fewer Americans showed up the second time around. As Breitbart News has already documented, the mood of those who showed up at Monday’s second
NATIONAL MALL, Washington DC–Crowds shuffled in throughout Monday morning and took their places around the National Mall for Barack Obama’s second inauguration as president of the United States. Color-coded tickets separated those who paid to be here from those who
As part of President Barack Obama’s 23-point gun control plan, he nominated Minnesota U.S. Attorney B. Todd Jones-who currently doubles right now as the acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives-to be the ATF director. Jones
California Republican Rep. Darrell Issa, chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, said Friday that a provision in House GOP leadership’s “no budget, no pay” plan is unconstitutional. “That’s unconstitutional,” Issa said of House leadership’s plan to
House Homeland Security Committee chairman Rep. Michael McCaul told Breitbart News on Friday that it’s “no surprise” Algerian terrorists are demanding a swap of the Blind Sheikh for American hostages. Militants seized a BP natural gas facility in Algeria on
Attorney General Eric Holder and his Department of Justice have asked a federal court to indefinitely delay a lawsuit brought by watchdog group Judicial Watch. The lawsuit seeks the enforcement of open records requests relating to Operation Fast and Furious,
President Barack Obama’s administration announced on Thursday that it wants to spend about $200,000 of U.S. taxpayers’ money conducting “Cultural Programming” inside the “People’s Republic of China.” The money, split up among an expected 30 total awards, range in dollar
Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) hopes to portray his vote in favor of the fiscal cliff deal passed in the early days of 2013 as a tax cut instead of a tax hike. Schock is considering a run for Illinois governor
Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-KS) expressed concerns about the “intertwining” of President Barack Obama’s gun control push and his 2009 healthcare overhaul legislation Obamacare in a Wednesday evening statement. Huelskamp worries that the administration will coordinate controversial parts of Obamacare that
The new chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee is urging President Barack Obama to stand strong against new demands from Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi. Morsi is calling for the release of convicted terrorist Omar Abdul Rahman. “I urge the
House Speaker John Boehner barely held onto his job atop Congress’ lower chamber on Thursday. Just how close a call Boehner had is now becoming clear. Nine House conservatives voted for somebody other than Boehner, two abstained from voting and
Ohio Republican Rep. John Boehner will potentially face an uprising of conservatives this afternoon when he tries to get re-elected as Speaker of the House. The plan the conservatives will likely follow is to force at least two, maybe several
With the vote for Speaker of the House a few hours away, the liberal Boston Globe has endorsed incumbent Speaker John Boehner for the job – so he continue his purge of Tea Party conservatives from influential positions. The Globe’s
