UPDATE: AP has called the race for Sanford. With 60% of the vote in, former Governor Mark Sanford is leading Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch by almost 10 points. Sources close to the campaign have told Breitbart News that the AP
Monday morning, the Heritage Foundation is releasing its long-anticipated study of the fiscal impact of providing illegal immigrants a pathway to citizenship. Breitbart News has received an advance copy of the study. Over their lifetimes, the newly legalized immigrants would
On the even of the special election in South Carolina’s 1st District, PPP, a Democrat polling firm, has released its final poll of the race. The poll shows momentum swinging behind Mark Sanford’s comeback bid. Two weeks ago, he trailed
The financial crisis and its aftermath gave the public a glimpse of the intertwined relationships between Washington and Wall Street. The policies out of Washington have a profound gravitational pull on the markets and, as a result, the big banks
The Virginia race for Governor is this year’s premier political event. The Commonwealth holds elections for state offices in off-years and limits it Governors to one term in office, making competitive contests for the top office every 4 years. This
Public Policy Polling, a Democrat polling firm, reported Saturday that the dynamics of the special election in South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District have changed in the final days of the campaign. With the vote just two days away, PPP says
Elizabeth Colbert Busch has based her campaign appeal on being a “fiscally conservative” businesswoman. It is a good profile in the Republican-leaning district. It isn’t how most voters would describe an employee of a public university, however, which Colbert Busch
Ever since they were first enacted, liberals have fretted that the automatic sequester cuts would be a drag on the economy. While cuts this year of $85 billion are small in an overall $16 trillion economy, it was argued that
UPDATE: The economy added 165k jobs in April, the Labor Department reported on Friday. That number was higher than economists expected. The unemployment rate ticked down to 7.5%. Labor also reported upward revisions for March and February jobs. The combined
Charleston, South Carolina recently had a near-death experience with labor unions. When Boeing announced that it was shifting some production of its new Dreamliner aircraft from Washington State to South Carolina, the NLRB, at the urging of the Machinist Union,
On Tuesday, voters in South Carolina will vote to fill the vacancy left by Rep. Tim Scott’s appointment to the Senate. It will be one of the most lop-sided elections ever, with voters knowing almost everything about former Gov. Mark
President Obama is expected to nominate Tom Wheeler, veteran telecom industry exec and lobbyist to Chair the FCC. The FCC has broad regulatory powers over the nation’s telecommunications industry, effecting television, wireless and internet services. Wheeler has headed powerful lobbying
Tuesday morning, the White House announced that President Obama would hold a snap press conference at 10:15am EDT. The ambiguous nature of the presser raised expectations that important news was about to break. When the presser was delayed by almost
Elizabeth Colbert Busch has campaigned for South Carolina’s 1st Congressional seat as a fiscally conservative, independent businesswoman. She has cast herself as a centrist challenger to former Gov. Mark Sanford, the Republican candidate. Yet, her campaign is funded in large
“Gang of 8” negotiator AZ Sen. Jeff Flake told Breitbart News Monday that Democrat negotiators strongly resisted the inclusion of any provisions or “triggers” ensuring the nation’s southern border is secured as a result of the immigration bill. Flake said
The Commerce Department reported Monday that personal income in March rose just 0.2%. This is down from a 1.1% gain in February. Economists had expected an increase of at least 0.4%. The disappointing number is consistent with other economic measures
Black voters “outperformed” their potential share of the electorate in 2012, while every other minority group and whites “underperformed.” According to an analysis by the Associated Press, if the racial and ethnic composition of the electorate were the same it
Buried amid the generally gloomy news last week was a development that is a true cause for celebration. By July, the Twinkie, and other favorite Hostess brands will return to store shelves. Two investment companies bought assets of the bankrupt
The Commerce Department reported Friday that the economy grew 2.5%, on an annualized basis, in the 1st Quarter of the year. Economists had been expecting a stronger performance, with the consensus estimate predicting 3% growth. The economy grew 0.4% in
Late Thursday, Senate Democrats moved legislation to shift federal funds, allowing the FAA to cancel its planned furloughs of air traffic controllers. The proposal, which passed as Senators were leaving town for a week-long recess, would shift $250 million within
The Brothers Tsarnaev, alleged terrorists behind the Boston Marathon bombing, collected some amount of state and, possibly, federal welfare benefits. Tamerlan Tsarnaev, his wife, and daughter collected welfare until 2012, according to Massachusetts state officials. The exact amounts the brothers
Republicans anxious about the political implications of providing a “path to citizenship” for 11 million illegal immigrants console themselves that they will have at least 13 years to broaden the party’s appeal to Hispanics. It is true that most illegal
A new poll from FoxNews finds that 66% of Democrats believe the border should be secured before the nation considers changes to its immigration policies. 75% of Republicans feel the same. Overall, 68% of voters believe securing the border should
