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Keeping his oath to the public trust Rand Paul returned money he didn’t need to the U.S. Treasury. Critics will contend that this is a drop in the bucket, but many drops can help fill up that bucket. From today’s

The U.S. Coast Guard will escort the first ship coming to the EGT grain terminal at the Port of Longview this month, and the Occupy movement and local labor groups say they are planning to greet the vessel with a

Today, in 1737, John Hancock was born.

Former Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin has called for Gov. Mitt Romney to release his tax returns, as well as the data that could substantiate his claim of having created 100,000 jobs as CEO of Bain Capital. Romney has resisted

Mitt Romney had a solid win in New Hampshire. The race is on.

Polls have now closed everywhere in New Hampshire. Check BigGovernment throughout the night for results and analysis. Alex Marlow, Managing Editor, Breitbart.com: Last week, after Rick Santorum’s impressive finish in Iowa, the media would have had you believe that he

President Obama has picked a strong advocate of immigration reform to head his Domestic Policy Council. The White House announced Tuesday that Cecilia Muñoz, a former senior vice president of the National Council of La Raza, would replace Melody Barnes

The White House is under fire for reportedly trying to downplay the role that two Hollywood stars played at a 2009 Halloween party, with press secretary Jay Carney today calling the media’s reporting on the incident “irresponsible” and denying reports

In our New Year’s poll, when asked what news event they fear most about 2012, Americans by a margin of two-to-one said Obama’s reelection. Only 16 percent said they fear the Democratwon’t win a second term, while 33 percent said

At Real Clear Politics, Big Government contributor Charles C. Johnson has a piece examining all of the Washington insiders, Newt Gingrich included, that are feeding at the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac trough: … Gingrich was only passing through a

Congrats to Alabama on winning yet another National Championship.

White House chief of staff William Daley is to step down and will be replaced by President Barack Obama’s budget chief Jacob Lew, a White House official said Monday. Obama will announce the staff shake-up, which follows frequent reports that

With 36 percent of Florida Republican likely primary voters, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has a double-digit lead three weeks before the nation’s first big-state presidential primary, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. But 54 percent of GOP

Today, in 1916, the tragic Battle of Gallipoli finally ended with a complete Allied withdrawal. Rarely have so many lives been squandered by the feckless actions of so few.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) Sunday’s debate began much the same way as Saturday night’s, with Gingrich saying Romney was a “relatively timid Massachusetts moderate” whose state ranked fourth from the bottom in job creation when he was governor. But confronted with

MANCHESTER, N.H.- Mitt Romney’s support has dropped for the fourth day in a row in the Suffolk University daily tracking poll of New Hampshire voters. Romney had 35 percent, down from 39 percent in Saturday’s poll. Meanwhile, Rep. Ron Paul

In just a few minutes, at 9am EST on MSNBC.(!) Hopefully we can finally get some answers on the burning condom controversy that has engulfed the mind of George Stephanoupolos. And, we’ll see how David Gregory tries to use his

Mike Flynn, Editor Big Government: Little known fact; during the last GOP debate in Iowa, the RNC held their holiday party at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in DC. There weren’t any TVs among the open bars. So, no one

On ABC at 9pm EST. There will be blood… Check back throughout the night for reactions from around the Breitbart world.

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois, unable to solve its long-running financial problems, was given the lowest credit rating of any state in the country by Moody’s Investors Service on Friday, a move that will increase costs to taxpayers. A second agency, Standard

(Reuters) – The knives will come out at back-to-back debates this weekend as Republican presidential hopefuls frantically jockey for position days before New Hampshire’s key primary. Debates are once again the main show in the 2012 race after candidates spent

CHICAGO (CBS) — Eighty-five Illinois Lottery winners last week probably thought they were lucky — until they tried to cash in their winnings, that is. Their checks, totaling $159,000 in lottery winnings, were no good. Two days after Christmas, Maureen

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has a commanding lead in the Jan. 10 New Hampshire Republican primary, according to three new polls released Friday that show Romney could become the first nonincumbent to sweep the first two GOP nominating contests

Today, in 1942, the Japanese began the attack on Bataan. Our grandfather’s brother died on the Death March from Bataan.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – A Republican-dominated Indiana Senate committee endorsed the right-to-work bill that has prompted a three-day standstill in the Indiana House. The Senate labor committee voted 6-4 to send the bill to the full Senate, where the GOP holds

From Rasmussen Reports: What a difference a caucus makes. Rick Santorum who two months ago had one percent (1%) support among likely South Carolina Republican Primary voters now is running a close second there with 24% of the vote. The

Just when we thought we were free, a national nightmare reemerges as yet another Kennedy has decided to run for Congress. Joseph P. Kennedy III is running for Barney Frank’s seat. JFK was actually pretty okay. Everything that followed…not so

A must-read courtesy of James Pethokoukis at The American: This could be just the beginning. If President Barack Obama’s legally dodgy appointment of Richard Cordray to head the consumer finance agency should stick, it may open the door to more

DETROIT (AP) – A person briefed on the matter says General Motors will ask Volt owners to bring their electric cars into dealers to strengthen the structure around the batteries. The move is similar to a recall and involves the

From CBS News: (CBS/AP) DES MOINES, Iowa – With several attention-grabbing protests before Iowa’s caucuses, Occupy Wall Street activists proved their movement did not end when its encampments in big cities dispersed. But they also showed the group hasn’t matured

Barack Obama has decided he doesn’t want to be a normal President. He wants what he wants, never mind the rules. So, yesterday he made a recess appointment for Richard Cordray to head an agency that has no Congressional oversight.

Big Government contributor Charles C. Johnson writes against California’s bid to abolish capital punishment in the Los Angeles Times. He thanks Big Government contributor and past assemblyman Chuck Devore of the Texas Public Policy Foundation for the Texas and California

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas Gov. Rick Perry is staying in the presidential race despite a fifth-place finish in the Iowa caucuses. He’s written on his official Twitter account that the “the next leg of the marathon is the Palmetto

(Reuters) – President Barack Obama plans to use a recess appointment to install Richard Cordray as head of the country’s new consumer financial protection watchdog, sidestepping Republican congressional opposition to his pick. “Today in Ohio, President Obama will announce the

From National Journal: After a disappointing sixth-place finish in the Iowa caucuses over night, Republican presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., will hold a news conference at 11 a.m. EST on Wednesday, the campaign announced on Wednesday morning. Bachmann, who

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Mitt Romney admits his eight-vote Iowa caucus victory was “pretty narrow” but says he’s got more staying power than runners-up Rick Santorum and Ron Paul or his other rivals for the Republican presidential nomination. Heading