A barista in Washington, D.C. will play hockey for Switzerland in the Winter Olympics. Jessica Lutz–“born in the United States, raised in Rockville, educated in Connecticut”–will be able to do so because she has dual citizenship. Lutz’s father was born
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) thinks January’s jobs report is a sign of progress, though economic analysts believe it represents, at best, an economy stuck in place. Even though the report showed that the economy did not add the 150,000
Is this the best the Establishment has got on Chris McDaniel? A super PAC associated with former Mississippi Gov. and current lobbyist Haley Barbour has resorted to attacking McDaniel for voting for bills that Barbour supported and signed into law.
Jay Sekulow, chief counsel for the American Center for Law & Justice, said it was “very well possible” that the IRS’s targeting and harassment of conservatives and Tea Party groups impacted the 2012 presidential election between President Barack Obama and
The founder of a nonprofit group that focuses on election integrity said that she – and her family businesses – were targeted by the IRS and the federal government because of her political beliefs. Testifying before a House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on
NBC News has claimed that its news division is walled off from its other divisions, but NBC is continuing its tradition of blacking out or downplaying some of the seedier stories dealing with the International Olympic Committee and the Games
Is President Barack Obama smarter than a seventh grader? When it comes to Mars, apparently not. On Tuesday, Obama revealed that he did not know that there were storms on the Red Planet. While interacting with a seventh grade math
After his YouTube video in which he blasted Obamacare and the Republican establishment in Washington for not combating it fiercely enough went viral late last year, conservative Nebraska Senate candidate Ben Sasse has rocketed from obscurity to holding a virtual
On Tuesday, President Barack Obama invited House Democrats to the White House to strategize on amnesty. According to the White House, Obama discussed the “importance of increasing the minimum wage, strengthening education, passing common sense immigration reform,” and other legislative
Donald Trump did not like President Barack Obama’s casual look in his pre-game interview with Fox News host Bill O’Reilly before Sunday’s Super Bowl. On Fox & Friends on Monday, Trump said Obama was “sloppy” and “not presidential” for not
An overwhelming number of Midwestern business leaders support a pathway to citizenship for all of the country’s illegal immigrants even though a majority also concede that immigration reform will negatively impact the job security of American workers. A recent survey
Every kid in the late 1980s and early 1990s coveted Ken Griffey Jr.’s Upper Deck rookie card, which is arguably the most famous baseball card in modern times. Twenty-five years after the card was minted, Griffey revealed that the photo
Mississippi Republican Sen. Thad Chochran is in trouble, and the GOP establishment is pulling out all the stops to save him. A pro-Cochran super PAC associated with former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour is already on the airwaves to define upstart
Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman said Seattle’s defensive backs cracked Peyton Manning’s hand-signals during the Super Bowl to stymie Denver’s record-breaking air attack en route to a dominating 43-8 victory. “All we did was play situational football,” Sherman told MMQB.
A majority of adults in New Hampshire oppose Obamacare primarily because they think the Affordable Care Act will increase their healthcare costs. According to a WMUR poll, 53% of those in New Hampshire oppose the law, while only 34% are
Though former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) is often hailed by the Republican establishment as the best candidate to take on Hillary Clinton in a potential 2016 general election contest for president, Clinton clobbers Bush by 20 percentage points in
Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has taken a beating in the polls since his administration was rocked by the “Bridgegate” and Hurricane Sandy scandals. Before the pair of scandals hit in January, Christie led Clinton by two percentage points and the Republican presidential
A new national survey has found that a majority of Americans believe President Barack Obama’s policies will fail, even though a majority actually want them to succeed. According to a CNN/ORC poll released on Monday, 56% of Americans believe Obama’s
After the Seattle Seahawks won their first Super Bowl in franchise history on Sunday by pummeling the Denver Broncos 43-8, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin congratulated her team on Monday and praised Fox Sports for a “refreshing” halftime show that
Democrats running for Congress in 2014 are worried that prominent outside groups that are forming to back a potential Hillary Clinton presidential candidacy in 2016 are making it more difficult for them to raise the money that is needed to
The openness of top Democrats to the House GOP’s immigration “principles” could undercut Speaker John Boehner’s credibility on the right as he seeks to sell his conference on moving forward. Obama had previously said he would not sign an immigration
With Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie embattled in his “Bridgegate” scandal, top Republican donors may be looking at Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) as their alternative to Christie. According to The Hill, GOP fundraisers like Bill Paxon, the New York
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) refused to answer on three occasions whether the House GOP leadership’s “immigration principles” will allow illegal immigrants to eventually get citizenship–or amnesty. In an appearance on CBS’s Face the Nation, guest-host Major Garrett pressed Cantor
Responding to embattled Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s scandals concerning “Bridgegate” and Hurricane Sandy Relief funds, conservatives have been more anti-mainstream media, anti-President Barack Obama, and anti-Hillary Clinton than pro-Christie. Their support, though, has been far from enthusiastic, showing how difficult it will be
The widow of the late Lee Atwater, the man who helped win the 1980 South Carolina presidential primary for Ronald Reagan en route to his nomination, is throwing her hat into the political ring nearly two decades after her legendary husband
