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On Monday, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin urged Americans to light up Capitol Hill switchboards to urge senators to live up to their campaign promises and support Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Mike Lee (R-UT) in their effort to defund

Northeast Ohio is known worldwide for its excellent hospitals, and the Cleveland Clinic is the main reason why. According to U.S. News and World Report, it is the 4th best hospital in the United States and the #1 hospital for

Two Cleveland men plead guilty on Monday to committing $2 million in food stamp fraud. Brothers Saed (Sam) Wahdan and Maher (Mario) Wahdan took food stamps at four Cleveland stores in exchange for ineligible goods like beer and cigarettes, says

A prominent Chicago priest has blamed the city’s ongoing spate of violence and murder on the NRA and the failure of a federal gun law in remarks made over the weekend. Despite cooler temperatures and rain last week, Chicago streets

A source in Congress tells Breitbart News that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn are using their leadership positions to pressure other Republicans to oppose Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) in his campaign to defund Obamacare. 

Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe’s (D) website was updated Monday to show his commitment to bring Colorado-like gun control to the commonwealth. In the section titled “Investing in Virginia’s Urban Centers,” TerryMcAuliffe.com now contains the heading, “Support Common Sense Gun Control

On Monday, after asking for unanimous consent on a 60-vote threshold for amendments to the House bill that funds the government except for Obamacare, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said that if Democrats think Obamacare is working for Americans then they

Monday evening, GOP Minority Leader announced that he would oppose a proposed filibuster from Sens. Cruz and Lee to block the House Continuing Resolution from reaching the Senate floor. McConnell’s opposition was echoed by John Cornyn, number 2 in GOP

(AP) IRS official at heart of tea party scandal retiresBy STEPHEN OHLEMACHERAssociated PressWASHINGTONFacing a possible firing, the Internal Revenue Service official at the center of the agency’s tea party scandal retired Monday, ending one chapter in a ruckus that has

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid suggested he does not believe Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) has ulterior motives in his push to defund Obamacare in Congress’s Continuing Resolution (CR) in a Monday floor speech. “I almost would bet–although I am not

An adviser to Senator John McCain (R-AZ) told GQ magazine that McCain loathes Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX). “He f***ing hates Cruz,” an “adviser of the Arizona senator” told GQ. “He’s just offended by his style.” McCain has called Cruz a

Cause of Action, a public advocacy group, has released a $60 million Private Placement Memorandum for GreenTech Automotive. The memorandum states that Democratic Virginia gubernatorial nominee Terry McAuliffe was still an executive with the company on March 12, 2013. McAuliffe

When Thomas Jefferson crafted the Declaration of Independence, he pointed to “certain unalienable rights” with which we were endowed by our “Creator.”  What did he mean when he wrote the phrase “unalienable rights,” and what rights are “unalienable”? Jefferson understood

The New York Times observed Sunday the Obama administration’s assertion that health insurance will cost less under Obamacare has a “catch”: insurers will severely limit the choices of physicians and hospitals available to American consumers who use the new exchanges.

In the wake of the National Security Agency (NSA) spying scandal, President Barack Obama announced the creation of an “independent group” of “outside experts” that would ensure civil liberties were not violated and that the public’s trust restored.  Now, with

On Monday, after asking for unanimous consent on a 60-vote threshold on the House bill that funds the government except for Obamacare, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said the ruling class should not fund Obamacare by “brute force.” Cruz said Obamacare

On Monday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) had a 45 minute showdown that lasted until procedural motions allowed for Reid to call for unanimous consent to proceed with pending judge nominations on Tuesday. Reid

Sean Eldridge, husband of Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes, has announced he is running for the US Congress next year. The 27-year-old Democrat posted a message on Twitter late Sunday saying he will run for a seat in New York’s 19th

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has offered election integrity group True The Vote its tax-exempt status in what appears to be a bid to keep the group from proceeding with discovery on its lawsuit against the agency, Breitbart News has

On Monday afternoon, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz asked for unanimous consent to immediately consider the House Continuing Resolution to fund the government and avoid a shutdown. The legislation would also take steps to avoid a default on government debt while

Late Monday afternoon, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz took to the Senate floor to call for unanimous consent to begin consideration of the House-passed Continuing Resolution. The measure funds the government through December 15th, but strips appropriations for ObamaCare. He also

(AP) Calif. man behind anti-Muslim film due to be freedLOS ANGELESA California man behind an anti-Muslim film that led to violence in parts of the Middle East is due to be released from federal custody this week. Federal Bureau of

Here’s a win-win. Ted Cruz proposes a delay in Obamacare’s individual mandate until 2015–the same delay that employers received. That delay takes the form of no funding to enforce the mandate. It also mirrors a condition Republicans have tied to

(AP) Wonder bread returning to shelvesNEW YORKWonder bread is back almost a year after it vanished from shelves.Flowers Foods Inc., which bought Wonder from the now-defunct Hostess Brands, said the bread started returning to supermarket shelves Monday.The company, which also

(AP) Hawaii man: Duct tape used in theft of 23 goatsHONOLULUMore than 20 goats were stolen from a Hawaii farm, and the owner says the thieves used duct tape to keep the animals from making noise. KHON-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1aijpQI) the