Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) will pick up a major endorsement in the all-important first-in-the-South Palmetto State from former two-term Attorney General Charlie Condon on Wednesday, Breitbart News has learned exclusively from a source on the Cruz campaign.
When the founders included the “Speech or Debate” clause in the U.S. Constitution, they wanted to protect members of Congress from the whims of any outside tyrant who might abuse the power of his office to harass, control or destroy
On Wednesday, Citizens United sued New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, accusing him of ruling by fiat and violating the First and Fourteenth Amendment rights of Citizens United and its supporters by demanding the disclosure of its confidential list of
On May 21 Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) and Representative Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) introduced legislation designating $10 million a year to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) “to fund research on gun violence prevention and firearms safety.” The funding would take
On Wednesday, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) said he was for the “principle” of granting citizenship to DREAMers who serve in the military, but the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) was not the place to do it. Cantor also
Two Democratic Congressmen are now the first members of their party to call upon Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki to resign. Rep. John Barrow (D-GA) released a statement saying: Unfortunately, this administration has fallen short in providing the kind of
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said President Barack Obama’s Veterans Administration scandal involving 40 veterans who reportedly died after they were put on secret waiting lists represents Obamacare’s future if Democrats are not voted out of office. “Friends, that’s rationed
BEATTYVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes on Wednesday twice refused to say whether she would have voted for President Barack Obama’s signature health care law. Asked two times whether she’d have voted for the 2010 overhaul,
Two major conservative groups are dropping more than half a million dollars into ad buys in Mississippi, two weeks ahead of the June 3 election, to give state Sen. Chris McDaniel an extra boost over six-term incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran
Mississippi state Sen. Chris McDaniel told Breitbart News Tuesday that he’ll fight against amnesty for illegal aliens by way of the military if he’s elected to the U.S. Senate over incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) in the state’s GOP primary
After embattled VA Undersecretary for Health, Dr. Robert Petzel announced his resignation/retirement, the Obama Administration nominated Dr. Jeffery Murawsky, a regional VA director as his replacement. Dr. Murawsky’s current portfolio, however, includes overseeing the large Edward Hines Jr. VA hospital
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate gave preliminary approval Wednesday to a federal appeals court nominee who helped develop the government’s legal rationale for using drones to kill American terrorist suspects abroad. The 52-43 vote cleared the way for a Thursday
As news of the Department of Justice’s “Operation Choke Point” continues to come out, the starting point for everything remains a Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) assessment lumping together firearm and ammunition sales with pornography and tobacco as “high risk.”
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi announced the selection of five Democrats to the Benghazi investigative committee. Pelosi explained that Democrats needed to be part of the committee to make sure that the investigation was honest and fair even though she
The 1980 campaign brought about the dissolution of the old New Deal Coalition and the rise of the Reagan Democrat, a phrase coined by Newsweek political writer Peter Goldman after that historic election. Yet all campaigns cannot be viewed as isolated incidents
A Democratic lawmaker who said on video that “we’ve proved communismworks” says he didn’t actually mean that. Rep. Joe Garcia (D-FL)told Breitbart News “I’ve spent my entire life fighting communism”and the idea he believes it works is “absurd on its
State Sen. Peggy Lehner (R), chair of the Ohio Senate Education Committee, said that it is “just too late” in the state legislature’s session to consider a bill that would ban discrimination against homeschool graduates in Ohio. According to Mike
On Tuesday, former Congresswomen Marjorie Margolies, mother of Chelsea Clinton’s husband was clobbered in her bid for a comeback in Pennsylvania’s Democrat primary. Despite active campaigning by Bill and Hillary and aggressive support from the money-rich Emily’s List, Margolies lost
The House Rules Committee wielded its enormous and quiet power late Tuesday evening to kill an effort from Rep. Jeff Denham (R-CA) to grant amnesty to illegal alien DREAMers who enlist in the military via the National Defense Authorization Act
President Obama addressed the press on Wednesday after meeting with Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki about the recent scandal swirling around the Veterans Affairs Department. Addressing the reports of misconduct by VA officials, Obama vowed that he would get to
The state where Barack Obama began his political career is practically bankrupt. Yet the state has still found a way to spend $117,000 to fly endangered prairie chicken birds from Kansas into the Land of Lincoln. The state has paid
MRCTV’s Dan Joseph was on the scene at George Mason University where students were completing final exams. Joseph gave them his own final exam questions, however. First, Joseph asked students to name the person who sings the hit tune, “Happy.”
On May 20 Breitbart News reported Chipotle is in the process of formulating a gun-free policy to turn its stores into gun free zones. The good news is that for every Chipotle-type restaurant that looks for ways to turn gun
In a letter to top donors released this week, the Susan B. Anthony List (SBA-List) reveals its campaign plans for the fall elections. SBA-List, through its Women Speak Out super PAC, intends to direct most of its firepower to Senate races,
This year, the cheerleaders for big government are celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the launching of Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty. This should be an occasion for mourning, not celebration, because that was the most expensive legislative failure in our
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — E-commerce site eBay is asking users to change their password after a cyberattack compromised a database containing encrypted passwords. The company says there is no evidence of any unauthorized activity and there is no evidence
