
On Wednesday afternoon, Pope Francis canonized Father Junípero Serra, a Franciscan friar who founded a chain of Catholic missions up and down the coast of California, each of which would become a major Californian city, such as San Diego, Santa Clara. and San Francisco.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.23 Sep 2015, 5:08 PM PST0

GOP frontrunner Donald Trump filed the necessary paperwork in South Carolina to get his name on the ballot in the first southern primary state.
by Alex Swoyer23 Sep 2015, 5:08 PM PST0

The sister of the boy who brought a suspected hoax-bomb to his Texas high school said she was suspended from a school in a prior bomb scare. Her suspension occurred in 2009 while she was attending middle school in the same district.
by Neil Munro23 Sep 2015, 4:54 PM PST0

CJ Pearson, the 13-year-old who rose to fame for his YouTube videos criticizing President Obama, shared an image claiming he was blocked from following Obama on Twitter.
by Alex Swoyer23 Sep 2015, 4:45 PM PST0

The Office of Personnel Management announced Wednesday that 5.6 million sets of fingerprints were taken in the data breach which impacted 21.5 million government workers. Previously, OPM had said the number of sets of fingerprints taken was 1.1 million.
by John Sexton23 Sep 2015, 4:27 PM PST0

The Muslim parents of the boy who detonated an international hate-claim controversy by bringing a suspected hoax-bomb to his Texas school, still have not signed documents to release basic information which could corroborate — or undermine — their claims of school racism.
by Neil Munro23 Sep 2015, 4:00 PM PST0

CEO Martin Winterkorn just stepped down as CEO of VW Group after the company admitted that for the last 6 years they had installed sensor “defeat device” software to reduce emissions readings by up to 98 percent in 500,000 diesel-powered cars sold in the United States.
by Chriss W. Street23 Sep 2015, 3:50 PM PST0

There are bigger, more pressing problems than climate change.
by James Delingpole23 Sep 2015, 3:49 PM PST0

The Pope’s visit to the United States will include Wednesday’s plan to perform the first canonization on U.S. soil; the act will make controversial Spanish Franciscan priest Junipero Serra a saint.
by Michelle Moons23 Sep 2015, 3:08 PM PST0

The vast majority of Central Americans who have been interviewed for the Central American Minors (CAM) Refugee/Parole program have been approved to come to the U.S., Breitbart News has learned.
by Caroline May23 Sep 2015, 2:20 PM PST0

In Politico, GOP presidential contender Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) writes about the Republican party’s eagerness to surrender in policy battles.
by Breitbart News23 Sep 2015, 2:09 PM PST0

As record numbers of Muslim migrants enter the United States, and as a surge of Central Americans swamps our southern border, GOP presidential candidate Marco Rubio is using his presidential campaign to promote citizenship for those who come here illegally and take American jobs, benefits and residency.
by Julia Hahn23 Sep 2015, 1:55 PM PST0

A post-debate poll from Citizens United — provided exclusively to Breitbart News — finds that GOP frontrunner Donald Trump remains the clear favorite in the field, with almost 31 percent of the vote.
by Matthew Boyle23 Sep 2015, 1:22 PM PST0

Hillary Clinton’s right-hand aide Huma Abedin did private business for a Clinton-linked company on her State Department email account, Breitbart News has learned. Abedin was helping to recruit executives for the private corporate advisory firm Teneo Holdings, founded by former Bill Clinton right-hand man Doug Band, while she was on an official State Department trip with Hillary Clinton by her side.
by Patrick Howley23 Sep 2015, 1:09 PM PST0

Illegal alien Allen Aleman-Olvias allegedly assaulted a Denver motel clerk after luring her outside last week, claiming his room key wasn’t working — before shoving her into a laundry room and attempting to rape her. It took days for police to arrest him and only one media outlet in the entire country reported it.
by Katie McHugh23 Sep 2015, 1:03 PM PST0

The Washington Post blew a hole in one of Hillary Clinton’s most relied upon stories regarding her email scandal: that she initially turned over her emails because of a routine record keeping practice by the State Department.
by Breitbart News23 Sep 2015, 12:55 PM PST0

The White House is defending President Obama’s rhetoric on religious freedom after Republicans questioned the president’s record on the issue, especially the freedom of Christians in America.
by Charlie Spiering23 Sep 2015, 12:44 PM PST0

Hillary Clinton’s top State Department aides turned to Clinton Foundation employees for political help in the immediate aftermath of the Benghazi terrorist attack, and Clinton withheld those emails from the House Benghazi Committee investigating her conduct.
by Patrick Howley23 Sep 2015, 12:33 PM PST0

A federal judge told Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley’s administration Tuesday that the state needs to explain to Planned Parenthood why it is terminating its Medicaid contract with the abortion provider’s two Alabama facilities.
by Dr. Susan Berry23 Sep 2015, 12:11 PM PST0

With just under a million Latino U.S. citizens turning 18 each year, the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) is projecting that by 2016, 16.7 million Latinos will be registered to vote. On National Voter Registration Day, NCLR issued a call to eligible Latinos in the U.S. to “Defeat bigotry on the campaign trail—register and vote!”
by Caroline May23 Sep 2015, 11:41 AM PST0

Tea Party activists from around the country tell Breitbart News that Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who on Sunday criticized surging GOP presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson’s recent statements on the role of Islam in American politics, misses the main point. Tea Party activists who spoke with Breitbart News set forth the view that Islamists pose a threat to the Constitution. Constitutionally limited government is one of the three core values of the Tea Party movement. The other two core values are fiscal responsibility and free markets.
by Michael Patrick Leahy23 Sep 2015, 11:33 AM PST0

The Obama Administration has been building up to the visit of Chinese unelected President Xi Jinping by talking tough about cyber-espionage. But the reality behind this tough talk is that Obama will likely let China off the hook for their past actions, and allow China to posture as the world’s firmest enemy of cyber espionage.
by John Hayward23 Sep 2015, 11:19 AM PST0

Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-KS) supports GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina, saying she thinks Fiorina is the “best person” to run against Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton. But when it comes to criticizing GOP congressional leadership, Jenkins says Fiorina shouldn’t get involved.
by Alex Swoyer23 Sep 2015, 11:04 AM PST0

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender activists celebrated their access to the White House to view the welcoming ceremonies for Pope Francis, after a week of political controversy over their invitations. The White House downplayed the controversy by reminding critics that they were more than 11,000 people attending the event on the South Lawn of the White House.
by Charlie Spiering23 Sep 2015, 10:49 AM PST0

Amid a criminal investigation, lawsuits, plummeting stock prices and a bleak outlook moving forward, Volkswagen executives partied big with Lenny Kravitz in New York City this week.
by Kipp Jones23 Sep 2015, 10:39 AM PST0