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Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas speaks at King's Christian Bookstore in Boone, Iowa, Monday, Jan. 4, 2016.

Ted Cruz Calls For Oregon Protesters To ‘Stand Down’

“Every one of us has a constitutional right to protest, to speak our minds,” Ted Cruz told reporters in Iowa. “But we don’t have a constitutional right to use force and violence and to threaten force and violence against others.” He added that, “it is our hope that the protesters there will stand down peaceably, that there will not be a violent confrontation.”

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Cruz Refuses To Support Ethanol Subsidy: Washington Shouldn’t ‘Pick Winners And Losers’

Ted Cruz kicked off his six-day bus tour across Iowa and received questions at his first event about his opposition to the the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), an ethanol subsidy that many Iowan farmers depend on. “I very strongly support corn and farmers and ethanol, but I don’t think Washington should pick winners and losers” Cruz said after a supporter asked him to clarify his stance.

Barack Obama makes a statement in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, DC, on November 25, 2015 following a meeting with his national security team. President Obama assured Americans Wednesday that 'every possible step' is being taken to keep the country safe during the Thanksgiving holiday. On left is Attorney General Loretta Lynch. AFP PHOTO/NICHOLAS KAMM / AFP / NICHOLAS KAMM (Photo credit should read

Barack Obama To Announce Executive Gun Control On Tuesday

President Barack Obama will reportedly announce executive gun control actions on Tuesday. The gun controls are expected to expand background checks to cover private gun sellers as well to place new reporting requirements on the backs of federally licensed firearms dealers.

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SolarCity and the Silver Spoon

Having a successful business takes a lot of hard work, good market analysis, a better product or service than the competition, and advertising. Add in a bit of luck, and hopefully it will grow. If, however, you are a politically favored business—say solar—your story is different.

An investor sits in front of a screen showing stock market movements in a stock firm in Fuyang, east China's Anhui province on January 4, 2016. Trading on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges was ended early on January 4 after shares fell seven percent, the first time China's new 'circuit breaker' intervened to curb market volatility. AFP PHOTO CHINA OUT / AFP / STR (Photo credit should read

‘China Is in an Industrial Recession,’ Tony Nash Explains

International financial analyst Tony Nash said China was “clearly in an industrial recession,” posing increasing risk to financial markets around the globe. “What you have in China right now is a lot of overcapacity within the industrial sector,” Nash, Global Vice President of Delta Economics told Breitbart Executive Chairman Stephen K. Bannon. “China is clearly in an industrial recession and markets are simply catching up to that.”