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(AP) Holder: Civilian courts best to try terror casesWASHINGTONAttorney General Eric Holder says those who argue that civilian courts are incapable of handling terrorism cases “are simply wrong.” He says that after Sept. 11, members of Congress “placed unwise and

New revelations that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) targeted Tea Party and conservative organizations for additional review and investigation–and that senior officials knew about the practice, despite earlier denials–have shed light on the IRS’s aggressive investigation of a new pro-Israel

(AP) – Senior Internal Revenue Service officials knew agents were targeting tea party groups as early as 2011, according to a draft of an inspector general’s report obtained by The Associated Press that seemingly contradicts public statements by the IRS

Breitbart News has learned that Tea Party Patriots is asking its members to pressure Congress to conduct a full and thorough investigation into the IRS’s targeting of conservative and Tea Party organizations.  The organization is calling on Congress to conduct “substantive”

The pro-choice crowds have the microphones and the current administration, but Gallop’s annual Value and Belief poll proves once again the majority of Americans are pro-life. Gallup asked voters if they think abortion should be legal under any circumstances, legal

(AP) Post office had $1.9 billion second quarter lossBy SAM HANANELAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe U.S. Postal Service said Friday it lost $1.9 billion over the last three months and warned that losses would continue to mount without help from Congress. The loss

State Department Deputy Spokesman Patrick Ventrell on Friday said that he could not clarify emails released by ABC News between Victoria Nuland, the former State Department Spokeswoman, and top administration officials concerning talking points in the immediate aftermath of the

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney made it very clear to the press pool today that the White House had very limited involvement in the talking points given to Ambassador Susen Rice concerning the attacks on the U.S. Special Mission

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney flatly denied that the administration changed talking points given to Ambassador Rice based on concerns from the State Department. Emails reveal that State Department Spokeswoman Victoria Nuland had concerns about terrorist groups being identified

Chris Crane, president of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers union, spoke to Mark Levin on The Mark Levin Show Thursday evening. Crane recently testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding the immigration bill working through Congress. Crane explained

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA), who yesterday initiated legislation to ensure that future Accountability Review Boards are not controlled by the State Department, is now calling on the State Department Inspector General to investigate the ARB’s Benghazi

Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) is calling for Congress to use its subpoena power to further investigate the allegations that State Department and White House officials went through multiple revisions of CIA talking points related to the terror attacks in Benghazi

House Republicans have sent out letters to public health officials in all 50 states, requesting information on how each state regulates and monitors abortion clinics and protects the health and safety of women. The action is taken as a jury

Jim Messina, head of Barack Obama’s Organizing For Action (OFA) grass-roots campaign operation, wrote a fundraising memo in which he revealed OFA’s plans to vilify global-warming doubters as crazy. The memo read like this: Friend ?– Notice the question mark. You have

(AP) Van maker backed by Energy Dept. loans shuts downBy MATTHEW DALYAssociated PressWASHINGTONA Michigan company that received a $50 million federal loan to make vans for the disabled has stopped production and laid off its 100 workers. Vehicle Production Group,

ICE Union president Chris Crane was interviewed on Mark Levin Show Wednesday night to discuss the challenges ICE agents face with crippling regulation from the Obama administration. Crain claimed ICE authorities can no longer arrest those they suspect to be

A new deadly “sex superbug” has been found in two individuals in Hawaii, after surfacing in Japan in 2011. H041, a form of gonorrhea that is resistant to all antibiotics presently available, is considered as deadly as AIDS, and is

New York City may soon allow non-citizens, including illegal immigrants who would be granted amnesty if the Senate’s immigration reform bill passes Congress, to vote in elections. According to Talking Points Memo, the New York City Council is currently considering

Wednesday’s testimony on the Benghazi terror attacks by State Department whistleblowers before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform contradicted several statements by then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in testimony before House and Senate committees in January.  However, while

Obama’s gun control bill may have gone down to stinging defeat in the Senate, but gun owners in New York weren’t so lucky. And you would think that New Yorkers, being virtually controlled by liberal Democrats, would welcome restrictions on

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in January 2013–NOT being sworn in before House and Senate committees.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) refused to answer a question during her weekly legislative briefing asking if there is anything Congress could do to make sure the horrors in the Kermit Gosnell case could not happen to women and

On May 8, Liberty Counsel Action delivered to Congress a petition signed by 102,453 American citizens, calling on lawmakers to launch a bipartisan investigation of the Benghazi terrorist attack on the U.S. Mission in Libya on Sept. 11, 2012 that

As the Senate prepares to conduct its markup of the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill on Thursday, sheriffs and other law enforcement officials have joined forces to oppose the legislation on the grounds that it, in their opinion, makes the

(AP) House to vote to prioritize US debt paymentsBy ANDREW TAYLORAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe Republican-controlled House is moving to put U.S. bondholders and people on Social Security at the front of the line to be paid if the government hits its borrowing

Organizing For Action, Barack Obama’s political action group and permanent campaign apparatus, has decided that if conservatives don’t believe in global warming, they believe in unicorns. Ivan Frishberg,  the “Climate Campaign Manager” for Organizing for Action, wrote, If I said

Gregory Hicks, former deputy chief of mission in Libya, testified that U.S. special forces were told to “stand down” instead of carry out a relief mission to Benghazi once the terror attack was under way. Hicks said the special forces

Gregory Hicks, deputy chief of mission for the United States in Libya, and the top US official in Libya after the September 11, 2012 Benghazi terrorist attacks, testified before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today – and he

This is important: America needs a hero, and the Doctor is In. To prevent the enforcement of the Affordable Care Act in Texas, Dr. Steve Hotze, a Houston physician announced he is suing the federal government, claiming the ACA violates

The internet has transformed every sector of the economy, providing consumers more choice and greater value. It continually faces the challenge of outdated, government-imposed rules and regulations better suited for an off-line world. The promise of internet radio is facing

Fresh from his stunning victory in Tuesday’s special election to represent South Carolina’s First Congressional District, Mark Sanford (R-SC) is poised to emerge as a thorn in the side to the members of the Washington Republican establishment who abandoned him.

Mark Sanford (R) thanked his opponent in his acceptance speech after his win Tuesday night, defeating Elizabeth Colbert Busch (D) for his old seat in Congress.

The Wall Street Journal highlights former Gov. Mark Sanford’s remarkable comeback with his come-from-behind landslide victory over Elizabeth Colbert Busch in South Carolina’s first congressional district: Mr. Sanford, 52 years old, has pulled off several unlikely feats in the revival of

UPDATE: AP has called the race for Sanford. With 60% of the vote in, former Governor Mark Sanford is leading Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch by almost 10 points. Sources close to the campaign have told Breitbart News that the AP

As the congressional investigation into the terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, continues to heat up, State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell told reporters on Monday that the administration is allowing survivors of the attack and other Department