The House passed legislation on Friday afternoon which ended furloughs for federal air traffic controllers. Hoping to strong arm Republicans into agreeing to further tax increases to prevent air traffic delays, Democrats came up short — and lost the message battle in
(AP) FAA: Air traffic system soon at full operationBy BARBARA ORTUTAYAP Business WriterWASHINGTONThe Federal Aviation Administration said that the U.S. air traffic system will resume normal operations by Sunday evening after lawmakers rushed a bill through Congress allowing the agency
(AP) Army says no to more tanks, but Congress insistsBy RICHARD LARDNERAssociated PressWASHINGTONBuilt to dominate the enemy in combat, the Army’s hulking Abrams tank is proving equally hard to beat in a budget battle. Lawmakers from both parties have devoted
Washington (CNN) – When Democrats unsuccessfully tried months ago to persuade Republicans to replace forced spending cuts with a mix of tax and spending cuts, they predicted the GOP would come around in the spring when the reductions kicked in
(AP) – Vice President Joe Biden said Friday that Arizona Sen. John McCain probably would have beat his boss in the 2008 presidential election had the economy not collapsed. Biden’s comment about McCain and President Barack Obama came during the
Hi, everybody. Our top priority as a nation must be growing the economy, creating good jobs, and rebuilding opportunity for the middle class. But two months ago, Congress allowed a series of automatic budget cuts to fall across the federal
The day’s top stories in social media and technology for 4/26 include a hacking arrest, new cyberattack, Snapchat sexting investigation, social media flash mob crackdown, Bradley Manning, death threat texts, Redditor lawsuit, copyright reform proposal, and DRM and the next
The New York Times has vindicated the news sense of Andrew Breitbart and years of Breitbart News coverage of the Pigford scandal with a front page, above the fold blockbuster of investigative journalism that adds new details about the fraud in the
Cher is back on the Twitter rampage, egregiously using her Cap Lock to share her anger with her faithful followers. The Oscar-winner’s target du jour is the sequester, a government policy set in motion by the same man Cher actively
QUESTION: Today there was a hearing of the Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threat Subcommittee in the House. A couple of the members and even one of the panelists were dismayed that there was not any State Department representation there to
Speaking on April 25, Rep. Peter King (R-NY) said news that the Boston bombers planned to attack New York City after the Boston Marathon bombing was not conveyed to NYC officials quick enough. Said King: “New York is always the number
A new poll released Thursday by advocacy groups in favor of the bipartisan “Gang of Eight” immigration bill appears to have been designed to favor the Schumer-Rubio bill, Breitbart News has learned. The official crosstab polling data, complete with the
A blockbuster front page New York Times story reveals that ‘Gang of Eight’ member Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) was a driving forced behind the designed-for-fraud settlement that the Obama administration made to compensate Latino and Hispanic “attempted-to-farmers.” After the Pigford fraud
The Congressional Tea Party Caucus re-launched Thursday evening with its first meeting of the 113th Congress. “This is the one caucus that puts the American people at the table,” Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), the Thursday evening event’s emcee, said in
At the opening of the George W. Bush Presidential Library, President Obama and former President Clinton took to the podium to praise Bush – and in the process, stump for their version of immigration reform. Trying to leverage Republicans into
Former game show host and popular internet pundit Chuck Woolery has been hired as a contributor by the Washington Times. Exciting news @chuckwoolery will now be a contributor to the Washington Times. We are looking forward to this. — Mark
Congressional leaders of both parties in the House and Senate are trying to exempt themselves–and their staffs–from Obamacare’s health insurance exchanges they will be mandated to join under the law. This would be a devastating indictment of Obamacare and the
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) believes the Tea Party is ideologically similar to anarchists and that government is “inherently good.” Speaking on the Senate floor on Tuesday, Reid said he was frustrated that, “We have a situation where this country has
Critics of lawmakers using DC information for Wall Street pay dirt found an unlikely ally Tuesday night: Jon Stewart, the host of the left-leaning Daily Show. Stewart lambasted Congress and President Barack Obama for quietly killing a key provision of
QUESTION: I was wondering if the State Department had any reaction to the report by a number of House Republican chairmen on the Benghazi attack which was a bit critical of the role of former Secretary Clinton.MR. VENTRELL: Right. Well,
FAA Administrator Michael Heurta told the Congressional Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation that he does not have the “flexibility” to transfer funds from an account dedicated to developing and implementing newer technology to an operations account to prevent furloughs. When asked
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) has vowed to put the Obama administration and fellow legislators under pressure to take action to free Dr. Shakil Afridi, the Pakistani doctor who assisted the U.S. in the hunt for Osama bin Laden and who
Last week congress gutted key provisions of the congressional insider trading law known as the STOCK Act. The law, inspired by Breitbart News Network’s Peter Schweizer’s book “Throw Them All Out,” was considered by many to be a good first
(AP) Governments may push workers to health exchangeBy MIKE BAKERAssociated PressOLYMPIA, Wash.In a move that would capitalize on provisions under President Barack Obama’s health care law but could cost the federal government millions of dollars, Washington state lawmakers have found
South Korean President Park Geun-Hye will address a joint meeting of the US Congress next month, lawmakers said Tuesday, in a show of support for the new leader after tensions with North Korea soared. South Korea’s first female president will
