In response to Issa Calls On Lois Lerner To Testify Before Congress Under Oath: Having followed the IRS scandal closely since Day One, I had a number of less-than-flattering thoughts about her big interview with Politico, which I could summarize
Experts are anticipating that another wave of unaccompanied minors from Central America will make their way northward to illegally enter the United States. “The situation in Central America has not changed, we have the same problems of insecurity and violence,
In an ironic twist, a report issued Monday by the nonpartisan Louisiana Legislative Auditor asserts that the Common Core standards are driving curriculum in the classroom, a statement that is in sharp contrast to the meme of supporters who have
President Barack Obama ordered air strikes against ISIS targets inside Syria overnight. He received the full backing of Republican leaders in Congress. The attacks raise a number of military–and political–questions: 1. When did Congress authorize U.S. attacks in Syria? It
The current and immediate past chairmen of the House Homeland Security Committee have publicly backed President Barack Obama’s airstrikes against ISIS in Syria, despite the fact the president did not seek congressional approval for them “When in times of war
Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA), the ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, declared that the United States’ commencement of airstrikes against ISIS in Syria showed that the United States was at war “without a doubt” and that there was
Some 70% of Americans do not designate the Obama administration as friendly toward religion, according to a Pew poll released Monday. The share of Americans that sees the Obama administration as friendly toward religion took a dramatic drop to 30%
GENEVA (AP) — For Qatar or Russia to be stripped of the World Cup, a key person in the legal chain needs to make use of the powers available to him. Events of recent days, however, suggest FIFA’s independent ethics
House oversight committee Chairman Darrell Issa renewed his call Monday for ex-IRS official Lois Lerner to testify before Congress, following her Politico interview in which she reasserted her innocence, and said she’s “not sorry for anything.” In the first media
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin recently invited Breitbart News Senior Editor-at-Large Joel Pollak to her home in Alaska for dinner to discuss his new book, Wacko Birds: The Fall (and Rise) of the Tea Party. In a discussion posted on The Sarah Palin
On Sunday’s “This Week” on ABC, Democratic strategist James Carville expressed his skepticism of an end game in the Middle East for the United States. Carville explained that to host George Stephanopoulos and then criticized Congress for not passing the
On “Fox News Sunday,” Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) said Congress is forfeiting its constitutional responsibility by letting President Barack Obama use the 2001 war authority to go after ISIS in Iraq. Schiff said, “The president has said this a war,
As the death toll of the largest outbreak of Ebola virus in history hits 2,630, the United States Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is warning that more than half a million people could contract the virus before it is contained,
National Security Advisor Susan Rice explained that the training process for Syrian rebels would take “many months” and that Americans should not expect “rapid or immediate fruit” from the program. Rice joined White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest at the
A new survey released on Constitution Day revealed that Americans don’t know much about politics or government. The poll found that nearly two thirds of respondents could not name all three branches of the federal government, with 35 percent not
Of all the really dumb things that Congress is forced to address, the fact that a bill had to be introduced to prevent government workers from view porn on the government’s dime is really disturbing, yet funny at the same
First Lady Michelle Obama proudly defended her husband’s record at a Washington, D.C. fundraiser, reminding the attendants how far the country had come since the Obamas entered the White House. She also praised President Obama for changing history on gay
The Los Angeles Times ran a story on Wednesday reporting that California State Senator Steven Knight (R-Palmdale) had told fellow Republican Assemblyman Tim Donnelly “not to participate” in walking “precincts for him in Santa Clarita this weekend.” Donnelly is, in fact,
Beginning today, upwards of a thousand Republican leaders and activists from California’s 58 counties will converge on the Marriott Hotel near Los Angeles International Airport for the biannual convention of the California Republican Party. Party regulars gather at a particularly
House Speaker John Boehner (R) and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D) united Wednesday evening to fund the government after September 30 by passing a continuing resolution (CR) that includes the funding of Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider, and
On Thursday, 50 Senators in the Democrat caucus ensured that history will remember them for casting the decisive votes that enabled President Barack to enact his executive amnesty after the midterm elections, putting the interests of the pro-amnesty Masters of
WASHINGTON, D.C.–House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi gave a strong statement of support for Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz Thursday, reacting to a recent report highlighting harsh Democratic criticism of her tenure as DNC head. “Yes, of course I
America’s immigration system is a “mess” and reforming it would help the economy, House Speaker John Boehner said Thursday. Speaking at the American Enterprise Institute about “resetting America’s economic foundation” Boehner addressed immigration reform when asked by a member of
Twenty-eight year-old Eric King was charged with attempting to firebomb U.S. Congressman’s Emanuel Cleaver’s Kansas City office on September 11. According to local media. law enforcement found a letter in his apartment that railed against capitalism and war. In other
Ukranian President Petro Poroshenko gave a stirring address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress Thursday, pleading for “military equipment–both non-lethal and lethal” in his country’s ongoing struggle to resist Russian invasion. He received a warm welcome from both
