Congressional candidate and Afghanistan war veteran Jeff Gorell (R-Camarillo) launched the first television ad of his campaign on Tuesday, entitled “He Knows Us.” The 30-second “positive” TV spot features Democratic and Republican leaders, especially women, as well as several Ventura
Editor’s Note: This press release originally appeared on Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) Congressional website. WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, today sent the following letter to the Internal Revenue Service regarding its decision to audit Breitbart News Network,
Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN), the senior Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, reported that President Obama is not seeking Congressional authorization for action against ISIS and argued the president should seek Congress’ permission to launch a long-term campaign against
President Obama told congressional leaders from both parties that he does not need their approval to launch additional military action against the Islamic State (ISIS), but it would be preferable if they did provide it. “The President told the Leaders
At a Tuesday press conference hosted by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), several members of Congress–after Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) brought up how Tennessee helped save Texas with luminaries of history like Davy Crockett–compared the battle they’re heading into with Senate
For years, a handful of national security experts, NGOs, and members of Congress have been trying to raise a red flag over what they suspected were active influence operations by the Muslim Brotherhood in the United States. (The RAND Corporation defines influence
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Obama’s decision to delay taking executive action gives Congress a chance to pass a major bill during the upcoming lame duck session, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid argued Tuesday. The delay is “another example of why”
A senior communications aide to Attorney General Eric Holder seemingly called House oversight committee chairman Darrell Issa’s staff by accident and asked for their help spinning new revelations about the IRS scandal, Issa said in a September 8 letter to
Monday on CNN, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), a member of the House Intelligence Committee, argued that in order to defeat ISIS in Iraq and Syria and considering the likelihood that it will outlast the current administration, the Congress should act
Rep. Darrell Issa (R- California) is the wealthiest member of Congress for a second straight year, with a minimum net worth of $327.25 million, according to Roll Call‘s annual “50 Richest Members of Congress” report. Issa, who made his fortune
Tuesday at the White House press briefing, press secretary Josh Earnest said if members of Congress are confused even after administrations consultations, by President Barack Obama’s strategy to dismantle and defeat ISIS then we “strongly encourage them to tune into
Former Vice President Dick Cheney met with House Republicans Tuesday morning after returning from their August recess, warning lawmakers about how grave the threat of Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists is. But some anti-interventionist Republicans were not thrilled about Cheney’s foreign
Reporters asked the question six ways to Sunday, but Speaker John Boehner wouldn’t give an inch: he won’t say whether congressional authorization will be needed for additional military actions by President Obama to address the Islamic State (ISIS), a burgeoning
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus were not going to let last month’s unfortunate shooting in Ferguson, Mo. go by without their best efforts of exploiting the incident on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. Because the incident
Kris “Tanto” Paronto, one of the special operators who was in Benghazi during the September 11, 2012 consulate attack told Sirius XM’s David Webb on Monday night he gave closed door testimony to Congress about his account of what happened
The Department of Homeland Security has not effectively managed its equipment and antiviral stockpiles that could be necessary to keep its workforce operable in the event of a pandemic, a new watchdog report concludes. The audit, conducted by the DHS
Transcript as follows: Barack Obama says he’ll postpone granting amnesty to millions of illegal aliens until after the American people vote for the Congress that will have to cope with the consequences of this reckless decision. The President claims he
Monday at the Newseum in Washington D.C., former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush launched a new scholars program to help develop presidential leadership qualities. During that announcement, Clinton opened up about how he dealt with having a Republican
Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Rep. Tony Cardenas (D-CA) said the president’s decision to delay an executive order to grant amnesty to upwards of 5 million illegal immigrants currently living in the United States until after the mid-term
Democrat Jesse T. Smith is running for Congress in Alabama. On Monday Smith Tweeted: “The greatest country on earth is being bullied from within. Actions of Republicans in Congress are worse than #ISIL,” ISIL is the Obama administration’s preferred name for
This article originally appeared in the New York Times: WASHINGTON — The agreement signed last year by the Norway Ministry of Foreign Affairs was explicit: For $5 million, Norway’s partner in Washington would push top officials at the White House, at the
(Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama will meet with the four leaders of the U.S. Congress on Tuesday, a senior congressional source said on Friday, amid rising concern in Washington about the advances of the Islamic State. The source told
It has been a long, hot summer here in America and abroad. ISIS is on the march and has brutally beheaded two American journalists. The threat is so large that you even have liberal United States Senators like Dianne Feinstein
Perhaps signaling that he will soon enact executive actions to ease even more deportations, President Barack Obama said on Friday that illegal immigrants should not have to “look over their shoulder” while in the country illegally. At a press conference
Friday after the conclusion of the NATO Summit in Wales, President Barack Obama said he “intends to take action” “fairly soon” on an executive order to grant amnesty to possible upwards of 5 million illegal immigrants currently living in the
