On Tuesday, the U.S. Border Patrol released Jose Antonio Vargas, who has described himself as the country’s “most privileged” illegal immigrant, after detaining him earlier in the day at McAllen Airport for not having U.S. identification. Vargas said he came
Senate Democrats eager to rally voters ahead of the 2014 midterm elections held a hearing on S. 1696, a bill designed to wipe out abortion restrictions nationwide and allow for taxpayer funding for abortions. National Right to Life calls it
The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing Tuesday on what has been titled the “Women’s Health Protection Act” (WHPA), a measure that would, ironically, overturn most state pro-life laws which have been passed to protect both women from unsafe
As thousands of illegal immigrant children are crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, House Democrats pushed for more amnesty, guest-worker visas, $3.7 billion in funding, and more lawyers for illegal immigrant children during a Tuesday Twitter town hall on immigration. Their message
Nadine Gordimer, the South African Nobel laureate who used literature to resist apartheid, has died at the age of 90. Gordimer remained productive, and controversial, well into her latter years. She is being celebrated, and rightly so, for her immense
A delegation of six California lawmakers departed for Central America on Monday for a nine-day trip to discuss the immigration crisis with Central American leaders. The delegation will visit El Salvador, Guatemala, and Panama, according to Fresno’s ABC 30. The
Attorney General Eric Holder encouraged Americans not to forget race while working for justice and equality in their country. Holder made his remarks during a speech at Howard University on Tuesday for the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Civil Rights
An internecine battle has broken out between the Obama administration and the School Nutrition Association (SNA) over the federal government’s requirements for school meal programs. The fight has gotten so nasty that Michelle Obama’s food policy czar, celebrity chef Sam Kass,
The Obama White House is preparing the ground for a late-summer fight with the GOP over the “highway trust fund” and infrastructure spending. In the next month or so, the federal “highway trust fund,” effectively, will temporarily run out of
Six in ten Americans disapprove of how President Barack Obama is handling the border crisis a week after Obama refused to visit the border while attending three fundraisers in Texas. At least 57,000 illegal immigrant children have unlawfully crossed the
(AFP) An American soldier who was held captive by Afghan insurgents for nearly five years returned to regular military duty Monday and will be taking a “desk job,” the Pentagon said. Following his release on May 31 in a swap
LOS ANGELES, WEST CALIFORNIA — Venture capital billionaire Thomas Draper has announced that his campaign to break California up into six states has reached the required minimum number of signatures and will appear on the 2016 ballot, Reuters reports. The
Senate Budget Committee ranking member Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) has warned all of his colleagues in Congress that President Barack Obama’s new immigration strategy–his plans to legalize millions of illegal alien adults through executive power–could destroy America as we know
House GOP leadership is discussing including border security language in an emergency spending bill that has drawn fire from top immigration hawks, including the Heritage Foundation and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), as being insufficient. At issue is a bill sponsored
Former Vice President Dick Cheney believes that President Obama has exceeded his executive authorities granted to him by the Constitution of the United States. In a conversation with Politico‘s Mike Allen, Cheney responded to questions about Obama’s use of executive authority.
A modest group of protesters gathered outside the St. Joseph Catholic Church on Sunday to decry the federal government’s focus on providing aid to illegal immigrants, instead of helping the nation’s veterans, homeless, and unemployed. Approximately 20 protesters sang patriotic
The New York Times editorial board believes the border crisis is merely “a myth.” In a weekend editorial, the Times said the “White House is getting it mostly right” on immigration and blasted Republicans, who are “throwing up roadblocks” with
The Chamber of Commerce has not been discouraged by the lack of legislative action on immigration reform. Instead, the business organization is digging in, pushing for an immigration overhaul as soon as possible. “We’re going to use every tool and
While the Obama administration was dumping illegal immigrant children in states like Nebraska, California, and Illinois last week, big-business interests in several states revamped their push for amnesty legislation and more guest-worker visas. In Texas, which has been the epicenter
After House GOP leaders denied his final plea to bring amnesty legislation to the House floor this year, Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) thanked Reps. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) and Paul Ryan (R-WI) for helping him in his efforts. Diaz-Balart said, “The
“Do you really know what you’re getting with David Perdue?” asked Congressman Jack Kingston in a debate Sunday night for the Georgia Senate Primary. For Kingston, that’s his strongest argument against a candidate that has worked to paint the eleven-term
Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen will testify to Congress Tuesday and Wednesday about the economy and future fed policy. We won’t learn much about either, because the Fed refuses to recognize the facts on the ground. Its policymaking committee recently
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Matthews Burwell met privately with dozens of governors Sunday as the Obama administration tried to get support from the leaders of states that will host thousands of the Central American
Municipal bond mutual fund investors are panicking this weekend after the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico’s Legislature passed a new law allowing public agencies to default on their debt. Although part of the United States, Puerto Rico in the 1990s
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro may be facing a mutiny within his own party. After chiding longtime Chavista politicians for expressing a lack of confidence in his leadership, Maduro is now facing mass protests by Marxist groups within the country who
