Former Gov. Jim Gilmore (R-VA) says the primary election in Virginia’s 7th congressional district that saw relatively unknown David Brat defeat House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) “is reflective of a genuine discontent” and a “legitimate concern among the
In an interview with Breitbart News following Monday night’s New York Meeting, Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol said that the 2014 election, as represented by Eric Cantor’s primary loss to little known David Brat could represent a sea change in the
Thousands of immigrants, most of whom are children from Central America, entering the U.S. illegally are overwhelming federal resources. Reacting to what has been labeled a “humanitarian crisis,” U.S. taxpayers are providing the illegal immigrants with housing, food, education, health care, recreation, vocational
Following the dramatic upset of Majority Leader Eric Cantor in his primary election, “the mood among the leadership of our conference was almost as if a medical accident had occurred,” Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) said in an interview with Breitbart
A vulnerable incumbent Massachusetts Democrat was so angry that a Republican tracker was following him that he called for the “troops” to “stomp” him. According to a Boston Globe report, when Rep. John Tierney (D-MA), who barely won re-election in
The claim by David Brat, an economics professor at Virginia’s Randolph-Macon College, that his victory in last Tuesday’s primary was because God intervened on his behalf, is obviously spurious. He won because 36,000 of the 65,000 people (13% of the
Despite evidence that America has a surplus of high-tech workers, the White House pushed Congress to pass amnesty and an increase in high-tech visas by August. “As the economic costs of inaction continue to grow, now is the time for
The news just keeps going from bad to worse for President Obama and disgraced former IRS Director of Exempt Organizations Lois Lerner, thanks in large part to Judicial Watch’s investigative work. JW has been instrumental in uncovering evidence of Lerner’s
On Monday, former Gov. Haley Barbour (R-MS), the former chairman of the Republican National Committee, said that what’s wrong with the country is “terrible policies that have results that are equally terrible.” Seemingly, his zeal for passing immigration reform doesn’t fall under
Conservative talk radio host Laura Ingraham help propel Dave Brat to one of the biggest upsets in political history and may have helped destroy amnesty legislation in this Congress despite the hundreds of millions spent to push it. Brat ousted
The Supreme Court recently ruled in Abramski v. United States that a law-abiding citizen may not buy a gun for another law-abiding citizen when the buyer is knowingly doing so to transfer it to another individual; however, in expressing the
Barack Obama allowed his White House to release the news that he is planning to sign an executive order banning federal contractors from discriminating against their employees on the basis of sexual orientation. Ahead of his appearance in New York on Tuesday at a Democratic fundraising
British energy giant BP will sign a long-term deal with Chinese state-owned peer CNOOC in London on Tuesday to supply China with liquefied natural gas, BP chief executive Bob Dudley said. The LNG deal, worth around $20 billion (14.75 billion
On Monday, despite House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s (R-VA) shocking primary loss last week that was viewed as a referendum against amnesty legislation, former Mississippi Governor and lobbyist Haley Barbour said the House could still pass amnesty legislation this year.
Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) is leading the race for House Whip, the third-ranking position in House leadership, and he’s running on his conservative bonafides. The chairman of the Republican Study Committee, the Republicans’ 170-member strong conservative caucus, Scalise is pitching
As the race for House Majority Whip fast approaches, Indiana Rep. Marlin Stutzman Monday made a pitch to House Republicans for support. In a “Dear Colleague” letter obtained by the Washington Examiner, Stutzman wrote that as a “fourth generation farmer
Majority Leader Eric Cantor was deposed in a shocking primary upset largely over his support for providing amnesty to illegal aliens brought to the U.S. as minors. However, in the campaign to replace him, anti-amnesty advocates say both candidates are
The White House will be welcoming undocumented immigrants shielded from deportation by the president’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program Tuesday even as the policy has precipitated a crisis on the southern border as tens of thousands of children stream
The Democratic National Committee wished America a “Happy Flag Day!” by tweeting out a picture of a child holding a flag over the weekend. The problem, however, is that the child is not holding the American flag, but rather another
Cybersecurity expert Morgan Wright strongly doubted former Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner’s claim that she lost two years of emails sought by Congress for their investigation into inappropriate IRS targeting of Tea Party rules. He added Lerner’s excuse “doesn’t
HOUSTON, Texas–State Representative James White (R-Woodville) responded to the growing Texas border crisis by sending a letter to Governor Rick Perry (R-TX) asking for a special session of the state legislature to provide funding for immediate and effective border control.
Michigan Republican Rep. Candice Miller is calling on President Obama to dispatch the National Guard to the border to aid the U.S. Border Patrol, currently overwhelmed with the large influx of unaccompanied illegal immigrant children. “Rather than carrying out their
BILOXI, Mississippi — A new poll shows conservative state Sen. Chris McDaniel with a commanding 12-point lead the runoff election in Mississippi’s GOP primary over six-term incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS). The Citizens United Political Victory Fund poll, conducted by
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor stated on ABC’s This Week that he didn’t want to be a lobbyist after his primary defeat last week. Cantor said that he was “gratified” by multiple people who had reached out to him with
Monday on CNN, the network’s John King doubted Lois Lerner’s claim that two years of emails relating to the IRS’s targeting of Tea Party groups were lost. King compared Lerner’s claim to Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny. King also
