Judicial Watch, a Washington D.C based watchdog organization, announced last week, that it filed on May 15, a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. Departments of Defense and State to get records relating to briefings that any
On Sunday, less than week after Dave Brat stunningly defeated him in a primary, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) conceded that immigration was a big issue in his defeat, saying that he angered both sides with his support for
Conservative talk radio host Laura Ingraham said House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) was ousted last week because voters in his district knew that sending him back to Congress would have been a “green light” for amnesty legislation. Ingraham, as
Denying climate change is like saying the moon is made of cheese, President Obama has said in his latest attempt to persuade an unconvinced world that “global warming” is the most urgent crisis of our time. Obama was speaking to
Sunday on CNN’s “State of The Union,” fill-in moderator Dana Bash asked outgoing-House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) if he felt anti-semitism played a role in his stunning primary loss to Tea Party hero David Brat. Cantor is the
Conservative activist, entrepreneur and Republican benefactor Jack Roeser passed away on Friday, aged 90. The sad news spread rapidly among conservatives both in and from Illinois. What was surprising, however, was not the fact that Roeser had passed away–at a
A Blackfish bill was tabled by the California legislature earlier this year, and now the film’s controversial accusations against Sea World are rippling through Congress. Two members of Congress have gathered 40 signatures calling on the USDA to renew research
President Obama has faced low job-approval ratings for much of his presidency. In the current RealClearPolitics average of polls, his job-approval is currently 42%. According to Gallup, Obama’s job-approval has never averaged more than 48% in each of his last
WASHINGTON (AP) — The surge in immigrant children caught crossing the southern border in Texas that has dominated headlines and risks becoming a political crisis for President Barack Obama and Congress includes a new threat facing Border Patrol agents: reporters.
After the IRS told Congress Friday that it cannot find many of Lois Lerner’s emails prior to 2011 because of a computer crash that year, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) posted this video of IRS Commissioner John Koskinen testifying before the
WASHINGTON (AP) — Spending on veterans’ health care could double in three years under the Senate’s solution to the long waits experienced by thousands seeking medical care at VA hospitals and clinics, according to congressional budget experts. Analyzing a bill
In response to IRS Commissioner previously testified Lois Lerner emails were archived: Not only did the Commish testify – under oath, I believe – that these emails were archived, but the IRS turns out to have explicit rules for making
On June 12, the Washington Post ran a column by their editorial board claiming “no place is safe” in America without more gun control. They justified this claim by citing six gun-free zones–Troutdale, Newtown, Columbine, Blacksburg, Seattle, and the Washington,
FORT WORTH, Texas–During the Texas State Republican Convention, Breitbart Texas interviewed Congressman Blake Farenthold, a Republican representing Texas’ 27th Congressional District, about criminal justice reform, an issue that has been gaining prominence recently among conservatives, and earning bipartisan support in
On Friday’s “NewsHour” on PBS, New York Times columnist David Brooks and syndicated columnist Mark Shields reacted to Tea Party upstart David Brat, the Republican nominee for Virginia’s 7th congressional district contest this fall, upset of incumbent Rep. Eric Cantor
Should Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) meet expectations and beat Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID) in the race to replace House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, the Californian will leave another leadership vacancy to be filled. The prospect of this opening already
On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Cycle,” co-panelist Touré Neblett aired his wide-ranging interview with HBO “Real Time” host Bill Maher. Among the topics discussed was his “Flip a District” effort, which was his effort to target one certain Republican
Most news watchers are familiar with the Friday afternoon document dumps, but the IRS seems to have gone one step further. Buried in a letter on another topic they revealed that two years worth of Lois Lerner’s emails are gone,
Tea Party leaders are pressing Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) to release a list of the “other members of Congress” he says approved the extensive international travel of his executive assistant Kay Webber. “I think it’s incumbent upon Sen. Cochran, since
President Obama doesn’t seem interested in using his pen, phone, “smart power,” and “intensive diplomacy” where it might actually do some good, such as rescuing condemned Christian woman Meriam Ibrahim from the clutches of Sudanese barbarians. There was a rally
On Thursday evening, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer asked Congress to end the “intentional and unconscionable” humanitarian crisis at the border that the Obama administration has created and ignored. In a letter to House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Senate Majority
A man born and raised in California has been denied permission to cross the U.S.-Mexico border to come home, despite the fact that he has a California birth certificate and driver’s license. Meanwhile, hundreds, if not thousands, of unaccompanied, illegal
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin said she felt Congress lacked the guts to impeach President Barack Obama for acting like a “tyrant” by refusing to enforce the country’s immigration laws and deliberately causing a humanitarian crisis at the border. She
HOUSTON, Texas–The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is taking select Members of Congress on a secret tour of the temporary children’s shelter set up to house the children who entered the country illegally as part of the Texas
California senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer are suddenly realizing that the escalating crisis in Iraq is a matter of concern. The Iraqi Shiite government led by Nouri al-Maliki is under assault by al-Qaeda and Sunni forcesand is near collapse.
