Dr. Bob Holsworth, a longtime observer and prescient analyst of Virginia’s politics who has moderated many statewide debates, has seen it all in the Commonwealth. But on Wednesday morning, Holsworth told Breitbart News that Dave Brat’s shocking defeat of House
House Rules Committee Chairman Pete Sessions (R-TX) is working to outflank GOP Whip Kevin McCarthy on immigration in the early stages of a clash for Eric Cantor’s soon-to-be vacant Majority Leader slot, telling a group of reporters that securing the
Betty Yee and fellow Democrat John Perez continue to jockey for second place in California’s state controller’s race. The second place spot has also been held by Republican David Evans, who now sits in fourth. With over 320,000 votes left
In response to Brat Wins in Virginia – Cantor Goes Down!: Congratulations to Dave Brat, who will now find himself under sustained attack from both Republican and Democrat elements of the Democrat-leaning but “bipartisan” (or really, trans-partisan) Beltway machine. This
Following the stunning upset of Majority Leader Eric Cantor last night, the Capitol is the political equivalent of a Black Friday stampede as top Republicans burn up the phone lines looking for support. It’s a highly fluid situation, but some
Wednesday at the the House Armed Service Committee, Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) had a candid moment as he admitted the White House has not been good about consulting Congress on major policy decisions adding “a little bit” of trust would
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), perhaps the most outspoken amnesty proponent in Congress, said the stunning defeat of Majority Leader Eric Cantor in the primary Tuesday is no impediment to President Obama moving forward with immigration unilaterally. “When people say there’ll
After his shocking primary loss on Tuesday, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) canceled his keynote address to the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) that was scheduled for Wednesday morning. Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) took Cantor’s spot. Jay Timmons, the
As thousands of child migrants entering the country illegally have completely overwhelmed federal facilities along the U.S.-Mexico border, the Obama Administration refuses to say how many of the minors will be deported. White House officials did, however, state that many of the children will
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, who lost his Republican congressional primary to Tea Party-backed Dave Brat in a shocking landslide Tuesday, is the highest-ranking Jew in the history of the U.S. Congress. As news of Cantor’s defeat spread, Jews on
Aristotle said “nature abhors a vacuum.” Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s stunning primary defeat last night has left a rather large one in the House GOP power structure, and the resulting struggle is likely to get bloody. “It’s very fluid. There
WASHINGTON, June 10 (UPI) –In the end, it was immigration that brought Eric Cantor down. And in the moments following the House majority leader’s stunned concession speech Tuesday night, immigration dealt Cantor one last parting blow. Cantor spoke about four
As the clock approached midnight on Tuesday night, Randolph-Macon economics professor David Brat was still in a bit of shock that this was really happening to him. “I’m still recovering…we’re watching it on TV right now I’m like, ‘that’s me!’
Football rulers hold their annual congress on Wednesday amid calls from top European football for president Sepp Blatter to end his reign as FIFA president and damaging corruption accusations against Qatar’s 2022 World Cup bid. Michael van Praag, head of
On Tuesday night, one of the most stunning upsets in Congressional primary history took place, with House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) losing his primary to economics professor Dave Brat. Brat campaigned on the platform that Cantor was a backer of amnesty
Hailing Dave Brat’s shocking victory over House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) as an “amazing moment for the people,” conservative talk radio host Laura Ingraham said Cantor’s defeat is a wake-up call for Republicans on amnesty. Appearing on Fox News,
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA), who was in line to be the next House Speaker, shockingly lost his primary Tuesday to economics professor Dave Brat. In knocking Cantor off and shocking Washington and the GOP establishment, voters in Virginia’s
The stunning demise of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in his congressional primary on Tuesday–by a huge margin–is a sign of how deeply the conservative base resents the Republican leadership’s efforts to frog-march the party towards immigration reform before securing
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Immigration was not on the June legislative agenda released by Majority Leader Eric Cantor. It was only fleetingly discussed at a closed-door conference meeting this morning. And many lawmakers are being kept in the dark about an
California Senator Dianne Feinstein is admitting that the White House has kept her at a distance after she criticized the Obama Administration for ignoring Congress when the Bowe Bergdahl deal was made. Feinstein, the chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee,
Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) says the Obama administration finalized the transfer of the Gitmo 5 for Bowe Bergdahl the day before the exchange took place and only “knew an hour ahead of time where it was going to take place.”
Americans are naturally eager to end the long war in Afghanistan, but that does not mean we should dismiss the threat that violent terrorist groups, such as the Taliban, pose to our nation. Without any consultation with Congress, the Obama
Sen. John Cornyn criticized President Obama for creating a “human magnet” with his unlawful approach to immigration enforcement, but admitted that Americans had a duty to care for the children that were flooding into the country. Cornyn pointed out that
Sheryl Sandberg, the 44 year-old feminist COO of Facebook, thinks she has figured out one of the reasons why there has never been a women president and why there’s no affordable childcare and why the word “bossy” was invented and
The Obama administration presented news of the Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl trade alongside a narrative designed to explain why five Taliban commanders were exchanged for one member of the U.S. Army referred to as a “deserter” by those who served with
