On Wednesday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) will join a monthly meeting on immigration that is hosted by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s pro-amnesty Partnership for a New American Economy and Grover Norquist. Paul, a potential 2016 GOP presidential contender,
Congress is seeking to violate the Constitution on voting rights–and doing so in a bipartisan manner. If this violation of the Fifteenth Amendment passes Congress and goes back to court, America may have to wait through another two years of
Monday at the White House daily briefing, deputy press secretary Josh Earnest made the briefing room packed with reporters laugh loudly when he answered “sure” after being asked if the administration trusts Congress. The question was in reference to the
Members of Congress who were told by White House officials Monday in classified briefings that Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel is responsible for and had the authority to make the final approval over Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s exchange for the ‘Taliban 5.’
Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) says other Senators approved his longtime executive assistant accompanying him on dozens of taxpayer-funded trips overseas, despite that she does not have any specialized policy expertise. “She travels at the invitation of the member of Congress
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that her favorite Republican in Congress was Sen. John McCain. Clinton announced the news during an interview with Good Morning America’s Robin Roberts. Clinton praised McCain in her new book Hard Choices for
China’s top diplomat told India’s new Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday that the nuclear-armed neighbours should regard themselves as “natural partners” rather than rivals as they held talks in New Delhi. Speaking at a press conference in the Indian
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Armed Services Committee will investigate the Obama administration’s swap of an American prisoner held for five years for five Taliban leaders that caused a political firestorm over the lack of congressional notification and fears the
President Obama is unveiling a presidential memorandum that will allow students with loans taken out before 2007 to apply for a cut in loan payments by having them limited to ten percent of their annual income, a plan not unlike
Writing at National Review Online, conservative commentator Stanley Kurtz observed that history will show the sponsors of the Common Core “made a mockery of the Constitution and the democratic process.” Kurtz is responding to the Washington Post‘s “devastating” report of
The fate of amnesty legislation this year may depend on House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s (R-VA) margin of victory Tuesday in a primary campaign that has surprisingly emerged as a high-profile immigration battle. While a trio of House Republicans –
As Ron Fournier reports at National Journal, even powerful, high-profile Democrats are beginning to bail on Barack Obama, even if some seek anonymity in doing so. The Bergdahl exchange is just one more in a long and growing list of
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) filed legislation on Monday that would place a six month freeze on any federal government funding involved in the transfer of detainees from Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba. The White House is under considerable pressure and
“What’s emerging is an imperial presidency, an uber presidency as I’ve called it, where the president can act unilaterally. This is only the latest example of that… Barack Obama is really the president Richard Nixon always wanted to be.“ That’s constitutional
Monday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” State Department deputy spokesperson Marie Harf defended the Obama administrations decision to not inform Congress on the Bergdahl prisoner exchange made the argument that Congress had also not been informed about the raid that
Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) believes that it’s time for a vote to challenge House Speaker John Boehner’s leadership in Congress. But are there enough votes to challenge his leadership? Gosar explained that it was time for a change in leadership
Mary Landrieu thinks she’s pretty powerful. In a recent interview with The Washington Post, she used the word “clout” 13 times referring to her position as the Chair of the Senate Energy Committee. But if she has so much “clout,” why
There’s only a few weeks left until the summer recess swallows Congress’ legislative agenda for 2014, but a group of key Republicans haven’t given up immigration quite yet. Helping guide a secretive effort to informally gauge support for legislative action
In response to Victims of Taliban Atrocities Horrified By Bergdahl Prisoner Swap: Everyone has their own favorite horror from the Bergdahl deal, whose weaknesses were, I presume, supposed to cancel each other out, but instead worked in a synergy of
Francis Fukuyama defends liberal democracy in this weekend’s Wall Street Journal, noting that despite the rise of authoritarian China and the resurgence of nationalist Russia, democracy and free markets are still winning. “When observing broad historical trends, it is important
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s (R-VA) hometown paper endorsed him on Friday before the June 10th Virginia primary but conveniently made no mention of his support for amnesty legislation, which has been his greatest liability among conservative voters. The Richmond
Illegal immigrants have been pouring into the United States, and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) suggested he is willing to work with President Barack Obama to give them amnesty. Days before what has turned into a contentious June 10
Last week, National Security Advisor Susan Rice appeared on the Sunday shows to do what she does best: lie. She told the American public that Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, for whom President Obama had exchanged five top Taliban commanders, had served
White House: In this week’s address, President Barack Obama underscored the importance of helping to lift the burden of crushing student loan debt faced by too many Americans and highlighted the efforts he’s taken to ensure we uphold America’s commitment
The chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Migration has called upon the Obama administration and Congress to protect illegal immigrant children who are crossing the border from Mexico into the United States unaccompanied by parents. “This
