Rep. Vance McAllister (R-LA) has announced that he will not seek re-election after video surfaced of him kissing one of his female staffers. “I am committed to serving the 5th District to the best of my ability through this term,
On Monday, the leaders of 10 conservative organizations sent a letter to Congress outlining their opposition to proposed legislation to extend a federal ban on internet gambling. The letter, obtained by Breitbart News, argues that the legislation would overturn laws
On the day that Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) told a local newspaper that she believed amnesty legislation could be brought to the floor by August, she met with Satya Nadella, the new CEO of Microsoft. “I believe there is a
It is “unbecoming” of a member of Congress like Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) to refuse to debate a credible primary challenger like state Sen. Chris McDaniel, a top Mississippi newspaper’s editorial board wrote Sunday. “We understand such decisions are based
As he paves the way for the country to further relax its immigration laws in his administrative review–like not deporting illegal immigrants who have only been convicted of “minor” crimes–President Barack Obama’s Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson said he
This week the Senate Banking Committee is scheduled to vote on a housing reform proposal sponsored by Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD), chairman of the committee, and Mike Crapo (R-ID), the ranking member. The bill would wind down Fannie Mae and
Mia Love cruised to an easy victory winning the GOP nomination for Utah’s 4th District House seat, Saturday. Love, a rising star in the GOP firmament, took the lion’s share of the vote at Utah’s GOP nominating convention on April
Transcript as follows: Hi, everybody. In my State of the Union Address, I talked about pizza. More specifically, I talked about a pizza chain in Minneapolis – Punch Pizza – whose owner, John Soranno, made the business decision to give
Politicians may be known for stretching the truth, but Speaker John Boehner’s claim he’s attended “hundreds of Tea Party events” over the past four years apparently pulled it well past the point of breaking. In reviewing press reports, Breitbart News
On Friday, President Barack Obama pushed for U.S. amnesty legislation while at a naturalization ceremony in South Korea for troops and military spouses, saying he would “keep on pushing” to get comprehensive immigration reform legislation done this year. Obama said
Wednesday’s announced reconciliation between rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah triggered a backlash in Washington, including calls for financial retaliation. Members of Congress from both parties are already calling for an immediate suspension of aid, reports Al-Monitor. Hamas and the
On April 22nd, 2014, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott sent a letter to Bureau of Land Management requesting responses to five specific inquiries regarding their land claims along the Red River. BLM responded the next day with the following statement; “BLM is categorically
JACKSON, Mississippi — Hours before two major Tea Party rallies in this state, the American Conservative Union endorsed state Senator Chris McDaniel over incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran, providing the imprimatur of an organization that remains the most highly-sought validator of
The wacky atheists are at it again, this time they are targeting the National Day of Prayer event in Washington, D.C. An atheist group led by “paid professional atheist” Mikey Weinstein, as Dr. James Dobson calls him, does not want
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) reportedly mocked amnesty opponents in Congress on Thursday during a lunch event in his home district. “Here’s the attitude. Ohhhh. Don’t make me do this. Ohhhh. This is too hard,” Boehner reportedly “whined” at Brown’s
On Thursday, 22 Republican senators, including even Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), denounced President Barack Obama in a scathing letter for threatening America’s “entire constitutional system” with his immigration “enforcement review” that threatens to “nullify” the nation’s immigration laws.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has cancelled his appearance at an Oklahoma City police academy graduation ceremony amid a planned protest by conservative lawmakers and organizations. Holder will still be traveling to Oklahoma City but will no longer be speaking
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) is blasting President Barack Obama’s reported plans to circumvent federal drug laws, calling it an abuse of power and an end run around the Constitution’s separation of powers. Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder have long
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government wants to ban sales of electronic cigarettes to minors and require approval for new products and health warning labels under regulations being proposed by the Food and Drug Administration. While the proposal being issued
On Wednesday’s “Special Report,” Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer warned that if President Barack Obama continued to disobey laws as passed by Congress and it becomes habitual, it would have an impact on future administrations and their willingness to enforce
About a month out from the initial ballot, the five-way Republican primary in Georgia is heating up, with businessman David Perdue, a cousin of former Georgia Republican Governor Sonny Perdue, taking the early lead. The primary features a kind of
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor is attacking his GOP primary opponent with a new television ad, a highly unusual move for a sitting member of House leadership that demonstrates he is taking the threat from his right back home more
In a statement posted on the U.S. Bureau of Land Management website (BLM), federal officials denied any expansion of holdings along the Red River after Breitbart Texas brought the matter to national attention. The nuanced denial has drawn critical reactions
In October 1980, Gerald Chaffin threw gasoline on his wood-frame home and burned it to the ground. He did it at the behest of the federal government. His crime? The BLM controlled the land on which his home had been
Traffickers in child pornography must pay restitution to the children victimized by their crimes, but only to the extent that the government can show each trafficker’s connection to the video images in question. So said the Supreme Court on April
