Tuesday’s mayoral primary in Washington D.C. left the natives so apathetic that the turnout was the worst in more than 30 years. Mayor Vincent C. Gray, running for reelection despite three resignations from the D.C. Council because of corruption or
House Speaker John Boehner’s top allies are racing out the door to retirement, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday. Top Boehner allies that are retiring in 2014 include four committee chairmen: Reps. Mike Rogers (R-MI) of the Intelligence Committee, Buck McKeon
The Obama administration has issued dozens of delays to various Obamacare deadlines. University of Michigan law professor Nicholas Bagley says the President appears to be overstepping his constitutional authority. Bagley teaches at the University of Michigan, specializing in “administrative law,
One of the Tea Party’s top stars in Congress has penned an Obamacare op-ed co-bylined by Nebraska Senate candidate Ben Sasse. Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Sasse argue that Obamacare’s failures offer an opportunity for conservatives to be a movement
On December 31, 2013, Democrats on the House Energy & Commerce Committee released a report claiming that of the nearly five million people the Associated Press said had their health plans canceled due to Obamacare, only 10,000 had not yet
One of the more shocking moments of the Obama presidency was the president’s attempt to bully the Supreme Court, in full view of the entire nation, during his State of the Union address in 2010. With six of the nine
One of the top Democratic pollsters has seen the numbers, and they do not look good for Democrats heading into the 2014 midterm elections. In fact, the midterm elections could be disastrous for Democrats. The New York Times reports that
Wednesday the United States Supreme Court struck down a federal law limiting how much money a citizen may give to political recipients during elections in a major First Amendment decision. The Court’s five-to-four decision in McCutcheon v. FEC removes a
Democrats should be worried about more than just the U.S. House and Senate. If President Obama’s poll numbers remain underwater, Republicans are poised to capture control of several state legislatures this fall. The GOP could capture as many as 8
The Republican leadership in Congress will be holding a fundraising retreat the weekend of April 11 to benefit the George Soros supported Republican Mainstreet Partnership PAC. There you have it. The Republican establishment in Washington, D.C., is in bed with
WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of a group trying to unionize college athletes sought out potential congressional allies Wednesday as they braced for an appeal of a ruling that said full scholarship athletes at Northwestern University are employees who have the
NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) — Roman Catholic leaders made a rare visit to the border and celebrated Mass on Tuesday in the shadow of the fence separating the U.S. and Mexico, offering Holy Communion through the steel barrier to people on
In response to No Mention of Kathleen Sebelius in President’s Obamacare Speech: Monday, before the (very specific) 7.1 million enrollment number was publicized, White House Press Sec. Jay Carney declared ObamaCare’s success and taunted its critics – all while insisting that the
Watching congressional Democrats and Republicans wrestle over the budget is a little like watching Thelma and Louise. Democrats want to stomp on the gas pedal and race to the edge of the cliff at top speed, while Republicans want merely
While Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was present in the Rose Garden when Barack Obama took what he portrayed as something of a victory lap regarding the Affordable Care Act, or ObamaCare, today, not only was the beleaguered Sebelius
One of the nation’s top political forecasters declared Tuesday that six-term incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) is in “deep trouble” against conservative challenger state Sen. Chris McDaniel in this year’s Mississippi GOP senate primary on June 3. Stuart Rothenberg wrote
AP: In testimony before Congress on Tuesday, General Motors CEO Mary Barra apologized to victims and family members affected by it’s defective ignition switches, but was short in her answers to questions from the committee. (April 1)
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is trying to scuttle a deal to raise the minimum wage, The Hill reports, despite the fact that the proposed increase matches one proposed by President Obama last year, providing new evidence that Reid and
On Tuesday, Paul Ryan, Chairman of the House Budget Committee, released his proposed Fiscal Year 2015 budget, which increases spending in 2015 and 2016 but would balance the budget within ten years with planned cuts in out years that are
“I don’t think the locker room has changed all that much,” former NFL lineman Conrad Dobler tells Breitbart Sports. “I think the public perception of what is acceptable and what is not acceptable has changed. Everybody has to be politically
House Budget Committee Chairman released his Fiscal Year 2015 budget Tuesday ahead of a potentially difficult vote in the House as he continues to deal with unrest on the right from a deal he struck with Democratic Senate Budget Committee
Chelsea Clinton’s mother-in-law, former Rep. Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky (D-PA), is under fire for reportedly enriching herself from her taxpayer-funded charity-years after she left Congress. Margolies, who is attempting to regain her PA-13 seat and is the frontrunner in the May 20
On his Monday radio program, conservative talker Mark Levin railed against the so-called establishment Republican presidential hopefuls that convened upon Las Vegas over the weekend for the Republican Jewish Coalition conference in order to woo top donors, including casino mogul
The most under-reported remark at the Republican Jewish Coalition spring leadership meeting in Las Vegas last weekend was that of Ambassador John Bolton, who took a thinly-veiled shot at Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY): “Anyone who thinks Edward Snowden is a
California seems a lost cause for conservatives around the country, an ungovernable wasteland of militant liberalism and one-party Democratic rule. The fight over the Republican Party’s future in the state is in part being fought in California’s 7th Congressional District primary,
