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Breitbart News contributor and “Covenant of Liberty” author Michael Patrick Leahy appeared on NRA News’ “Cam & Co.” earlier this week. Leahy reported that House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrel Issa (R-CA) has demanded answers from Attorney General Eric Holder

Sarah Palin’s brother said that his father, Chuck Heath, Sr., has been “horribly harassed” by the IRS six times since Palin became the GOP vice presidential nominee in 2008.  Chuck Heath, Jr. wrote on Facebook that his father had never

During Wednesday’s Senate Judiciary Committee nomination hearing, President Barack Obama’s nominee to be Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights refused to answer whether he believes that amnesty is a civil right, which is the belief of the person who may

The U.S. Departments of Education (DOE) and Justice (DOJ) issued a joint release Wednesday of what they have referred to as a “discipline guidance package that will assist states, districts and schools in developing practices and strategies to enhance school

Another gun from the disastrous Fast and Furious gun-walking program has turned up at a shooting in Mexico, authorities report. On December 31, a U.S. official reported that a firearm that turned up in a gunfight at Puerto Peñasco, Mexico–a

(AP) Memorials mark Lockerbie attack anniversaryBy ERIC TUCKER and SYLVIA HUIAssociated PressARLINGTON, Va.Families of some of the 270 people who died in the bombing of an airliner over Scotland 25 years ago gathered Saturday for memorial services in the U.S.

It’s time to see Obamacare for what it is: The world’s first trillion dollar Ponzi Scheme perpetrated with lies, misrepresentations, and pure fraud by a late night Ginsu knife salesman named Obama. But Obamacare is just the tip of the

The Supreme Court has ordered Attorney General Eric Holder to respond to the Home School Legal Defense Association’s (HSLDA) petition on behalf of the Romeike family, a German family who sought legal asylum in the United States to escape persecution

A federal judge has ruled in favor of the Obama Administration’s Department of Justice by requiring Louisiana to allow federal oversight of its school choice program, a decision that suggests the court’s acceptance of further involvement by the federal government

Proponents of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) often insist that the new standards are not a federal takeover of education. Actually, Common Core supporters could be right in one sense: Common Core is not so much about a nationalization

During the hearings last week regarding the nomination of Fed Vice Chairman Janet Yellen, the one thing you definitely heard nothing about was why the US government has not pursued fraud prosecutions against the officers and directors of the major

On November 15th Attorney General Eric Holder asked Congress to renew The Undetectable Firearms Act (UFA), a law which makes it “illegal to manufacture, import, sell, ship, deliver, possess, transfer or receive” a firearm that is undetectable by scanners.  UFA

On Thursday, Rep. Pete Olson (R-TX) officially introduced his Articles of Impeachment resolution against Attorney General Eric Holder.  The resolution cites a string of allegations against Holder, such as involvement in Operation Fast and Furious, refusal to enforce the Defense

Rep. Pete Olson (R-TX) has introduced an Articles of Impeachment resolution against Attorney General Eric Holder for his role in Operation Fast and Furious and other scandals of President Barack Obama’s administration. Seven congressman have signed onto the resolution thus

(AP) Govt reaches agreement to allow airline mergerBy DAVID KOENIG and PETE YOSTAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe Justice Department says it has reached an agreement to allow American Airlines and US Airways to merge, creating the world’s biggest airline.The agreement requires the airlines

Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder to ask the Department of Justice to fund GPS tracking devices for autistic children–even though there are private companies that already offer this service. 14-year old Avonte Oquendo

Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL) told local supporters at a town hall in his northern Florida district Tuesday night that he and other Republicans are currently drafting a resolution seeking impeachment for Attorney General Eric Holder. “It’s to get him out

Left-wing activists and officials within President Barack Obama’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), part of Attorney General Eric Holder’s Department of Justice (DOJ), attempted this week to reframe Operation Fast and Furious as a problem with America’s

We are going to punish our enemies and we’re gonna reward our friends who stand with us on issues that are important to us. -President Barack Obama, October 2010 The Obama Justice Department has increased Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement

On Tuesday’s Hannity on Fox News, Breitbart News Senior Editor-at-Large and Government Accountability Institute (GAI) president Peter Schweizer said Attorney General Eric Holder is like the “squeegee guy holding the brick” in describing how President Barack Obama’s Justice Department has extorted

In remarks for a law enforcement conference in Philadelphia, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says unarmed citizens victimized in mass shootings should count on local police instead of specially trained units to arrive on scene.  According to the AP, “the

“My administration is the only thing between you and the pitchforks.” – Barack Obama March 27, 2009 The president was speaking to the heads of America’s largest banks in the White House shortly after his election. At this extraordinary meeting,

Senate Minority Whip Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) told Breitbart News on Monday that the Obama administration’s decision to block publication Operation Fast and Furious whistleblower John Dodson’s book is troubling.  In response to the attempt to block the book’s publication

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has stepped up to represent Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Special Agent John Dodson, the whistleblower who first publicly unearthed the Operation Fast and Furious scandal, against the agency’s efforts to

(AP) Marathon suspect wants prison restrictions liftedBy DENISE LAVOIEAP Legal Affairs WriterBOSTONLawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev asked a judge Wednesday to lift restrictions placed on him in prison, arguing that the conditions are overly harsh, have left

On Monday, Attorney General Eric Holder said he would slash his own salary in the case of a government shutdown. On Wednesday, asked if President Obama would do the same, White House press secretary Jay Carney demurred. “”I don’t have

After the U.S. Justice Department sued North Carolina over its voter ID law on Monday, Attorney General Eric Holder reiterated that he felt the state’s law requiring photo identification to vote was intended to and will discriminate against blacks.  “The

A U.S. District Court Judge denied the Justice Department’s motion to dismiss the House of Representatives’ lawsuit demanding administration documents related to the Operation Fast and Furious gun walking scandal. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.)

According to an unnamed source briefed by someone in the Justice Department,  ABC News is reporting that Attorney General Eric Holder and the Obama Administration are planning to sue the state of North Carolina for racial discrimination. The administration is

Obama Administration officials led by Attorney General Eric Holder will travel to Detroit on Friday to meet with officials to discuss President Barack Obama’s plans to give a package of at least $320 million to the bankrupt Motor City, which

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 (UPI) — U.S. attorneys will review and possibly refile charges in drug cases so specific offenders won’t face mandatory sentences, Attorney General Eric Holder said. Holder said the policy change will be applied to low-level, non-violent suspects

Authorities have detained a third suspect in the murder of Border Patrol agent Brian Terry, who was allegedly shot to death with weapons linked to the ATF’s “Fast & Furious” gun-walking program. Ivan Soto-Barraza was arrested in Mexico Thursday for

The House Oversight Committee has sent a letter to soon-to-be-retired Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and embattled Attorney General Eric Holder regarding the dramatic upswing in asylum requests by those crossing the border. Over the past few months, asylum requests