Despite losses in Britain and Poland, the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) look set to become the third largest group at the European Parliament. Created by the British Conservative Party in the last parliamentary term it had been derided as
The Australian government will no longer refer to Eastern Jerusalem as “occupied”, the Attorney General said in a statement on Thursday. The Times of Israel reports that Attorney General George Brandis said that Foreign Minister Julie Bishop believes that using
Britain’s Independent newspaper has become the latest victim of news satire after it published an article about Kinder Egg smugglers in the United States. Kinder Eggs have technically been banned in the United States on health and safety grounds since
In a blow to Israel, British Foreign Secretary William Hague was the first EU foreign minister to welcome the unity government agreement signed on Monday between the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Hamas. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Hague said
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has been blamed for sabotaging a set of raids against illegal immigrants by passing intelligence about them to a left-wing campaign group. Whitehall sources told the Daily Mail that a meticulously planned operation had been potentially
As Breitbart News predicted, Democrats Ben Allen and Sandra Fluke have made it to the top two in California’s newly-adopted “jungle” primary system and will advance to November in one of the most interesting races to date. Both candidates are
A university in Perth, Australia, has released a five-second audio clip some experts claim could be the key to finding missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. The clip, recorded on the day the plane disappeared, could be of a seismic event,
Tonight eurosceptics at the European Parliament are in turmoil as reports circulate that Beppe Grillo, leader of the Italian Five Star Movement with 17 MEPs, may be back-peddling on a deal to join Nigel Farage and UKIP in a political
Incumbent Silicon Valley Congressman Mike Honda advanced early with 51% of the vote–which was later adjusted to 48%–and will compete against fellow Democrat Ro Khanna, who has clinched a second-place finish with 27% of the vote to advance into November’s
Indicted state Sen. Leland Yee looks to finish a relatively strong third in the race for California Secretary of State, despite the fact that he dropped out of the race months ago, according to the Los Angeles Times election results
I can still remember my first-grade school librarian, Mrs. Schultz dropping the bombshell on us. “I don’t have a TV in my house,” she said. That concept was very foreign to me. As a fan of television coming from a house
California’s 33rd District is rated “safely Democrat” by Rothenberg Political Report/Roll Call and has been represented by Democrat Rep. Henry Waxman for 40 years. Republican Elan Carr just won the 33rd District primary. Carr and Democratic state Sen. Ted Lieu
With 82.5% of precincts reporting, Republican Pete Peterson and Democrat Alex Padilla are locked in a neck-and-neck battle in the California Secretary of State race, although both will ultimately move on to the general election in November, according to the
MPs have called on Home Secretary Theresa May to set up an inquiry into historical cases of child sex abuse. Former Children’s Minister Tim Loughton and fellow Conservative Zac Goldsmith are among the names calling for a national investigation into
BRENTWOOD — Breitbart News was on site Election Day morning at several Los Angeles-area polling stations, talking with voters and watching one candidate for the 33rd district congressional seat cast her vote. “What’s the election for–mayor?” asked a passerby at
The China-Arab Cooperative forum is celebrating its tenth anniversary, and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi noted in a statement that the Chinese government is increasingly interested in expanding trade and economic ties with the region, particularly in developing industries like
Denton Independent School District (ISD) parent Jenny Williams was stunned by the flyer she found in her son’s fifth grade reading intervention packet–“3 Key Ideas for Parents (about the Common Core).” On May 23, Williams met with Ginnings Elementary administrators
Indian-American activists in Silicon Valley are outraged at what they are calling “the crudest form of racially coded language” by a Democratic PAC that has endorsed incumbent Rep. Mike Honda (D) over rival Democrat Ro Khanna. The same PAC recently
Tens of millions of dollars are flooding California races in the 2014 primary election, making this a monumental year in election spending. Independent expenditures have ratcheted up to rival 2006, with outside spending of $28.9 million, says the Sacramento Bee,
A test question on a Chicago Public Schools (CPS) assessment asking seventh graders to compare differing views on immigration, including one written by a fictitious Bush administration official whose name sounds almost exactly like that of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe
Grant Shapps may be replaced as Conservative Party Chairman according to the Independent. The paper has suggested that he may be replaced by Eric Pickles, a well-regarded former chairman. Mr Pickles is currently Secretary of State for Communities and Local
Monday’s inauguration of Narendara Modi, India’s new prime minister, at Delhi’s iconic red sandstone palace built for the British Viceroy more than a century ago was filled with the pomp and flourishes more reminiscent of the days of the British
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry spoke with Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas by phone on Sunday, and “expressed concern” about the Fatah-Hamas unity government which will be sworn in on Monday, reports Israel National News. The U.S. considers Hamas a terrorist
In an exclusive interview with Breitbart News, former Georgian Prime Minister and representative to NATO Ambassador Grigol Mgaloblishvili warns that neither the invasion of Georgia in 2008, nor the situation in Ukraine today, are isolated incidents and that Russia intends to cripple
Following last week’s local elections, 32 local councils were left with no one party able to control the council. Of these, a fifth (seven councils in total*) would have a working majority if UKIP and Conservatives were able to come
