It seems almost impossible to think that retiring Rep. Henry Waxman, a one-man liberal institution who has represented the west side of Los Angeles for forty years, could fail to be succeeded by a fellow Democrat. Yet that is precisely
Confusion set in last night following claims that a newly elected UKIP councillor quit the party just 50 minutes after being elected to a seat on Hyndburn Council, Lancashire. Malcolm Pritchard, who was standing against his daughter Clare Pritchard in
DETROIT, May 23 (UPI) —The Michigan secretary of state ruled Friday that veteran Rep. John Conyers does not have enough valid petition signatures to get on the Democratic primary ballot. The secretary of state’s office said it reviewed Conyers’ petitions
Former Guatemalan president Alfonso Portillo was sentenced to five years and ten months in prison in New York for attempting to launder millions in bribes from Taiwan through American banks, one year after being extradited to the United States for
The Independent reports: A jubilant Nigel Farage has declared “the Ukip fox is in the Westminster hen-house”, after two of the largest parties in Westminster began losing control of councils as a result of gains for the Ukip leader’s “people’s
26-year-old Kelly Lynn Thompson, a former Texas high school teacher, was arrested this week for allegedly having sex with a 16-year-old student. Thompson, a teacher at Cypress Lakes High School in Houston, is accused of having sexual contact with the boy in her car as it
On Tuesday, a delegation of porn stars known as The Free Speech Coalition traveled to Sacramento to protest purported first amendment violations inherent in a newly proposed California bill. According to the LA Weekly, AB 1576 could prescribe criminal penalties
Today is a “time when college hasnever been more important,” according to the U.S. Department of Education(DOE) who announcedits latest $75 million competition–“First in the World (FITW).” It will create grants to “fund thedevelopment and testing of innovative approaches and
Republican moderate Neel Kashkari has closed the gap with Tea Party favorite Tim Donnelly in the race for California governor, while both trail incumbent Democrat Jerry Brown by a wide margin, a new poll reveals. The Public Policy Institute of
“Try as I might, I cannot remember a time when Britain’s various elites were as united in fury as they are now over UKIP leader Nigel Farage.” Brendan O’Neill is right. I can’t either. Outside Breitbart London you can count
LOS ANGELES, CA — Billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, one of the most prominent contributors to Republican candidates in recent elections, will host a fundraiser for Elan Carr in Los Angeles on May 29 in his race to succeed Rep.
LOS ANGELES, CA — Billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, one of the most prominent contributors to Republican candidates in recent elections, will host a fundraiser for Elan Carr in Los Angeles on May 29 in his race to succeed Rep.
A socialist revolutionary group named after Venezuelan founding father Simón Bolívar is organizing a “revolutionary party” in Caracas to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), a group that has ravaged Colombian society and has been designated
The $60 million high school football stadium that opened in an affluent Dallas suburb less than two years ago has been deemed “not safe,” and will be closed for the 2014 season. Though a plan for repairs is under way,
Conservatives are facing embarrassment because their group may not be big enough to be recognised after the European elections on Thursday, according to the Independent. The European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) were created when David Cameron pledged to walk out
A senior MP has warned that the murky world of All Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) in Westminster “are the next big scandal waiting to happen”. Labour’s Graham Allen is concerned at the sheer number that have been set-up recently, and
A Chilean activist going by the name “Papas Fritas” (Fried Potatoes) is facing one to five years in prison for allegedly burning $500 million in debt papers belonging to a Chilean for-profit university and displaying the ashes as “art.” Papas
Republican Elan Carr is just one of 18 candidates running to replace Rep. Henry Waxman in California’s 33rd District. He is also a Republican running in one of the most decidedly Democratic districts in the entire country. Still, in a
The Swiss have overwhelmingly voted to reject proposals to create the world’s highest minimum wage because they were worried increased business costs could damage their economy. In a referendum on Sunday, 76 per cent of voters turned down proposals made
Using criteria which some American constitutional scholars may consider incorrect – or at least conveniently Scandinavian — a two-man academic study financed by Norway’s foreign ministry has come to the conclusion that the Norwegian constitution is better than the United
It’s Texas teacher climate survey season compliments of Rep. MikeVillarreal (D-San Antonio) and the 83rd Legislature that pushed through HouseBill 2012 in 2013. The law requires the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to “developan online teaching and learning conditions survey to be administered statewidebiennially to
LONDON (AP) — The board of AstraZeneca has rejected the improved $119 billion takeover offer from U.S. drugmaker Pfizer, a decision that has led to sharp slide in the U.K. company’s share price as investors think it effectively brings an
The German Ministry of Environment has falsified the conclusions of a UN climate change report in the German-language version released last week, in an attempt to hide the fact that the country’s ‘green policies’ are useless. The ministry’s four-page summary
In what could be an attempt to discredit Hungary’s far-right party just days before the elections to the European Parliament, a ‘Jobbik’ MEP has been accused of being a Russian spy. Jobbik which most analysts regard as being on the
The UKIP Independence Party has soared to 61 percent in the East of England according to the latest ComRes poll for the Independent and Sunday Mirror. The unprecedented figures beats Labour’s highest regional polling (45 percent in the North West)
