There’s only a few weeks left until the summer recess swallows Congress’ legislative agenda for 2014, but a group of key Republicans haven’t given up immigration quite yet. Helping guide a secretive effort to informally gauge support for legislative action
In a burgeoning scandal that has been reported by the Sacramento Bee regarding the repair of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, a new fact has come to light: the Chinese company hired to fix the bridge, Shanghai Zhenhua Port Machinery
When asked if she was aware of U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl having attempted to escape his Taliban captors, Sunday on CBS’s ” Face the Nation,” Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee said she had heard no
Francis Fukuyama defends liberal democracy in this weekend’s Wall Street Journal, noting that despite the rise of authoritarian China and the resurgence of nationalist Russia, democracy and free markets are still winning. “When observing broad historical trends, it is important
On Thursday, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) stated that he was “not, at this point, calling for impeachment.” He continued, “The president has two years left in his term. We hope they pass quickly.” That hope is empty. They will pass
Last week, a new bill aimed at fighting diabetes in California by imposing warning labels on soda and other sweetened drinks passed the Senate in a 21-13 vote. A new report from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
FORT WORTH, Texas–The Republican Party of Texas (RPT) Convention closed this weekend with many scratching their heads about exactly what passed regarding the immigration plank of the party’s 2014 Platform. One thing is clear: the term “Texas Solution” has been
Gun control advocate and State Senator Leland Yee, indicted for arms trafficking and public corruption in March, received the vote of 323,858 California voters as of Saturday afternoon. Yee was running for the office of California Secretary of State until
Last week marked the one-year anniversary of former NSA contractor Edward Snowden‘s epic revelations of the existence of numerous global surveillance programs run by the National Security Agency (NSA), the Five Eyes (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States)
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said a stale and moderate establishment Republican preferred by the Chamber of Commerce cannot win the White House in 2016. Chamber of Commerce is fine, I was a member of the Chamber of Commerce, but a
Illegal immigrants have been pouring into the United States, and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) suggested he is willing to work with President Barack Obama to give them amnesty. Days before what has turned into a contentious June 10
Just days after becoming Iowa’s Republican Senate nominee, Joni Ernst has taken the lead over Democrat Rep. Bruce Braley (D-IA) in two polls in a race that could decide which party controls the U.S. Senate. A poll by Loras College’s
President Barack Obama’s administration is forcing a military base in Oklahoma to shelter illegal immigrant children whom officials in Texas cannot handle, and Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK), the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, thinks that will only encourage
There are a number of hot button issues happening outside of the 2014 Texas Republican State Convention; however, a huge one is playing out inside the Fort Worth Convention Center — public education. The “Educating Our Children” subcommittee has been working hard to
Friday on Bloomberg Television’s “Political Capital” with Al Hunt, Senate Intelligence Chairwoman Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) said she has not seen any evidence that U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s was in danger if details of his prisoner exchange with five
A new $5 billion Tesla Motors plant, called a “Gigafactory,” which could employ as many as 6,500 workers, is being competed for by Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Nevada, and California. California lawmakers and CA governor Jerry Brown’s administration are attempting
An amendment to a House bill that would limit the federal government’s ability to enforce federal marijuana laws and raid dispensaries in the 22 states in which medical marijuana is legal passed the Republican-controlled House last week in a 219-189
Reacting to a series of recent Supreme Court decisions striking down provisions of federal and state campaign finance laws as violations of the Constitution’s free speech guarantee, liberals are increasingly pushing for a constitutional amendment to remove the First Amendment
In a move that is sure to confound–and enrage–the left, the Koch brothers have donated $25 million to the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), the foremost source of financial support to African-American students. The UNCF launched the “Koch Scholars” program
On June 5, in a bipartisan 78 to 17 vote, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Sylvia Burwell, Obama’s appointee for secretary of Health and Human Services. Despite a fast-tracked confirmation process with bipartisan support, all the likely GOP contenders
Republican Elan Carr did the unthinkable this week: he won the primary in California’s 33rd congressional district, winning nearly 22% of the vote and defeating 17 rivals in a district that elected Democrat Henry Waxman for 40 years. Now Carr
Tongues are wagging in Chicago that First Lady Michelle Obama is warming up for a run for the U.S. Senate in 2016 when Republican Senator Mark Kirk is up for re-election. Breitbart reported on May 25 that Michelle Obama was
Gov. Mary Fallin (R) of Oklahoma has signed a bill that will repeal the Common Core education standards in her state and replace them with standards to be developed by the state of Oklahoma. The new standards must be proven
Word has apparently spread in Central and South America that U.S. Border Patrol agents are releasing thousands of illegal immigrants, as federal resources and facilities are strained from a spike in crossers. News reports and word-of-mouth has allegedly prompted more
JACKSON, Mississippi — Although a super PAC supporting Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) issued an attack ad over Common Core, the controversial federal education standards, Cochran himself vouched for Mississippi’s implementation of Common Core in a 2010 letter to President Obama’s
