HOUSTON, Texas–House Homeland Security Chairman, Congressman Mike McCaul (R-TX) said American military bases are being turned in to refugee camps. Unaccompanied minors who have been crossing the border in record numbers for months are being warehoused at military bases across
LUBBOCK, Texas–Texas State Senator Robert Duncan of Lubbock resigned on Thursday ahead of his move Monday to Texas Tech to become the Texas Tech University Systems Chancellor. Duncan was first elected to the Texas Legislature in 1992 and has been
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid reacted to Thursday’s jobs report by charging that Republican failure to pass immigration reform is costing Americans jobs. Thursday the Bureau of Labor Statics reported that the economy added 288,000 jobs last month, and the
The number of people not in the labor force hit another record high in June, according to data released Thursday by the government. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), 92,120,000 people did not participate in the labor force
In the wake of the Hobby Lobby decision, the Obama administration received an important letter on Tuesday signed by “14 different religious leaders, including Pastor Rick Warren of the Saddleback Church in California, Gabe Lyons of Q Ideas, and Michael
While many moderate Republican talking heads continue to push the narrative that the Tea Party is dead and buried, it simply isn’t supported by events on the ground. The New York Times recently credited the conservative wing of the GOP
California Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) seems to have flunked her first major leadership test by failing to get Governor Brown’s water bond passed during one of California’s worst droughts. Following a failed attempt by Senate President Pro Tem Darrell
From 1957 until the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, the Staatssicherheit–or Stasi–was the most feared and effective intelligence agency, operating as the “sword and shield” and striking fear into the hearts of East Germans. Their omnipresent network of both employees
On Wednesday’s “The O’Reilly Factor,” conservative talker Laura Ingraham made a bold call on how to confront problem of immigration in the United States, in particular regarding the flow of illegal aliens through the U.S. southern border. Ingraham laid out
On Wednesday’s “NOW w/Alex Wagner,” former Gov. Howard Dean (D-VT), the former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, attacked Republicans on Capitol Hill on multiple grounds, including on ethics and what he considered to be a do-nothing Congress. Dean, however,
The Federal Election Commission (FEC) has asked a pro-Thad Cochran Super PAC, called Mississippi Conservatives, to provide additional information about what the newspaper Roll Call said “appears to be campaign finance violations.” At issue are last-minute expenditures made by the
An anonymous staffer for Sen. Thad Cochran’s (R-MS) campaign ripped into his conservative opponent, state Sen. Chris McDaniel, for challenging the election results, calling McDaniel a “phony.” “The guy is basically Joel Osteen,” the Cochran campaign staffer, described as a
On July 1, the Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously in support of Assembly Bill 1964, a bill that would add “single-shot handguns” to the list of unsafe and, therefore, banned handguns in city limits. According to WestsideToday.com, Councilman Paul
Remember when Majority Leader Harry Reid stood on the Senate floor and declared that all ObamaCare horror stories were untrue? On February 26 of this year, Reid said, “despite all that good news, there’s plenty of horror stories being told. All
One consequence of Democrats continuing to go Left under Obama as a national party is poised to cost them a Senate seat in a year when they’re fighting to retain control of that same institution. While South Dakota is conservative,
In an appearance on Tuesday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel, talk show host Dennis Prager along with Michael Meyers of the New York Civil Rights Coalition took on last week’s outcome of the race for the Mississippi Republican nomination
On Tuesday’s episode of Fox News Channel’s “On the Record,” Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus condemned President Barack Obama for his efforts and his outspokenness in challenging requirement of congressional authority in his abilities to exercise some executive powers.
Criticized as the “train to nowhere,” California’s plan for an astronomically costly high-speed rail system will now see a Burbank to Palmdale segment pushed ahead, in a case of politics trumping practicality. The addition comes as officials seek to garner
A new PPP poll has Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., at 44% in the November primary, with U.S. Rep. Bill Cassidy, R-Baton Rouge at 27%. With the unpopular Landrieu stuck well below 50 percent, a December run-off is considered likely and Landrieu’s numbers
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama defiantly dared congressional Republicans on Tuesday to try to block his efforts to act on his own and bypass a divided Congress that has thwarted his policy initiatives. “So sue me,” he taunted on
As Roll Call points out, the Democrat’s problem with the Veterans Affairs’ scandal isn’t only what it says about the VA, it’s what it says about the ‘big government’ mentality that’s so central to many Democrat policies and ideas. It
WASHINGTON (AP) — Many of the 8 million Americans signed up under the new health care law now have to clear up questions about their personal information that could affect their coverage. A government watchdog said Tuesday the Obama administration
A devastating new Health and Human Services (HHS) Inspector General report released on Tuesday reveals that the Obama administration has yet to determine whether 1,295,571 of the over 8 million Obamacare enrollees are U.S. citizens lawfully in the country. The
President Barack Obama’s announcement that he will endeavor an administrative fix to the nation’s immigration system has raised the ire of Republicans with direct jurisdiction over U.S. immigration policy. “Just because the legislative branch may not act on immigration reform
An American Crossroads poll has Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell up by 5 points over Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes in Kentucky. The poll of 800 likely voters was done between June 14 to June 17 by Public Opinion Strategies. It
Sources close to Republican U.S. Senate candidate Scott Brown say he has raised more than $2 million in the three-month fundraising period since entering the race, which would be “the largest fundraising quarter for any U.S. Senate candidate in New Hampshire
WASHINGTON (AP) — High-dollar donors’ favorite political machine on Tuesday began booking another $20 million in television air time for an autumn advertising blitz aimed at tipping six Senate seats into Republican hands. The Karl Rove-backed American Crossroads super PAC
The Tea Party “spooked” House Speaker John Boehner “into cowering in a corner” to avoid taking on immigration reform, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid charges. “Our broken immigration system is one of the biggest challenges we face as a nation
There is “no evidence of criminal wrongdoing,” the Internal Revenue Service assured Americans during an internal investigation of the agency’s targeting of conservative groups. Few will find comfort in those words, and understandably so. Last week, while seeking to reassure
AUSTIN, Texas–In response to the recent surge of children crossing the border, President Obama delivered a speech earlier this week from the Rose Garden announcing new plans for immigration reform. Blaming inaction by House Republicans, Obama stated that he would take
American-born workers have had a net loss in jobs since 2000, while all of the job growth since then has gone to immigrants, according to a remarkable new study by the Center for Immigration Studies. This revelation comes as some
In the penultimate essay of this series, I discussed at length an internal report at UCLA that examined the university’s admissions decisions. The report, written by UCLA sociology professor Robert Mare, found evidence that UCLA had given preference to black
If some pundits want to make a case that the Tea Party is dead, or dying, they might want to check with the New York Times. The paper of record rightly points out that in the people’s house, not only
Judicial Watch participated in a major victory for the rule of law and the U.S. Constitution – and Barack Obama received a humiliating setback in his ruthless, reckless efforts to “fundamentally transform” America by egregiously exceeding constitutional restraints on presidential
Judicial Watch filed a Motion for Status Conference in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to confer about the emails of Lois Lerner and other IRS officials, which were the subject of longstanding Judicial Watch Freedom
THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. One year ago this month, senators of both parties — with support from the business, labor, law enforcement, faith communities — came together to pass a commonsense immigration bill. Independent experts said that bill would
President Barack Obama has not gotten the message that his executive overreach is not welcome, according to Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus. “For years, the administration has neglected our borders and precipitated the current crisis through its executive order,”
DALLAS, Texas–The repeated themes at the Texas Democratic Convention were the evils of the Tea Party, the absence of women and minorities on the GOP ticket, and the Texas GOP platform. It was also about working to turn the state
In response to Harry Reid Weighs In On Hobby Lobby Ruling: I wonder why none of these objections occurred to Harry Reid when he was voting for the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which passed the Senate with 97 votes, and
Sandra Fluke, whose campaign for free contraception elevated her to national prominence while she was still a law student at Georgetown University, denounced to the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision in the Burwell v. Hobby Lobby case: “A woman’s boss should
