The United States officially ended its combat operations in Afghanistan, a country that a U.S. watchdog says has a fiscally unsustainable force with questionable capabilities to fight terrorist groups and a growing opium economy perpetuated by widespread corruption. U.S. and
Ben Shapiro is back with another “reality check.” On Wednesday, Shapiro released a new video explaining why House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) is pursuing a “stupid option” when it comes to funding President Obama’s executive amnesty. “There is the only
Just a day after the Democrat-driven release of the report on the CIA’s “Enhanced Interrogations,” the news cycle is once again being driven by the issue of state-sanctioned torture, despite the program the report covers having ended many years ago.
AUSTIN, Texas — Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) announced on Wednesday that two of his staffers had accepted leading positions in the Office of the Texas Attorney General, taking the opportunity to follow in his footsteps and serve their home state.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel, former CIA Deputy Director Jose Rodriguez, the former director of the National Clandestine Service, slammed the release of the Senate CIA torture report Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), the current chairwoman
“I’m not here to defend torture” writes former CIA Director (2006 to 2009) Michael Hayden in today’s Telegraph. And I have no intention of doing so either. But I can’t be the only one who finds something a little disturbing
Politicians share many of the same skills as magicians. They both use psychological misdirection by making big gestures to distract and fixate spectators, while quietly performing their tricks. A good example of this is the House and Senate agreeing to
You can’t make this stuff up. The 1,603-page omnibus spending bill–or at least part of it–was, according to one of Speaker John Boehner’s top allies, actually negotiated in a literal cigar smoke-filled backroom somewhere in Washington, D.C. “There’s no secrets
There’s blood in the water on Capitol Hill. Teamsters Union president Jimmy Hoffa, Jr., is out in strong opposition to the omnibus spending bill as Democratic support–and Republican support–for it continues crumbling. “On behalf of the 1.4 million members of
Texas Senator Ted Cruz is reminding Americans that no civilized nation should ever torture prisoners. “Torture is wrong, unambiguously. Period. The end. Civilized nations do not engage in torture and Congress has rightly acted to make absolutely clear that the
On Tuesday, Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) joined the growing group of Democrats who blame Obamacare for their party’s electoral woes. “We never recovered from the [Obamacare] rollout because the election became one that was directed toward the president. We couldn’t
A new analysis from the Conservative Review finds that the omnibus spending bill backed by Speaker John Boehner and House Appropriations Committee chairman Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY) would bust through the spending caps set by a budget deal from House
Tea Party Patriots is joining the chorus of conservative voices expressing frustration that the House’s government funding bill does not block executive amnesty. “Make no mistake, this bill DOES fund Obama’s executive amnesty, and so much more,” Jenny Beth Martin,
Call it the mysterious case of the Incredible Shrinking GOP. Barely one month ago, the party sailed to victory in one of the biggest rout election waves of the past century. They ran the board and took control of the
In testimony before the House Rules Committee, where he pushed Speaker John Boehner’s 1,603-page, $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill, House Appropriations Committee chairman Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY) made false claims about the bill’s budget calculations. “We abide by the Ryan-Murray
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has passed legislation that would direct President Barack Obama to levy sanctions against Venezuelan government officials or others accused of perpetrating acts of violence or human rights abuses of anti-government demonstrators. The bill, passed in
NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel argued that the Senate Intelligence Committee’s report on interrogation techniques used by the CIA was “about changing the narrative of American history” and that the Senate was trying “to wash their hands” on
Fox News Senior Political Analyst Brit Hume argued that the Senate Intelligence Committee’s report on US interrogation techniques was comparable to Rolling Stone’s UVA sexual assault story because both made accusations without seeking comment from the accusers on Tuesday’s “Kelly
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The CIA director said that enhanced interrogation techniques (EITs), condemned in a Senate Intelligence Committee report as ineffective, did help thwart terrorist attacks against the United States, capture terrorists, and save lives. “Our review indicates that interrogations
Taking to the Senate floor immediately after Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Tuesday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said he supports the release of the 500-page summary of CIA interrogation practices and that the truth is sometimes a “hard pill to swallow.”
Speaking about the Senate Intelligence Committee’s 500-page report on CIA torture practices released Tuesday, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) told the Senate chamber Tuesday morning that the release of the report could not remove the “stain” on America’s honor. “On March
As Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and fellow Democrats trumpet the release Tuesday of the Senate Intelligence Committee report on the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)’s interrogation techniques, the senior California Senator is being called to account for her own encouragement of
MoveOn.org is the latest left-wing grassroots group working to entice Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) to run in the primary against Hillary Clinton in 2016. The anti-war organization is holding “a nationwide membership vote” to end Wednesday morning, and if the
While House Republicans are not expected to include language to block President Obama’s executive amnesty in the must-pass government spending bill. But the measure could include a rider to block the regulation and taxation of pot in Washington, D.C. Roll
The omnibus spending bill from House Speaker John Boehner and Appropriations Committee chairman Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY) contains a blatant handout to the travel–specifically casino–industry, something that benefits outgoing Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. On page 217, Title VI of
