The Senate’s Democrat Majority Leader, Nevada’s Harry Reid, once again attacked conservative financiers David and Charles Koch, this time claiming they are trying to “buy the country.” Reid’s hyperbolic attack came during a discussion of the Obama administration’s use of
Senate Minority Leader has urged President Barack Obama to “pick up that pen you’ve been talking so much about” and approve the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline, after a State Department review found that the project would have no
Wendy Davis has plenty of scandal on her plate: the biographical lies, the ethics investigation, the seemingly years-long loyalty to the Republican Party. Last week, she suddenly revealed that she was campaigning on a pro-gun rights platform, but her photo-op
Billionaire Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is using material from the far left-wing Center for American Progress (CAP) and from President Barack Obama’s White House to argue to House Republicans that amnesty would be good for the economy and for American
In the wake of the National Education Association’s (NEA) decision to support the Common Core State Standards yet urge changes in the initiative’s “implementation,” Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy (D-WFP) called for a slowdown of a new teacher evaluation program in
In response to Clapper: Al-Qaeda Not Really ‘On the Run’: I was in D.C. at the time this committee hearing was going on (I was at the Holder one, where Cruz ate his lunch) but couldn’t attend. While he contradicts
With the retirements of two of her closest allies in the House, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi was forced Thursday to assure the press that she was running for reelection in November. “I’m running. I’ve already started the paperwork process. My work
Despite President Obama’s claim that “Al-Qaeda is on the run,” the Director of National Intelligence testified on Wednesday he was unable to say the terror threat “is any less” than it was ten years ago. James Clapper explained that Al-Qaeda
SOCHI, Russia (AP) — While Sochi’s Olympic venues are now among the most tightly guarded facilities in the world, the rest of this sprawling Black Sea resort looks more vulnerable. With about 100,000 police, security agents and army troops flooding
News emerged Thursday that the Kirk-Menendez bill, which would apply new sanctions to Iran if the nuclear deal falls through, had stalled in the Senate. President Barack Obama vowed in his State of the Union address that he would veto
On Thursday Pope Francis delivered a statement to the University of Notre Dame in the United States that it should be an “uncompromising witness…to the Church’s moral teaching,” and to resist “efforts, from whatever quarter, to dilute that indispensable witness,”
James Madison had it exactly right. Referring to infringements on our freedoms, the Father of the Bill of Rights once wrote that such encroachments were more often “gradual and silent” than “violent and sudden.” That’s exactly what we’re seeing with
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, said on Thursday evening that House Republican members should stand up to House GOP leadership to oppose their immigration “principles.” Sessions said the “principles” represent exactly what was
Barbra Streisand, Tim Robbins and other progressive stars helped First Lady Michelle Obama fill Democrat coffers yesterday to keep both the House and Senate out of the GOP’s mitts. The L.A. fundraiser, held at the home of Everybody Loves Raymond creator
Before House Republicans leaders unveiled their “immigration principles” at a retreat in Maryland, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) revealed that Republicans will push to allow illegal immigrants to legally work in the United States–and potentially gain citizenship–even before enforcement and border
CAMBRIDGE, Maryland–House leadership began the closed-door immigration meeting Thursday by passing out their immigration “principles” just as the first news stories about what was in them were starting to pop. But if the public rollout of the document seemed like
Appearing on Fox News Thursday morning, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) said that he thinks House Republicans should insist that the border actually be secured before they even consider discussing anything to do with “legal status” or citizenship for illegal aliens in
The second highest-ranking Republican in the U.S. Senate is warning House GOP leadership against moving down the pathway towards amnesty because it will distract from Obamacare ahead of the 2014 elections. Appearing on a Lubbock, Texas radio program Thursday morning,
The long-awaited House GOP leadership immigration “principles” document has surfaced. Titled “Standards for Immigration Reform,” the document breaks down each of the pillars of what House GOP leadership is pushing, including a claim that America’s “national and economic security” depends
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) thinks that the House GOP leadership’s renewed push this week to grant amnesty to illegal aliens would destroy the Republican Party’s chances at retaking the Senate in 2014. Cruz questioned how establishment Republicans unilaterally caving to
So-called Republican Ana Navarro told a left-of-center outlet this week that she believes some people on the right oppose amnesty because they are racist. Navarro, the former “strategist” to liberal Republicans like John McCain and Jon Huntsman, has been elevating
Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA), reversing his earlier insistence that he intended to run for a 21st term in the U.S. House of Representatives, announced Thursday morning that he will retire. His opponent, spiritual guru Marianne Williamson, will be join Breitbart
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday that Iran now possesses the capacity to build nuclear weapons. In a report submitted to the committee, Clapper noted: Tehran has made technical progress in a number
On Wednesday, the House gave final approval to the Farm Bill, clearing the way for Senate action and President Obama’s desk. The $1 trillion deal authorizes farm and food stamp programs for the next 5 years. For the past two
WASHINGTON (AP) — As attorney general, Eric Holder has approved pursuing the death penalty in at least 34 criminal cases, upholding a long-ago pledge to Congress that he would vigorously enforce federal law even though he’s not a proponent of
