Elizabeth Warren’s tenured appointment at Harvard Law School during a time when she claimed to be a Native American “woman of color” was directly connected to protests for “faculty diversity” led in the 1980s and early 1990s by the late
(AP) Texas Senate race a new test for GOP establishmentBy CHRIS TOMLINSONAssociated PressAUSTIN, TexasThe story line on the Republican Senate race in Texas is a now familiar one: A veteran politician supported by the GOP establishment is challenged by a
Ohio Democrat Sherrod Brown has a problem: he was the deciding Senate vote for Obamacare, and six months ago Ohio voters approved a constitutional amendment to block Obamacare. But that’s only the beginning, considering the multitude of speeches and MSNBC
(AP) Senate rejects GOP, Dem plans on student loansBy ALAN FRAMAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe Senate rejected dueling Democratic and Republican plans on Thursday for averting a July 1 doubling of interest rates on federal college loans for 7.4 million students, pushing back
Following up on a Breitbart News exclusive, the report of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals’ planned plush vacation in Maui, additional research paints an image of self-satisfied government employees and politicians capable of spending millions, if not billions, of U.S.
(AP) Justice Dept.: Misconduct by 2 in Stevens caseBy PETE YOSTAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe Justice Department’s internal ethics watchdog said Thursday that two prosecutors in the bungled corruption case against then-Sen. Ted Stevens engaged in reckless professional misconduct by failing to disclose
Establishment Texas GOP senate candidate David Dewhurst has a record on immigration and border security most conservatives would find execrable. He has supported sanctuary cities, was against e-verify, has said on record “it would not be practical” to deport illegal
Appearing in Brookline, Massachusetts for a Senate campaign event, Elizabeth Warren stonewalled questions about her supposed Cherokee ancestry. She has maintained that she does have Cherokee ancestry despite all evidence to the contrary. This was her first public appearance in
By DONNA CASSATAAssociated PressWASHINGTON A Senate panel expressed its outrage Thursday over Pakistan’s conviction of a doctor who helped the United States track down Osama bin Laden, voting to cut aid to Islamabad by $33 million, $1 million for every
Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-NV), the liberal Senate candidate challenging Senator Dean Heller (R-NV), is an ardent friend to Big Labor. At least that’s a centerpiece of her campaign against Heller – and with good reason, since Nevada is heavily unionized.
The State Department, which has typically stood against Israel in the Arab-Israeli conflict, today tried to oppose a Senate measure that would require the State Department to report how many actual Palestinian refugees US aid was helping, as opposed to descendants of
(AP) Fitzgerald stepping down as US attorney in ChicagoBy DON BABWIN and TAMMY WEBBERAssociated PressCHICAGOIn a city and state known for tenacious corruption, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald became known as a man who was just as tenacious in going after
A bill that would close an IRS tax credit loophole that allows the IRS to funnel over $4 billion to illegal immigrants is being held up by Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV). Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), a senior member of the
Love the feel of rubber glove-covered hands of Transporation Security Administration (TSA) personnel running over your thighs and threatening to invade your underwear when you’re rushing to make a flight and have little time for state-mandated groping? Miss those days
The pro-embryonic stem cell activist and liberal actor Michael J. Fox is having a change of heart on the controversial bioethics topic. During the 2006 midterm elections, Fox endorsed then-Senate candidate Claire McCaskill of Missouri in a controversial commercial. Fox
American Enterprise Institute President Arthur Brooks has released The Road To Freedom, a book which urges Republicans to make the case for free enterprise in moral terms. In a series of videos exclusively released to Breitbart News, Brooks makes effective one-minute
Desperate to find a message that will stick in the final weeks of the recall campaign, Wisconsin Democrats have resorted to politicizing a legal probe into the actions of former Milwaukee County government employees who worked for then-county executive Scott
As much as the Tea Party movement is a counter force against liberals, the movement began as much in part due to the fiscal irresponsibility of Republicans in Congress in the 2000s. And that is partly why Republicans associated with
In the Texas GOP Senate primary between the moderate and establishment David Dewhurst and the anti-establishment conservative Ted Cruz (who is surging in a new poll), who has been endorsed by almost every prominent conservative, including Sarah Palin, whose support
Celebrities like Reese Witherspoon, Ben Affleck, Tobey Maguire and Jennifer Garner don’t seem to care about Elizabeth Warren’s propensity for claiming minority status – even when its not earned. The aforementioned stars opened up their wallets last night to raise
LOS ANGELES – When it comes to education reform, California has become the land of litigation. That’s because state lawmakers and local school board members are often financed and controlled by powerful teachers unions, which selfishly oppose logical reform efforts. If union
(AP) Powell not ready to endorse Obama for re-electionWASHINGTONFormer Secretary of State Colin Powell declined Tuesday to renew the presidential endorsement he gave Barack Obama four years ago, saying he wasn’t ready “to throw my weight behind someone” at this
The US Senate approved new sanctions against Iran aimed at convincing the Islamic Republic to suspend its uranium enrichment, which western powers say is a cover for developing nuclear weapons. The measure was approved unanimously ahead of talks Wednesday in
Yesterday, Dan Riehl of Breitbart News broke the story about judges from the notoriously liberal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals getting ready to spend about a million dollars of taxpayer money on a lavish vacation. Breitbart News published a report
An overarching belief in the free enterprise system that has been one of the foundations of American exceptionalism has always been a unifying force for Republicans. But Republicans, particularly in Congress, have often engaged in fierce internecine warfare about the
