Immigration and Customs Enforcement has a new leader. The Senate confirmed Sarah Saldana as head of ICE, but not before Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) had some choice words about her. He notes Saldana has said illegal immigrants who qualify for
Former U.S. Senator Jim DeMint writes in the Daily Signal to defend Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Mike Lee (R-UT) from establishment GOP attacks on their weekend fight against executive amnesty. Most Americans don’t watch C-SPAN and I cannot blame
Former Vice President Dick Cheney has defended the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and its enhanced interrogation program–what critics (and even some supporters) have called “torture.” Cheney’s defense–that what the terrorists did was worse–was a non sequitur, albeit expressing what the majority of Americans feel.
The White House is mocking Sen. Ted Cruz now that President Obama’s nominee for Surgeon General has been approved by the Senate. Obama officials appeared happy to ridicule the Texas Senator after his Senate colleagues complained to the media that
After news broke that former Florida governor Jeb Bush would actively explore a run for president, Sen. Marco Rubio’s team pushed back against the idea that this would make it more difficult for the Florida Senator to run. Many pundits
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has ordered the city’s three main water agencies to draft proposals for protecting the Southland’s vulnerable aqueducts in the event of a catastrophic earthquake along the San Andreas fault. Los Angeles gets nearly 90 percent
On her Tuesday radio show, conservative talk show host Laura Ingraham warned Republicans seeking to prevent current ranking Republican on the Senate Budget Committee, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), from taking the chairman’s gavel next year when Republicans take over the
In response to Cruz, Lee Not Backing Down: If we only had another 51 more of these kind of Senators in the U.S. Senate. If you do a little math, you will notice that there are two other like-minded Senators
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush will “actively explore” running for President in 2016, according to announcements that he posted on his Facebook and Twitter accounts on Tuesday. I am excited to announce I will actively explore the possibility of running
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie suggested that by 2017, Obamacare would be repealed if a Republican wins the presidency and Republicans maintain the majority in the House and Senate. Christie made his remarks during his monthly Ask the Governor show
In many important respects, the Democrat party is no longer a national party. There are entire regions of the country without statewide elected Democrats. The entire South, most of the industrial Midwest and much of the Mountain and Southwest have
Jeb Bush, appearing in a crucial early state for the 2016 GOP presidential primaries, gave the commencement address at the University of South Carolina on Monday, offered pablum to the masses in the form of three pieces of advice: Dream
After Senate Democrats confirmed Obama’s Surgeon General nominee Vivek Murthy by a 51-43 vote on December 15, the Los Angeles Times reminded readers that Murthy believes “guns are a healthcare issue.” The newspaper also reminded readers that Murthy supports a
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Monday approved President Barack Obama’s nomination of Dr. Vivek Murthy to serve as U.S. surgeon general, despite opposition from Republicans and some Democrats over his support for gun control. Murthy, 37, a physician at
The modern college campus is chock full of political correctness that fears nothing more than free speech and dissenting ideas, as 2014 proved once again. Here are 11 of the worst offenders: 1. UCSB Feminist Studies Professor Attacks Pro-Life
On Monday, conservative Senators warned against nominating someone who has vowed to implement President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty to head the agency that is supposed to enforce the country’s immigration laws. The Senate will vote on Tuesday to confirm Sarah
Before the Senate confirmed Vivek Murthy as Surgeon General, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) said he will not support Murthy because of his “political activism.” According to Roll Call, Manchin said the Surgeon General’s role is to lead “on public health
The Senate confirmed 36 year-old Dr. Vivek Murthy in a 51-43 vote over the objections of Republicans, gun rights groups and even some Democrats. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on Monday bucked Democratic leadership to vote against the controversial surgeon general
Monday, on NPR, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) told host Steve Inskeep several times, as forcefully as possible, that she’s not running for president. Partial transcript as follows: INSKEEP: Senator Warren, as you must know that even as you were fighting
Senator John McCain (R-AZ) accused some of the defenders of the CIA’s interrogation tactics of “re-writing history” on Sunday’s “Face the Nation” on CBS. He ascribed “a whole range of motives, from people who were so understandably alarmed and angered
The release of the Senate majority report that accuses CIA officers of employing “torture” in carrying out the agency’s former detention and interrogation program has impacted morale at the agency, according to a U.S. security expert and the CIA director.
Sen. Mike Lee is defending the weekend’s acrimony-inducing Senate session, explaining that it was important to get a vote on the constitutionality of President Obama’s executive amnesty. “It’s always worth it when you stand behind the American people, who want
The majority of Americans believe that publicly releasing the Senate Democrat’s report on the CIA’s interrogation and detention program is more harmful to U.S. interests than the use of “torture” against jihadists, a recent poll shows. According to a new
Sen. David Vitter’s (R-LA) office told Breitbart News on Sunday that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) blocked out legislation attached to the “CRomnibus” bill that would have stopped the federal government from mandating that states “adopt specific academic standards,
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) raised a point of order in the US Senate Saturday evening. Heritage Action’s Michael A. Needham explained it this way. “If Senators are opposed to President Obama’s executive action on immigration, they should vote in favor of
