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Van Susteren Suggests Obama Has Given Up on Democracy

Van Susteren Suggests Obama Has Given Up on Democracy

Sunday on ABC’s “This Week With George Stephanopoulos,” Fox News Channel “On the Record” host Greta Van Susteren criticized the possibility that reportedly President Barack Obama will use his executive power to grant amnesty to up to 6 million illegally

With Yet Another Ceasefire Broken, It's Time to End Hamas

With Yet Another Ceasefire Broken, It's Time to End Hamas

CAIRO, Egypt– Yesterday Hamas violated a ceasefire brokered by Secretary Kerry and the UN 90 minutes after it began. A Hamas suicide bomber killed 2 Israeli soldiers and kidnapped IDF soldier Lt. Hadar Goldin, 23 years old.  Israel responded by escalating attacks against Hamas in Gaza, targeting

Conservative Victory on the Southern Border Crisis

Conservative Victory on the Southern Border Crisis

Unlike President Obama, this week House conservatives began the process of taking action to solve the crisis at our nation’s Southern border.  The latest legislation passed Friday gives emergency funds to governors for them to be able to deploy National

Border Bill Passes House

Border Bill Passes House

WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Republicans passed a border supplemental bill Friday night.  The 223 – 189 vote came after an initial attempt at a border supplement failed to make it to the floor Thursday due to lack of support.  Late-night

Obama: 'We Tortured Some Folks' After 9/11 Attacks

Obama: 'We Tortured Some Folks' After 9/11 Attacks

President Obama has weighed in on a secretive Senate investigation on the intelligence activities of the CIA in the wake of the September 11 attacks, telling the White House Press Corps Friday that “we tortured some folks.” The Associated Press

Report: Dems Retreating from 'War on Women' Rhetoric

Report: Dems Retreating from 'War on Women' Rhetoric

Democrats have reportedly given up on accusing Republicans of waging a so-called “war on women.” National Journal reported that Democrats in 2014 have “now sworn off its catch phrase, dropping it almost completely from a campaign strategy that” still tries

Obama on the Border: 'I'm Going to Have To Act Alone'

Obama on the Border: 'I'm Going to Have To Act Alone'

Friday at a press conference, President Barack Obama said in order to address the humanitarian crisis of ten of thousands of unaccompanied children illegally flooding across the U.S.-Mexico border, he was “going to have act alone.” The president said he

Dem Leader: Hispanic Caucus 'Speaks for All of Us' on Amnesty

Dem Leader: Hispanic Caucus 'Speaks for All of Us' on Amnesty

On Friday, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) declared that the Congressional Hispanic Caucus speaks for all Democrats on amnesty and immigration.  “Let me make it very clear: the Hispanic caucus speaks for all of us–not just for their caucus

Feds Fly Unaccompanied Minors to Alaska

Feds Fly Unaccompanied Minors to Alaska

HOUSTON, Texas–As unaccompanied minors continue to illegally cross the Texas-Mexico border, President Obama’s Health and Human Services (HHS) has been quietly releasing them onto U.S. soil. A total of 30,340 unaccompanied minors have already been released from federal custody and placed into foster homes,

Faux Reform: State Senate Fundraising 'Blackout' Begins Today

Faux Reform: State Senate Fundraising 'Blackout' Begins Today

Today marks the beginning of the California legislature’s first self-imposed month-long fundraising ban. Ostensibly, it has been put into place to give voters confidence that the legislature is above reproach when it comes to ethical standards.   However, the fundraising

Flashback: Issa Called CIA Spying on Senate 'Treason'

Flashback: Issa Called CIA Spying on Senate 'Treason'

Dianne Feinstein, Chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, had no comment for Breitbart News about CIA Chief John Brennan’s admission that the agency spied on Senate computers or the announcement from two Democratic colleagues on the Committee that Brennan should resign.  Chairman of

Cruz Hits Shaheen On Amnesty

In a move that could be construed as wading further into the pond of 2016 presidential politics, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz joined other prominent Republicans in attacking New Hampshire’s Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen for supporting what he called Obama’s “amnesty” immigration

Key Democrat: 'Immigration Reform Is Not About Enforcement'

Key Democrat: 'Immigration Reform Is Not About Enforcement'

Democratic Rep. Gary Peters (D-MI), the Democrat U.S. Senate nominee in Michigan, told attendees of a town hall event in Detroit’s Mexicantown neighborhood that immigration reform was not about enforcing America’s laws. “Immigration reform is not about enforcement,” Peters said

Busted Obamacare Website Has Already Cost Taxpayers $840 Million

Busted Obamacare Website Has Already Cost Taxpayers $840 Million

A newly released Government Accountability Office (GAO) report reveals that the Obama administration’s disastrous management of the construction of the Obamacare website cost U.S. taxpayers $840 million. That figure could climb even higher, as entire sections of the Obamacare website,