A colleague, watching outgoing House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) face the press after announcing that he would step down in the wake of his surprise primary defeat, wondered aloud what Cantor’s place in history would be. Cantor himself seemed
The chaos that is unfolding in Iraq is being portrayed in the media as an unexpected development. It certainly is an unnecessary fate for a country that had, until recently, a chance of survival. Yet it is not only the
On Wednesday’s “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) made his pitch for legislation that would allow Americans with student loan debt to refinance it at a lower rate. The bill sponsored by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
On Wednesday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel, U.S. Senate hopefuls Joe Carr (R-TN) and Chris McDaniel (R-MS) discussed their upcoming electoral contests for their party’s nomination, which has taken center stage on the heels of Dave Brat’s upset defeat
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The shockwaves from House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s defeat by an anti-amnesty economics professor were still reverberating Wednesday as the prospects for House action on immigration reform this year appear more bleak. “Perception becomes reality in this.
When I called Breitbart Texas editor Brandon Darby on Tuesday afternoon and told him that House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) was about to lose his congressional primary race to Dave Brat, he could hardly believe it. Darby was busy
Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA), seemed to avoid mentioning Dave Brat by name in his first press conference since his historic primary defeat on Tuesday. Rep. Cantor did not mention Brat at all during his opening statement, and when he was
The expanded background check bill that failed to pass in the Senate last year would not have stopped or even hindered the gunman who shot one then himself at Reynolds High School on June 10. This is because the gunman
WASHINGTON (AP) — As Congress moves to help thousands of military veterans enduring long wait times for VA medical care, the FBI revealed Wednesday that it had opened a criminal investigation into a Department of Veterans Affairs reeling from allegations
Wednesday at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) confronted Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson about the increase of unaccompanied minors illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border by calling it a “direct consequence” of President Barack Obama’s
A dozen or so senior GOP senators gathered with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell at the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) headquarters to raise funds for Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) on Tuesday evening. Noteably, none of them seemed too proud
Tennessee State Rep. Joe Carr, who is challenging incumbent Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), predicted that Alexander will go the way of House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor in an appearance on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” on Wednesday. Carr stated,
WASHINGTON, June 10 (UPI) –In the end, it was immigration that brought Eric Cantor down. And in the moments following the House majority leader’s stunned concession speech Tuesday night, immigration dealt Cantor one last parting blow. Cantor spoke about four
As the clock approached midnight on Tuesday night, Randolph-Macon economics professor David Brat was still in a bit of shock that this was really happening to him. “I’m still recovering…we’re watching it on TV right now I’m like, ‘that’s me!’
Titans of the Washington GOP establishment are bracing for more potential defeats after grassroots-fueled conservative economics professor Dave Brat crushed House Majority Leader Eric Cantor by double digits on Tuesday. The top two GOP establishment icons grassroots conservatives are targeting
In response to Brat Wins in Virginia – Cantor Goes Down!: Some may think that House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s primary loss in Virginia is a win for the tea party, and for those local tea party activists in Richmond
As voters began heading to the polls in Virginia on Election Day, the Wall Street Journal posted a story declaring “immigration a no-show in GOP primaries.” By the end of the day, House Majority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) had been defeated
Lindsey Graham coasted to an easy victory in the South Carolina U.S. Senate Republican primary Tuesday, avoiding a runoff by surpassing the 50-percent margin required by law to claim the nomination. With 71 percent of the precincts reporting, Graham had
That private Washington fundraiser for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes with Harry Reid, last Thursday, is making all kinds of headlines – none of them good. The Politico reported that Grimes didn’t mention coal in her speech, after promising
With the number of children crossing the Mexican border without parents skyrocketing, the U.S. Senate just appropriated $2 billion for the Obama administration to throw at the problem, that’s $1.1 billion more than the the administration had asked for “in his
Sen. Thad Cochran’s (R-MS) bid to appeal to Democratic voters in the Republican primary runoff appears to be in full swing, with the six-term incumbent leveling personal attacks against his primary challenger for the first time – from the left. At
Senator John McCain (R-AZ) asserted that the problem with foreign children dumped on the southern border was a significant one – but admitted that he was troubled about a solution for dealing with the problem. McCain said that he didn’t
Sen. John Cornyn criticized President Obama for creating a “human magnet” with his unlawful approach to immigration enforcement, but admitted that Americans had a duty to care for the children that were flooding into the country. Cornyn pointed out that
From Eli Lake and Kimberly Dozier at The Daily Beast: A top intelligence official told lawmakers in a classified Senate briefing last week that he expected four out of the five Taliban leaders released by the Obama administration to eventually return
Tuesday after a Senate intelligence briefing, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) responded to criticisms being leaked out about U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s platoon mates after having criticized him for being a “deserter.” The former Vietnam prisoner of war was referring
