With all the numbers tallied, out of 251 races, NRA-backed candidates won in 229, over 91 percent of Congressional races in which they endorsed a candidate. According to the Washington Examiner, NRA spokesman Andrew Arulanandam explained that the Second Amendment group
House Republicans have re-elected Speaker John Boehner to serve as speaker for the 114th Congress, Republicans announced. House Republicans have elected @SpeakerBoehner to serve as Speaker of the House for the 114th Congress. — House Republicans (@HouseGOP) November 13, 2014
Thai police have banned a British journalist’s book about politics in Thailand for “defaming” the monarchy, an official said Thursday, in a country with one of the world’s strictest lese majeste laws. The sale and distribution of “A Kingdom in
The “Top Ten Percent” admissions rule in Texas has survived its latest attack but the plaintiff and the organization supporting her vow to appeal to the United States Supreme Court. The Fifth Circuit issued an en banc order November 12, denying
Thursday on Fox News Channel’s “The Kelly File,” Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer said that President Barack Obama pushing forward with his executive amnesty plan is an “impeachable offense.” Host Megyn Kelly prodded Krauthammer on the question of impeachment. “Some
In a speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) took aim at his congressional colleagues and others outside the world of Congress that have expressed their disapproval of President Barack Obama’s
In an appearance Wednesday on MSNBC’s “All In With Chris Hayes,” New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio suggested Democrats should double down on progressive policies to better their political standing. He said Democrats need to be more creative when
Thursday at her press briefing, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) became very animated after being asked if she is considering stepping down as leader following her parties devastating losses in the midterm elections. Pelosi quickly charged she was only
Thursday on Ora.tv’s “PoliticKING,” with Larry King, Dr.Ben Carson said while running for president is not on his, “bucket list,” he is seriously considering it. Partial transcript follows: KING: Are you going to run, Dr.Carson? Are you going to enter primaries?
David Remnick has penned an article on the rise of intolerance in Israel–toward Arabs, and towards fellow Jews–that is well-written, nuanced, and multifaceted. Yet it retains a thorough left-wing–and hostile–bias, beginning with the basic presumption that it is intolerance in
National Journal senior political columnist and editorial director Ron Fournier argued that President Obama was telling the American people “sit down, shut up, I know better than you” with his planned executive action on immigration and that such a move
A rapper using the name Tef Poe was among the delegation from Ferguson, Missouri to the Geneva-based UN Committee on Torture. On Twitter, Poe bragged he was going to Geneva “to slap these Ferguson pigs with war crime charges and torture charges.” Michael Brown’s
The English Football Association rejected criticism of its failed bid for the 2018 World Cup on Thursday after it was accused by a FIFA ethics judge of damaging the integrity of the bid process. FIFA judge Joachim Eckert’s report found
A petition has been launched to stop “the world’s most hated man” from coming to the UK. Julien Blanc, self styled ‘Pick Up Artist’ lectures men on how to get women into bed. However, he has been slammed by campaigners
On October 5, 2006, then-Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert (R-IL) was asked by the press if he would step down from his leadership role if his party did not do well in the upcoming midterm election. Today when House
Now that comments by Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber have entered their fourth day of dominating the non-network news cycle, the White House allied Center for American Progress is beginning to push back by claiming Gruber is simply wrong. But is
Former Congressman and current Governor Mike Pence (R-IN) urged members of the Congress to use the power of the purse to stop the president from acting unilaterally on the issues of environmental regulations and immigration on Thursday’s “Laura Ingraham Show.”
President Barack Obama was called out over social media for offending several Chinese nationals by chewing gum during his visit to China for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Beijing this past week. A number of Chinese bloggers took to
The son of legendary Sinaloa Cartel boss Ismael “el Mayo Zambada” is in custody of Federal Mexican Prosecutors in Mexico City, just one day after he was arrested in the State of Sinaloa. Ismael “El Mayito Gordo” Zambada Imperial was
AUSTIN, Texas — As the first week of bill filing for the 84th Legislative Session kicks off, State Senator Charles Perry has authored a package of fiscal responsibility bills that he described as “good old Republican red meat” issues in
The Northwestern and Midwestern USA was hit by an unusually early, mid-November winter storm that buried cars and sent damaging winds and subzero temperatures from Oregon, whipped westward into Montana, and left Illinois with snow flurries and freezing temperatures Thursday.
CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent Dana Bash reported that Senate Democrat Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has asked President Obama to delay his planned executive action on immigration on Thursday’s broadcast of “The Lead.” “Things are so tense here that the Senate
Immortalizing a photo that became an icon of the Iraq war, the No Man Left Behind memorial sculpture was unveiled Wednesday at Camp Pendleton with the artist and one of the soldiers depicted present. Hope for the Warriors writes, regarding
Thursday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) addressed the controversial comments from ObamaCare architect Jonathan Gruber where he has said several times over the last few years said that American voters were stupid. The minority leader denied knowledge of Gruber on
Former White House Press Secretary Jay Carney described repeated comments by Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber insulting the intelligence of the American public as “remarkable hubris,” “not good,” and “damaging” on Thursday’s broadcast of “The Lead” on CNN. While Carney defended
