Hailing it as a breakthrough for commuters and an important economic development tool, the mayors of Dallas, Fort Worth and Houston last week announced their support for a privately funded high-speed train between the state’s largest metropolitan regions, according to
As many states around the U.S. maintain sluggish economies and elevated unemployment rates, Texas is booming. Jobs in the state are bountiful and the oil and gas industry continues to hum. Unlike the oil boom and bust pattern of the
Recently-surfaced images detailing the injuries sustained by U.S. Border Patrol Agents from rock-throwing illegal aliens have brought a new, startling perspective to the ongoing debate over appropriate use of force along the Mexican border. In February 2014 in Milton, Texas,
A marksman with Britain’s Coldstream Guards killed six Taliban fighters with a single bullet after hitting one man’s explosive vest, setting it off and killing five other insurgents. During one of the last missions by British troops in Afghanistan, the
A 19-year-old man who kicked in the door of a Glenville, Pennsylvania home found an armed woman waiting for him once he got inside the house. According to ABC27.com, the 31-year-old woman was alone when she heard someone trying to
On Feb. 1, the Associated Press ran a piece on the Buffalo Mass Mob, led by organizer and founder Christopher Byrd, which uses Facebook and Twitter to assemble like-minded lay Catholics and vote on which of a selection of the
Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Robert Papp said that in 2010 Obama told U.S. military leaders to accept his push for gays in the military, and that if they didn’t, they could take the “opportunity to resign [their] commissions.” Papp said
On Hugh Hewitt’s radio show on Monday, Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, made an appearance to express his disapproval of the elimination of the A-10 Warthog and the Tomahawk and Hellfire missiles
On Monday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel, Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer acknowledged that as the so-called March 31 ObamaCare enrollment deadline approached, the Affordable Care Act law itself is no longer the way it was originally envisioned
The most under-reported remark at the Republican Jewish Coalition spring leadership meeting in Las Vegas last weekend was that of Ambassador John Bolton, who took a thinly-veiled shot at Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY): “Anyone who thinks Edward Snowden is a
As tensions between North and South Korea continue to flare, Russia is pointing the finger at the U.S. On March 30 North Korea “warned it was preparing to test another nuclear device.” And according to CNN, on March 31, North
On March 27th the Environmental Protection Agency’s Criminal Division (EPA) raided USA Brass in Bozeman, Montana. FBI agents were also on scene. “USA Brass cleans and sells ammunition casings” which are then reused to make more ammunition. According to NBC
Hope springs eternal for fans of thirty Major League Baseball clubs. It remains alive for just four college basketball teams. The Sports Hangover ponders a man banned from Cooperstown delivering a Sunday sermon, wonders how numbers go as high as
During the final airing of Piers Morgan Live – a March 28th adieu to a show Morgan himself admitted had “taken a bath in the ratings” because of his frequent gun control rants – the Brit looked into the camera one last time to
Over the weekend, three Republican hopefuls eyeing a White House bid participated in the Republican Jewish Coalition conference in Las Vegas, which featured casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, a prominent Republican donor. On his Monday “Hardball,” MSNBC’s Chris Matthews compared the
On Monday’s “Today” show on NBC, network chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd downplayed the prospects of ObamaCare being repeal by claiming the high enrollment numbers have ended those prospects. (h/t The Right Scoop) Follow Jeff on Twitter @jeff_poor
31-year-old Anthony Nelson, better known as “Flip,” of Tyler, Texas drove children across the state line so that they could engage in prostitution, according to an indictment obtained by Breitbart Texas. Nelson was already a convicted sex offender at the
WASHINGTON (AP) — Manufacturing giant Caterpillar Inc. has used an aggressive tax strategy to shift profits overseas in order to avoid paying billions in U.S. taxes, according to a new investigative report by a key Senate Democrat. Caterpillar has avoided
A “high-ranking” member of the Texas-Mexican Mafia (EME) was taken into custody on March 23 in Seguin, Texas, according to a local police press release. Sergeant James Springer of the Seguin Police Department told Breitbart Texas that James Salazar III
Singer John Legend went to battle on behalf of President Barack Obama’s health care reform hours before its latest “deadline.” Yet the singer, who trotted out the administration’s health care talking points with alacrity via social media, finally admitted he
Dennis Rodman participated in the Legends of Basketball Tour 2014 in Argentina, which does not appear to be a surprise. He did play the game dressed as a drag queen. VIDEO: Rodman dressed like a drag queen during Legends of
In response to Ronan Farrow Misidentifies Ray LaHood as Deceased Husband of Kay Baliey Hutchison: Not to pile on, but Ronan Farrow does seem to be struggling over there at MSNBC. It turns out his new talk show is already in danger
A Rasmussen poll published March 31st shows that voter support for gun control is at its lowest point since February 2012. The poll was conducted March 26th-27th. According to the poll, voter support for “stricter gun control laws” is at
The situation for opponents of Nicolás Maduro’s socialist regime continues to worsen after weeks of constant protesting. Argentine outlet Infobae reports that the government has been arresting one protester every 35 minutes. Infobae notes that little more than half of those arrested since the
As the Obamacare enrollment period draws to a tentative close – and you never know when the period will close, given President Obama’s apparent willingness to manipulate the calendar repeatedly – horror stories about the Affordable Care Act mount. Senate
