Joan Rivers died on Thursday at Mt. Sinai Hospital, her daughter Melissa Rivers told media outlets. The 81-year old was rushed to the hospital after she stopped breathing and went into cardiac arrest during elective surgery for her vocal
Despite Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America’s ongoing push to shame businesses into banning guns in their stores, 57,000 businesses have posted “guns welcome” or similar signs on their front doors. Moms Demand has persuaded just five businesses
Chicago’s crime rate dropped as concealed carry permits in the city have sky rocketed, The Washington Times reported. The number of robberies leading to arrests in Chicago declined 20 percent since last year’s police department statistics were released. Since July
A lawyer that works in the IRS ethics office faces charges that she lied to a court-appointed board looking into whether she embezzled several thousand dollars of her client’s money in a case she worked as a personal injury attorney
Nancy Pelosi and 62 other House Democrats with 100% ratings from the Sierra Club have for decades been using the Endangered Species Act (ESA) try to litigate small rural California communities out of existence for having the gall to use
I’ve never considered Cameron to a particularly strong leader, but at least he has some sense of decorum. Via NRO’s Jim Geraghty: “U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron cut short his summer vacation to return to London and chair urgent meetings
Catherine C. Blake, federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Maryland ruled on Tuesdat that Maryland’s ban on AR-15s and AK-47s “does not significantly [burden]” the Second Amendment. Blake’s decision was handed down in Kolbe
Former Washington, D.C. Mayor and current City Councilmember Marion Barry (D-Ward 8) told a reporter asking him about his unpaid parking tickets “you don’t know a damn thing about Washington D.C.” The video from DC’s Fox 5 shows Barry reacting
The current Israeli/Hamas fighting is dividing Hollywood. Some, like Howard Stern and Joan Rivers, are speaking up in favor of Israeli’s right to self defense. Others, like Penelope Cruz and Brian Eno, are calling Israeli actions against Hamas “ethnic cleansing”
On July 29, the Washington DC attorney general’s office secured a 90-day stay on the ruling against the city’s ban on carrying handguns in public. On July 26 Breitbart News reported that federal Judge Frederick J. Scullin, Jr., ordered the
On July 17, the Massachusetts Senate passed a “sweeping overhaul of the state’s gun laws,” but not until after senators removed the aspects of the bill worrisome to law-abiding gun owners. According to The Washington Times, a measure contained in
On this weekend’s airing of “The McLaughlin Group,” a rare moment of bipartisan agreement was reached by the show’s panel on the subject of Gov. Rick Perry’s handling of the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border. According to conservative commentator Pat
The Washington Redskins name received no formal public complaints in the months before the United States Patent and Trademark Office canceled the Redskins trademark last month. The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, in a 2-1 ruling, determined that “Redskins” was disparaging
Pointing out that post-election challenges usual fail, one Tea Party leader, Judson Phillips is calling for Thad Cochran’s primary challenger, State Senator Chris McDaniel to run as a write-in candidate in the Fall. “The Republican Establishment thinks they have fought back an
Red state Democrats who are fighting to overcome their support of gun control and get re-elected are asking gun control proponents Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly to stay out of their states. This comes after Breibart News’ June 4 report
Writing at the Washington Times, Mike Paranzino chronicles the latest Big Labor crusade, this time against tipping. When I first saw the headline, I spent a few moments frowning and trying to remember what arcane business or high-finance practice might
Two new studies of the U.S. job market claim that applicants who include religious affiliations on their resumes are less likely to be called back by prospective employers. A series of experiments conducted in the south and the New England
Many Spaniards are reported to be “outraged” and complaining of “Spanish Inquisition” that books on how to stop children being gay and how to cure homosexuality are on sale in Spain’s El Corte Inglés, the biggest department store group in
New figures from the Department of Homeland Security show that more than 500 armed Mexican troops or police have crossed the border and entered the U.S. over the past 10 years. According to the Washington Times, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) commissioner Gil
JACKSON, Miss., June 17 (UPI)–Mississippi Tea Party senate candidate Chris McDaniel has a new ally in his primary campaign against incumbent Thad Cochran: game show host Chuck Woolery. California-based conservative advocacy group the Tea Party Express announced Tuesday that it
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D) joined other California politicians and leading gay rights advocates in harshly criticizing San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone for participating in the March for Marriage in Washington, D.C., on June 19th. As SFGate reports, in
HOUSTON, Texas–Michigan Congresswoman Candice Miller (R-MI) called on President Obama to deploy the National Guard to the Southwestern borer to assist the U.S. Border Patrol with the recent surge of illegal immigrant children. In a letter to the President, Miller
Those close to Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl are finding the toll of supporting him through allegations of desertion and anti-Americanism increasingly challenging. The FBI has revealed that Bergdahl’s parents have received threats for their public support of their son, while residents
Did we expect any less from the “Comrade-In-Chief?” It is now being reported that suspected U.S. Army deserter, Bowe Bergdahl’s parents were allowed to sit in on up to 20 secure military video conferences every year with intelligence officers and
On May 19 Breitbart News reported Obama’s Department of Justice (DOJ) was using a Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) assessment to target businesses listed as “high risk” – including firearms and ammunition sellers. Firearms and ammunition retailers were labeled “high risk” along
Inthe midst of the Texas House drafting articles of impeachment against Universityof Texas system regent Wallace Hall, Jr., Governor Rick Perry issued “oneof his strongest statements yet” in support of the Dallas businessman,according to the Washington Times. Perry,who appointed
First, the Justice Department began targeting them with “Operation Choke Point.” Now a new non-profit group is fighting back. The new group, the United States Consumer Coalition (USCC), has launched a “whistleblower website” asking for the secretive program’s victims to
Gun store owners say continuing pressure from the Department of Justice (DOJ) and a Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) “high risk” rating are shrinking the pool of banks they can use for their businesses. In 2011, the FDIC listed firearms
Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy (D-WFP) appears to be unwilling to sign a bill that would ban chocolate milk in the state’s public schools. Earlier in the week, the state’s General Assembly unanimously approved a bill that was initially purported to
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Conservative media and movement leaders remembered the fighting spirit of Andrew Breitbart Tuesday night at the Franklin Center and Heritage Foundation “Future of Media Summit” at the Newseum on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Three awards named
Over 36,000 criminals, including almost 200 murderers, were released back into the U.S. by immigration officials in 2013, according to fresh federal statistics obtained by Breitbart Texas. The figures, which were gathered by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), were outlined in
A marijuana dispensary in Denver, Colorado was raided by the Drug Enforcement Administration on May 7 due to its alleged ties with a Colombian drug cartel, according to the Washington Times. Four men, three of whom have been taken into federal
Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim Donnelly is associating rival candidate Neel Kashkari with shariah. On Donnelly’s Facebook page, a post reads: BREAKING: Neel Kashkari supported the United States submitting to the Islamic, Shariah banking code in 2008 when he ran TARP.
President Barack Obama takes off in Air Force One this week for a fundraising tour of California that kicks off in Los Angeles and then hits San Diego and San Jose. One report states that two events on the trip
Judicial Watch is preparing a strong defense against a sweeping subpoena “witch hunt” filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) against dozens of conservative organizations and individuals. The subpoenas were issued in an ACLU challenge to immigration enforcement law
On April 21st Georgia State Senator Jason Carter (D-Decatur), grandson of former president Jimmy Carter, suggested that if elected to the office of governor “he will not stop the state from issuing license plates featuring the Confederate battle flag.” According
On April 16 Arizona Governor Jan Brewer (R) signed House Bill 2483–a bill “that bars local government agencies from restricting shooting on private property.” This is the first of three bills to come out of the Arizona legislature this session.
When it comes to tracking the cost of Obama family vacations, there are two primary challenges. First, the Obamas are prolific jet-setters, so there are many details to track. Second, the Obama administration, clearly embarrassed by these lavish and frequent
On April 9th, a large group of Democrat representatives sent a letter asking President Obama to prohibit the importation of “military style, semiautomatic firearms.” Led by Reps. John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Eliot Engel (D-NY), the letter was signed by
In a nation of over three hundred million people, it’s easy enough to overlook the fact that approximately 35,000 of our bravest and most honorable citizens are still very much engaged in a war; living, breathing, and dying far away
