Politics

President Barack Obama used the Harvard Law Review to broadcast his claim that “there is no growing crime wave,” despite the crime wave that has killed 1,500 Americans in 2015 and 2016.

Capitol Hill is watching Sen. Cory A. Booker (D-NJ) as he twists and turns to handle the nomination of Elizabeth “Betsy” DeVos to lead President-elect Donald J. Trump’s Department of Education.

Fort Lauderdale airport shooter Esteban Santiago was a troubled man with a history of mental health issues, along with claims of connections to the ISIS terror group, plus possible involvement with the FBI, say media reports of his background.

Trump’s proposals for making Mexico pay for the wall have never assumed the funds would be collected from them before the wall was built.

San Diego’s moderate Republican mayor, Kevin Faulconer, may make a run for Governor of California in 2018 against a tough Democratic field.

Former President of Mexico Vicente Fox took to Twitter on Friday to question the legitimacy of President-elect Donald Trump’s election win.

Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. presided over a joint session of Congress Friday on Capitol Hill for the formal acceptance of the Electoral College results, officially making Donald J. Trump the next president, despite numerous protests from House Democrats and at least three outbursts from the visitors galleries.

President-elect Donald Trump asserted that cyber attacks had “absolutely no effect” on the results of the election, after he received an intelligence briefing at Trump Tower on Friday.

On January 6 a passenger from an Air Canada flight allegedly pulled a gun from a checked bag in baggage claim and opened fire, shooting numerous innocents inside the passenger terminal.

CHICAGO (AP) — Four black people accused of beating a mentally disabled white man and broadcasting the attack on Facebook appeared Friday in court, where a judge asked them, “Where was your sense of decency?”

Two months after the election heard around the world, I’m worried that the more things have changed, the more they have stayed the same in Congress.

The executive director and the senior fellow at Boston-based think tank Pioneer Institute warn Trump federal Education Department pick Betsy DeVos “to understand that the best school innovation comes from states, localities, and parents,” not the federal government.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Her voice breaking and eyes filling with tears, an unusually emotional Michelle Obama said Friday that being first lady “has been the greatest honor of my life” as she bid an early farewell to the White House.

Hillary Clinton is reportedly being pressured to run for mayor of New York City, according to several recent news reports.

Outgoing U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, with two weeks left in office, issued an exit memo that concedes the fight against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) “cannot be won overnight.”

“They got beaten very badly in the election. I won more counties in the election than Ronald Reagan,” Donald Trump says of Democrats in an exclusive interview with the New York Times. “They are very embarrassed about it. To some extent, it’s a witch hunt. They just focus on this.”

A gunman is reportedly in custody after 13 people were shot at Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International airport on January 6.

The Chinese state media has invoked former President Teddy Roosevelt’s “Big Stick” rhetoric in addressing President-Elect Donald Trump’s discussions of possible tariffs.

Trying to fathom what is shown in the Chicago torture video is just too much. I watched a mere few seconds of it and will watch no more. I cannot watch more. Perhaps my family and I see the torture of an innocent young man with special needs through different eyes and with a greater, undeniable sense of responsibility to help; but this story playing out today is proving unbearable.

On Friday, Representative Duncan Hunter (R-CA-50) pulled an anti-cop painting from a wall that Representative Lacy Clay (D-MO-1) had selected for display in the U.S. Capitol complex.

During a joint session of Congress to certify the Electoral College results on Friday, Vice President Joe Biden gaveled down an objection to Georgia’s Electoral College results before ending the exchange over the objection with, “it is over.” After an

During an interview with Vox on Friday, President Obama stated, “We can’t get healthcare for free. You’re going to have to pay for it one way or another,” and that this payment will be done by higher taxes or individuals

Now that legislative leaders in California have hired law firm Covington & Burling and Eric Holder to offer legal counsel to the state during Donald Trump’s presidency, it is worth noting a few facts about the high-profile firm the former attorney general helps lead.

Friday on a live webcast for Vox, President Barack Obama said the Republicans were “afraid” to show their plan to replace the Affordable Care Act. Obama said,”The strategy of repeal first and replace later is just a huge disservice to the

Obama promised Republicans that if a replacement plan was actually better, he would support repeal of his signature legislation.

On Friday, the Washington Post declared “the honeymoon seems to be ending between retired Gen. James N. Mattis and Donald Trump’s transition team amid an increasingly acrimonious dispute over who will get top jobs in the Defense Department — and who gets to make those decisions.”

The organized left’s kitchen sink tactic seen throughout the week against Senator Jeff Sessions’ (R-AL) nomination for the next U.S. Attorney General included a bold effort tell the Senate Judiciary Committee directly that the nominee’s record of prosecuting federal voter fraud defendants served as an example of voter intimidation.

Philip Holloway, legal analyst, former prosecutor and police officer, and founder of the Holloway Law Group, told Breitbart News Daily SiriusXM host Raheem Kassam on Friday he does not believe America needs “hate crime laws.”

CrowdStrike, the third-party company relied upon by the FBI to make its assessment about alleged Russian hacking into the Democratic National Committee, is financed to the tune of $100 million in a funding drive led by Google Capital.

The British prime minister, Theresa May, is set to be the first European leader to meet with Donald Trump following his inauguration as president of the United States, Downing Street has announced.

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) spoke with Breitbart News Daily SiriusXM host Raheem Kassam on Friday regarding a developing plan to visit Russia in the near future as part of a congressional delegation, as well as why many people are so strident in their criticism of both Russia and Putin.

NBC News reporter Emma Margolin has yet to issue a correction to her false claim that MILO is a “white nationalist,” despite failing to provide any evidence to substantiate her claim.

President-elect Donald Trump’s spokesman Sean Spicer says the fact that the incoming administration is going through the appropriations process with respect to funding the construction of a wall along the southern border should not be news.

The second day in the sentencing trial of convicted Charleston parishioner killer Dylann Roof was an emotional one for jurors who heard testimony from the families and friends that lost loved ones. Both jurors and court staff cried while hearing testimony from the victims of those murdered.

One of the largest universities in the country, Pennsylvania State University, will not become a sanctuary campus for illegal immigrants to be shielded from federal immigration law.

Socialist Students, a social justice group that wants to remake the United States into a socialist country, say they will stage massive nationwide campus walkouts and protests to #ResistTrump on January 20 when Donald Trump is sworn in as nation’s 45th president.