Randolph-Macon economics professorDavid Brat attributed his stunning victory over Majority LeaderEricCantor in Virginia in part to the negative ads that Cantor ran ontelevision, which he said boosted his name recognition. Now, in New York, a similarlyoutgunnedprimary challenger says the same
LAWRENCEVILLE, Virginia–Over 1,000angry residents of the small, rural town here gathered atBrunswickHigh School on Thursday and reamed out local, state, and federalgovernment officials for offering the St. Paul’s College buildingas temporary emergency shelter for 500 unaccompanied alienchildren(UACs) coming from Texas.
Known as one of the more liberal Republican in Congress, Rep. Richard Hanna (R-NY) is facing New York Republican Assemblywoman Claudia Tenney, the Tea Party challenger, in the NY-22 GOP primary on Tuesday. Among many issues, Tenney goes after Hanna
Mohamed Elibiary, a member on the Obama administration’s Homeland Security Advisory Council, is at the center of a controversy involving allegations that former DHS Sec. Janet Napolitano gave him secret clearance which led to him downloading classified information. According to
Judicial Watch, a Washington D.C based watchdog organization, announced last week, that it filed on May 15, a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. Departments of Defense and State to get records relating to briefings that any
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), a vocal advocate of immigration reform, told Breitbart News on Wednesday, “Shame on anybody that wants to demonize children” who are entering the country without guardians or documentation. Gutierrez defended the surge of unaccompanied illegal immigrant
Soon-to-be former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor was not just reportedly unavailable to the constituents in his own district, Cantor made himself reliably unavailable to Capitol Hill reporters when his staff stopped his weekly pen and pad pressers with reporters
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
Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) told Breitbart News on Monday that the CIA station chief in Afghanistan revealed to reporters through a White House e-mail is no longer serving at that post. “It was irresponsible enough to expose him and it’s
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) filed legislation on Monday that would place a six month freeze on any federal government funding involved in the transfer of detainees from Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba. The White House is under considerable pressure and
The U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) announced on Thursday that it is presently investigating allegations from 37 Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employee whistleblowers at VA facilities in 19 states of retaliation for disclosing improper scheduling practices and other
At a Senate intelligence briefing given by the White House’s Deputy National Security Adviser Tony Blinken, members watched a “proof of life” video made by Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s Taliban captors late last year. According to Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL) Kirk,
Hailey, Idaho, thehometown of U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, has canceled a rallyplanned for June 28 celebrating his release after five years ofTaliban captivity, a municipal official told Reuters on Wednesday. The cancellation came after allegations emerged that Bergdahl may
Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), ranking member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, said that the classified file he read today on Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl did not include information about the note Bergdahl left on his bed in his tent
Despite the continuous stream of information surfacing about Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s state of mind when leaving his platoon in Afghanistan in 2009, supporters of Bergdahl are still planning to hold a welcome home celebration for the young soldier, whom the
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) told reporters on Monday the Obama administration wanted to release Taliban fighters even without the prisoner exchange for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who is accused of deserting his post and later getting captured by the Taliban. “About
A 2010 article from The UK’s Daily Mail reported Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl converted to Islam and taught Taliban fighters how to make bombs as well as trained them to ambush, one of his captors and Afghan intelligence officials told the
NEW ORLEANS – Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) won a presidential straw poll Saturday at the Republican Leadership Conference (RLC), besting heart surgeon Dr. Ben Carson by just under one percent. Cruz got 30.3% of the votes at the three-day event
NEWORLEANS,Lousiana–New York’s attorney general is “desperate tosettle” his $40 million lawsuit against the now-shuttered TrumpUniversity, real estate mogul Donald Trump told Brietbart Newsat apress conference at the Republican Leadership Conference Friday. “Wehavea guy in New York, Eric Schneiderman. He’s a
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) told reporters at the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans Saturday that too many Republican campaigns rely upon “top down Soviet style” campaigns to win their elections. (video courtesy of ConservativeIntel.com) Cruz gave his own race
Department of Homeland Security Sec. Jeh Johnson departed from his predecessor’s dismissive stance about a potential breach of classified information to a man with ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, saying it’s “problematic.” “I agree that unauthorized exposures of government information
Forty Republican House members are counting on the success of a lawsuit filed by the Pacific Legal Foundation that challenges the Affordable Care Act on the grounds that it violates the Constitution’s Origination Clause. Article I, Section 7, clause 1
Following the roar of thousands of motorcycles in Washington D.C. carrying riders during Memorial Day Weekend, honoring American prisoners of war and U.S. servicemen missing in action, the Department of Defense announced that remains of an American serviceman missing in
The Washington Post reported on Sunday that the CIA’s top officer in Kabul was revealed by the White House on Saturday to news organizations during President Obama’s surprise visit with U.S. troops. According to the Post, the White House saw
The Washington Post reported today : The CIA’s top officer in Kabul was exposed Saturday by the White House when his name was inadvertently included on a list provided to news organizations of senior U.S. officials participating in President Obama’s
TheDemocrats’majority in the Senate is on the line this electionseason, and if Republicans take back control, the GOP will needtodecide on new rules for the new Congress in the upper chamber. Some Republican members are willing to go back to
Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee Mike McCaul told Breitbart News on Monday that the “terrorist hands off list” e-mails brought to Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) recently has been under investigation by the new Department of Homeland Security Inspector
A Democratic lawmaker who said on video that “we’ve proved communismworks” says he didn’t actually mean that. Rep. Joe Garcia (D-FL)told Breitbart News “I’ve spent my entire life fighting communism”and the idea he believes it works is “absurd on its
Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA) is investigating allegations the Department of Homeland Security has deleted records related to a list of terrorists the agency maintains as part of a “hands off” policy on some of the individuals on the list. Grassley
The new executive director of Benghazi select committee has a somewhat unexpected background: he lobbied for the American Civil Liberties Union. Philip Kiko, the Benghazi panel director chosen by Select Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy on Thursday, represented the ACLU on
A surveillance video in Bakersville, CA shows a boy being saved by his pet cat as a dog attacked the boy, ABC 23 first reported. : The surveillance video shows the boy, 4-year-old Jeremy, playing on his bicycle. He was
In response to Note to Michelle and Hillary — #SaveOurGirls: The Washington Post has a piece today discussing the history of “hashtag activism.” : We’ve all heard this debate before — first over “slacktivism” in the ’90s, then over “clicktivism”
Pressed by dozens of lawmakers from both parties in 2012 to putgreater focus on growing violence by Boko Haram, the Islamistmilitant group that recently kidnapped 200 teenage girls inNigeria, the State Department sent something akin to a formletter in reply.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi sent a letter to House Speaker John Boehner Friday reiterating a request from a previous letter for a “minimum standard” for Democrats to proceed with a bipartisan investigation into the 2012 terrorist attack on the
HouseDemocratssay they’re still waiting by the phone for Speaker JohnBoehner’s call, and until they hear from him, they cannot decidewhether to participate in the Benghazi Select Committee towhichRepublicans were named Friday. “Thespeakerhas not responded to respectful and reasonable requests forbipartisan
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi went after Benghazi Select Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-SC) on Friday for comments he made on Fox News. “I think the Chairman is already calling this an investigation. I think he called it a trial.
Seven Democrats crossed party lines and joined House Republicans to establish a Select Committee to investigate the September 11, 2012 attack on the U.S. Consulate and CIA annex in Benghazi, Libya on Thursday night. These Democrats were Reps. Ron Barber
“In all sincerity, I am one of the most — strange, it might sound bizarre — but I really am one of the luckiest members of Congress,” Rep. Michael Grimm (R-NY) told WABC Radio’s Geraldo Rivera on Tuesday. “And I say
Moments before Secretary of State John Kerry stepped in front of the cameras Tuesday, State Department Spokesman Marie Harf told reporters Kerry would not comply with Chairman Darrell Issa’s subpoena to appear before his committee May 21 about the Benghazi
