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On Wednesday, Pelegrín Castillo, Dr. Salomon Melgen’s first cousin and a Deputy in the Dominican Republic’s Chamber of Delegates since 1994, told the Spanish language publication Periodico Hoy that he voted against the ICSSI port security deal in 2002, long before

On July 31, 2012, Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) pressured a State Department official testifying at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing of the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps, and Global Narcotics, which he chairs, to “send a message” to the government of

Over the past few weeks, many questions have been raised about the relationship between NJ Sen. Bob Menendez and Florida eye doctor Salomon Melgen. To date, reporters have focused on alleged sex parties with prostitutes in the Dominican Republic. Whether

On Saturday, the Department of Energy declared that Sunday’s game between the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers would be “the greenest Super Bowl” in history. It turned out to be the darkest Super Bowl in history when the

Organizing for Action, the non-profit iteration of Barack Obama’s campaign organization, decorated its first big email blast with the well-known campaign logo of Obama for America. Jim Messina, the chairman of Organizing for Action, purportedly authored the email sent Tuesday,

On Monday, Congressman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) challenged President Obama to a skeet shooting contest to prove the veracity of his recent claim that not only has he fired a gun, but that “up at Camp David, we do skeet shooting all the

In a recent interview with the left-leaning New Republic, President Barack Obama targeted college football, rather than the NFL, as the area most in need of rule changes to “reduce violence”: I tend to be more worried about college players

Maine Republican National Committeeman Mark Willis has failed to secure the support he needed to have his name placed in nomination for the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee (RNC).  The election will be held today at the RNC winter

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s testimony before Senate and House committees yesterday on the Benghazi attacks was a performance worthy of the dystopian American future in which The Hunger Games is set. The theatrical drama of her indignant emotionalism was heightened

Sources tell Breitbart News that Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus flew to Nevada on Monday night in order to persuade Nevada Republican National Committeeman James Smack to drop his support for RNC Chair challenger Mark Willis from Maine. Previously,

On Tuesday, a UCLA study that found evidence of brain damage in five living retired NFL players was published in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.  The study used positron emission tomography (“PET”),  a new patented scanning technology, to detect images

When Baltimore Ravens safety Bernard Pollard tackled New England Patriots running back Stevan Ridley early in the 4th quarter of Sunday’s AFC Championship game, the Patriots were down 21-13, still only one possession out of contention. But the brutal head-to-head

At 11:35 am, shortly before Vice-President Biden and President Obama were sworn in at today’s inauguration ceremony, Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) delivered a brief speech extolling the tradition of the peaceful transfer of power in the United States: Ladies and gentlemen, the

On Thursday night, the executive committee of the Alaska Republican Party met to consider charges of rules violations brought against incoming chairman Russ Millette. While the charges were aired, the meeting left the matter unresolved until February 1, the day Millette

Russ Millette was elected chairman of the Alaska Republican Party in April when a group of Ron Paul supporters, tea party backers, and anti-establishment delegates showed up at the state party’s convention in large numbers. In Alaska, the Republican Party

On Tuesday, the Associated Press reported that RNC Chairman Reince Priebus, who suddenly faces a challenge from Maine Republican National Committeeman Mark Willis in his bid for a second term, “has sought out Paul supporters as he seeks re-election.”  The

Anyone who purchases books on Amazon.com has noticed that the minute a conservative book gains notoriety, a pack of left-wing trolls who have never read a page of it descend on the book’s site and give it the lowest rating

Mark Willis, the Republican National Committeeman from Maine who is challenging incumbent Reince Priebus for the RNC Chairmanship, told Breitbart News on Sunday that the RNC needs a vendor selection process based on competitive bidding and a leader who understands

Thursday’s report that the National Institutes of Health found evidence that retired San Diego Chargers All-Pro linebacker Junior Seau, who committed suicide on May 2 by shooting himself in the heart, suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) highlights the NFL’s

In July 2009, after Michael Steele took over as chair of the Republican National Committee, the 168 members of the RNC passed a “Resolution in Support of Good Governance” that required the chair to conduct competitive bids for all contracts

A bipartisan report issued by the Senate Homeland Security Committee on December 31, 2012 concluded that the State Department “failed tragically” to protect American diplomats prior to and during the September 11, 2012 attacks on the American Mission in Benghazi,

A few days before Christmas, Engage DC, a well respected new media consulting firm, released ‘“Inside the Cave,” a detailed account of how the Obama campaign thoroughly dominated the GOP in the 2012 digital arena through superior management, innovative analytics, and

Within hours of the end of his 32 year career as a member of the House of Representatives on Thursday, Congressman Barney Frank was privately lobbying Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick to appoint him to the Senate seat that will be

On Thursday afternoon, President Obama phoned from his Hawaii vacation to congratulate John Boehner (R-OH) on his re-election as Speaker of the House of Representatives for the 113th Congress.  Earlier in the day, the first act of the newly convened

Last Friday the Washington Post reported that Senator John Kerry and Vicki Kennedy, widow of the late Senator Edward Kennedy, both endorsed the candidacy of Congressman Ed Markey (D-MA) for the Senate seat Kerry will vacate if, as expected, he is

On Tuesday afternoon Republican Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) publicly announced his opposition to the “fiscal cliff” deal that the Senate passed on Monday by a 89 to 8 vote. It’s unclear if Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) was informed by

On Thursday, the Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza proclaimed that, in 2012, the tea party had the “worst year in Washington.” According to Cillizza, the tea party had a worse year than even Mitt Romney, whose loss to President Obama is the most surprising Republican

On Thursday Congressman Ted Poe (R-TX) criticized the Obama administration for sending twenty F-16 fighter jets to the new Muslim Brotherhood-dominated Egyptian government. “It is reckless and unwise for the U.S. to give F-16s to Egypt and its new president/dictator,

According to an article published in the MIT Technology Review last week, the Obama campaign adeptly used “big data” to predict voting behavior while the Romney team slept. The article made the case that when it came to technology, the Obama

California’s aggressively pro-solar energy laws and regulations have helped solar companies and homeowners who have installed solar rooftop panels, but they are poised to hurt most “non-solar” residential electricity customers in the state.  Those customers who utilize traditional energy services

Multiple press reports suggest that Ted Kennedy, Jr. is considering a run to replace Massachusetts Senator John Kerry in the special election that will be held if, as expected, Kerry is confirmed by the Senate as the new Secretary of

Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security Eric Boswell resigned on Wednesday. Three other lower level State Department officials, including Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Charlene Lamb, have been “relieved of their duties” and placed on administrative leave. These personnel moves are

A new poll released by WBUR in Boston on Thursday shows that recently defeated Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) is well positioned to win a special election to replace current Senator John Kerry (D-MA) should Kerry’s seat become vacant when, as

The special State Department report on Benghazi (known as the Accountability Review Board) released on Tuesday offered a blistering critique of mid-level State Department officials but left Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama relatively unscathed. The report contains no

Last Monday Ari Fleischer, former press secretary to George W. Bush, was named by Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus to be one of five committee chairs for what had been billed as a “full autopsy” of the Republican 2012 election efforts