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Last week, the Center for Security Policy’s National Security Group on Capitol Hill was the forum for a special event which included Rep. Allen West (R-FL), former Undersecretary of Defense Douglas Feith and the Center’s Senior Fellow for Middle East

It just doesn’t get any better than a couple of super-wealthy Hollywood celebrities, in a fit of self-importance, running around Capitol Hill demanding taxpayers foot the bill for their pet projects — in this case, $167 million in funding for

Despite firm denials, no objective evidence it occurred – and even exculpatory video and audio evidence that Tea Party protesters never hurled the N-word at U.S.Represntative John Lewis on Capitol Hill in March of last year, the media was quick

In a newly published op-ed in the Washington Post, Richard Goldstone abandons the central conclusion of his infamous report on the Gaza conflict of 2008-2009: that the Israeli military and political leadership deliberately targeted Palestinian civilians. Now, after a follow-up

Despite claims to the contrary from state Democratic officials, the recall efforts against eight Republican Senators could be coordinated by workers from Washington, DC, the MacIver News Service has learned. “These aren’t being run by national operatives,” said Democratic Party

Now the battle has been joined. It has long been understood that the 2010 elections were just the beginning of the struggle to reverse America’s current decline. It will take at least two or three election cycles to correct decades

Pigford documentarian Lee Stranahan had an exclusive interview with congressman Steve King at his Capitol Hill office Tuesday where King explains an area where he and Shirley Sherrod agree — that the Obama White House was responsible for Sherrod’s resignation

Pigford documentarian Lee Stranahan had an exclusive interview with congressman Steve King at his Capitol Hill office Tuesday where King explains an area where he and Shirley Sherrod agree — that the Obama White House was responsible for Sherrod’s resignation

Judicial Watch’s pursuit of records detailing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s political contributions continues. We recently filed an appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in our lawsuit against the Obama Federal Housing Finance

There is never a good time for a great statesman and courageous leader to retire from the United States Senate. But it is hard to think of a more inopportune time to be losing Senator Jon Kyl, the chamber’s Number

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets021011.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech discuss Donald Berwick’s testimony on Capitol Hill today. Then Pejman Yousefzadeh talks about Mubarak and the White House. We’re

From Americans for Prosperity, video of a public sector union protest yesterday on Capitol Hill. After years of steady pay increases, enhanced pension and other benefits and titanium-strength job security, public employee unions are starting to worry that the economic

The internal revenue code is nightmarishly complex, as illustrated by this video. Americans spend more than 7 billion hours each year in a hopeless effort to figure out how to deal with more than 7 million words of tax law

Pete King is getting a lot of flack for the direction his planned hearings on homegrown Muslim radicalization have taken. But one aspect of the hearings that should be getting more attention–and credit–than it is concerns the Muslim Brotherhood. It

Further analysis by Andrew Breitbart at Big Government. A few months ago a Big Government stringer confronted Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-GA) on Capitol Hill before the House voted to fund Pigford II – adding another $1.25 billion to the Pigford

Here are two stories that should be blended into one: Story 1, from the New York Times: The Afghan government and its international partners are set to approve a plan that would expand the nation’s army and police forces to

The following was written by “David Meyers” a former intelligence officer. The past month or so has proven to be a difficult one for the Muslim Brotherhood in the United States as it continues to be exposed for what it

Grousing about the GOP’s timidity in the battle against big government will probably become an ongoing theme over the next few months, and let’s start with two items that don’t bode well for fiscal discipline. First, it appears that Republicans

Looks like the UN is in for some actual oversight by the US Congress. Imagine that! Democrats on Capitol Hill, for whom “accountability” was the watch-word for the Pentagon and our military, never seemed to watch too closely what was

Republicans did a terrible job last time they were in power. The created a new entitlement program for prescription drugs. They further centralized education with the no-bureaucrat-left-behind legislation. They undid the positive reforms of the 1990s with central-panning subsidies and

In its Thursday edition, the Washington Times framed its report on the Senate’s ratification of the New START Treaty with two photos. The first was of President Obama doing what he does best – talking – at his press conference

Sources on Capitol Hill have informed Capitol Confidential that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will indeed begin rationing late-stage cancer drugs. The FDA will make an 11am (EDT) announcement that it will begin denying Avastin to breast cancer patients

The spending barons on Capitol Hill, long used to muscling past opponents of bills larded with pet projects, are seeking one last victory before tea party-backed GOP insurgents storm Congress intent on ending the good old days of pork-barrel politics.

I’ve already written about the terrible work of the Congressional Budget Office. The CBO did an awful job on the stimulus, for instance, repeatedly asserting that diverting money from the private sector to government somehow would create jobs. CBO also

The balance of power shifted in dramatic fashion on Capitol Hill on November 2, as Republicans rode the Tea Party wave, seizing control of the House of Representatives and earning significant gains in the U.S. Senate. Of course the spin

Today on Frank Gaffney’s Secure Freedom Radio, Frank relates a thorough break down of the new ‘who’s who’ on Capitol Hill in terms of national security. Frank lists the notable members who will be in a position to influence U.S.

If you have dreamed of watching Nancy Pelosi’s face when she realizes that she won’t be Speaker of the House anymore because her party lost the majority, don’t hold your breath. The Democrats are climbing into their bunkers to ride

Today on Frank Gaffney’s Secure Freedom Radio, Frank is joined by MI Congressman and ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, Pete Hoekstra. As an intelligence insider on Capitol Hill, Congressman Hoekstra’s take on the attempt by Al Qaeda last

If you listen to Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) defend his role in the meltdown of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, he was just as blindsided as the rest of us when the two government sponsored enterprises collapsed, triggering the financial

Yesterday, Patrick Poole posted a story on Big Peace about an Al Qaeda fund raising operative leading prayers on Capitol Hill for the Congressional Muslim Staff Association. According to Poole, “Anwar Hajjaj is the former head of the Taibah International

“>Today I reported at Pajamas Media that an Al-Qaeda cleric, Anwar Hajjaj, had led Friday prayers for the Congressional Muslim Staff Association on Capitol Hill back in 2006 based on information included in a recent article in the New York

This is my last post as Editor-in-Chief of Big Journalism. A year ago this month, Andrew Breitbart and I, along with the rest of the team at Breitbart.com, began planning this site, designing the logo and the layout, recruiting the

Here is a must read on the terrible state of the U.S. Air Force fleet. Excerpt: “In a September 2007 Capitol Hill speech, Secretary of the Air Force Michael Wynne warned that “the Air Force is going out of business

While I’m glad Republicans are finally talking about smaller government, I’ve expressed some disappointment with the GOP Pledge to America. Why “reform” Fannie and Freddie, I asked, when the right approach is to get the government completely out of the

Today in Politico: Members of Congress have been fooled time after time after time by Stephen Colbert, and after last week’s mockery, they have a message for the satirist who makes a living lampooning them: Colbert, you’re dead to us.