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Islamic State Propagandists have released another short film featuring the prisoner John Cantlie, in which he warns the West that spending millions of dollars on bombs will do more to damage the “largely bankrupt” United States and United Kingdom than

Democrats and Republicans have stepped up campaign expenditures in a pivotal California Senate race that could decide whether Democrats regain supermajority status in the state Senate. According to the Fresno Bee, 14th Senate District Republican incumbent Andy Vidak’s campaign received

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Greece is not yet giving European leaders sleepless nights again, but as the euro zone’s problem child approaches the end of its second international bailout, political uncertainty in Athens is set to test the currency area’s resilience.

WICHITA, Kansas– Kansas Independent candidate Greg Orman remains notoriously lose on important issues and Kansas Republicans are wasting no time to define their opponent. Wichita local radio host Joseph Ashby kicked off a political rally here with a play on

The Coalition for Marriage has denounced new Government regulations for independent schools in England which are clearly aimed at compelling schools to promote same-sex marriage, regardless of the wishes of parents or teachers. This measure provides the latest evidence of

Over the past few weeks Nigel Farage has regularly described Douglas Carswell’s defection and resignation as “the most selfless political act” he had ever seen. But even acts of selflessness can come with benefits, today Breitbart London reviews the game

In an interview with the American Family Association’s “A Time to Speak” radio show, former Gov. Mike Huckabee sounded off on the possibility that the Republican Party could embrace same-sex marriage. Huckabee declared that should this happen, he would abandon

Fiery debate continues in one of the mostly hotly contested Congressional races in the country between incumbent lock step Democrat Scott Peters and “New Generation Republican” candidate Carl DeMaio.  Both candidates have been busy fighting for those coveted moderate swing

Polls opened in a by-election Thursday that looks set to shake up British politics by securing the anti-immigration, anti-EU UK Independent Party (UKIP) its first seat in parliament. MP Douglas Carswell defected from Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservative party to

In an exclusive interview with Breitbart News on Wednesday, Democratic Congressional candidate Ro Khanna said he would champion a bipartisan approach in Washington, “reaching across the aisle” to work with Republicans as Silicon Valley’s representative. He contrasted his own approach

Congressman Ed Royce was first elected in 1992 in one of California’s most conservative House seats. Twenty-two years later, the affable and influential Royce, now Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, still represents a reliably GOP House seat, but the district

A Labour Member of the European Parliament, Richard Howitt MEP has accused Ukip of wanting to “abort disabled children” and “put people with learning difficulties in camps”; allegations which Ukip branded “deeply upsetting” and “highly offensive”. Ukip’s disability spokesman Star

Attack and defensive ads litter the airwaves in San Diego’s hotly contested 52nd Congressional District that pits freshman Democrat incumbent Scott Peters against GOP establishment-backed, gay Republican Carl DeMaio. As both sides fight for the coveted independent and centrist voting

LOS ANGELES — Supporters of Democrat Ben Allen are enlisting the help of unlikely allies in their effort to help him defeat Sandra Fluke for California’s open 26th district State Senate seat: Republican voters. Mailers from Allen’s campaign began arriving

The race for one solidly Democrat state Senate seat in Fresno, California could prove crucial for Republicans looking to break a Democrat supermajority in the chamber. Republican incumbent Andy Vidak, a local farmer elected to the seat last year in

A new NBC News/Marist Poll released on Sunday shows that independent Greg Orman leads incumbent Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS) by 10 points, 48% to 38% among likely voters in the Kansas U.S. Senate race. 5% backed Libertarian Randall Botson, while 9%

Scientists using data models to map the spread of the deadly Ebola virus claim there is a good chance the outbreak will spread to the United Kingdom and France by the end of the month, but reducing air traffic in

Synagogues in Germany hired armed security guards for protection throughout the recent High Holiday season following a surge of anti-Semitism in the country. Only last month German Chancellor Angela Merkel vowed to do everything she could “to ensure anti-Semitism doesn’t

Vice President Joe Biden made another gaffe on Thursday, telling Harvard students that China is a part of North America. Speaking at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, Biden made yet another blunder after saying that “North America is literally–not figuratively–the epicenter

This week, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus refocused the Republican Party ahead of the midterms.  In his speech, Chairman Priebus broadly went over the Conservative principles and ideals that are energizing Republican and many Independent voters. With the 2014

DALLAS, Texas — On Friday, October 3, Jack Lowe, Sr. Elementary students in the Dallas Independent School District (ISD) greeted parents at the end of theschool day with a barrage of TV news choppers hovering so closely overhead that the

The dictionary defines nepotism as, “the practice among those with power or influence of favoring relatives or friends, especially by giving them jobs.” It perhaps should come to no surprise to anyone even remotely aware of the ethical scandals permeating

Of all the opportunities my accidental career in politics and such have afforded me, one of the greatest pleasures remains giving talks to sixth form pupils. This morning I addressed a group of 16-18 year olds at University College School,

MCALLEN, Texas — Mexican authorities have arrested the leader of the Beltran Leyva Cartel, one of the main cartels that operates in central Mexico. Details of the operation have not been released by Mexican officials, however sources within Mexican law

STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — With the 2014 Nobel Prize announcements around the corner, Norway is considering shaking up the five-member committee that selects the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. Critics say the prestigious panel should no longer be limited

HONG KONG (AP) — The crowds of pro-democracy protesters on the streets of Hong Kong dwindled sharply Friday after the territory’s leader agreed to meet with their leaders over their demands for electoral reforms. An afternoon thunderstorm — and sheer

DALLAS (AP) — Worries over Ebola kept some Dallas schoolchildren home Thursday after school officials identified five students who may have come into contact with the first person in the U.S. to be diagnosed with the virus. Attendance is down

MCALLEN, Texas — Mexican authorities have arrested the leader of the Beltran Leyva Cartel, one of the main cartels that operates in central Mexico. The arrest marks another trophy to the failed administration of Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto who

The best sex is transgressive. It breaks rules. Sometimes, the impulse to be deviant or sexually disruptive can turn to dysfunction, as in the case of paedophiles or rapists. But in all sexual contact, however tepid and domesticated, there is

Lord Hill, the government’s nomination of European commissioner, showed whose side he would be on as he faced MEPs today in Brussels. As members of the economic and monetary affairs committee asked questions to the nominee for the portfolio of

HONG KONG (AP) — Shops in Hong Kong have closed and the local stock market has plunged but protesters are gambling their agitation for greater democracy will pay off by preserving institutions that made this former British colony a profitable

A new poll out from NH1 in New Hampshire has Republican Scott Brown moving from down by 7% to dead even in his race to unseat incumbent Democrat Senator Jeanne Shaheen. With just over a month to go until Election

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi called for an independent probe into the Secret Service during her Wednesday press conference.  “There has to be an independent investigation as to what is going on in the Secret Service. The protection of the

Noted Ronald Reagan historian Craig Shirley has doubled down on his plagiarism charge against liberal author Rick Perlstein. Shirley accused Perlstein of improperly citing or entirely failing to cite Shirley’s 2005 book, Reagan’s Revolution, in his new book, The Invisible