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As the state of Illinois edges near becoming the first U.S. state to ever be rated junk bond status, the Democrat-controlled legislature of the bankrupt state of Illinois has just voted to slam its citizens with a hefty 32 percent hike in state income taxes.

House Republicans are starting Independence Day celebrations early this week, with lawmakers cutting town a day earlier than most of their voters.

White House deputy press secretary Sarah Sanders singed Democrats during an appearance on Fox News, saying Republicans would get “tired of winning” elections, like Karen Handel’s victory in Georgia.

PARIS (AFP) – A top candidate for France’s right-wing Republicans, Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, was left unconscious Thursday after a clash with a protestor while out campaigning for this weekend’s legislative elections in Paris.

President Trump has reportedly floated the idea of lining the proposed wall at the southern border with solar panels to pay for the project. The idea may seem outlandish, but Republicans have hailed it as “innovative,” while experts and designers have been pitching something similar for months.

One of the few glimmers of bipartisanship in the wake of the election of President Trump was on the question of infrastructure, with Democrats expressing a willingness to work with him on working to fix the nation’s roads and bridges. But it seems Democrats aren’t so enthusiastic anymore.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “At This Hour,” Larry Sabato, Director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics, discussed political violence and stated, “Republicans support it because it’s promoted by their side, by their president, and by other people

In a one-on-one interview with the Washington Post’s Daily 2020 Live on Tuesday, Hillary Clinton’s former campaign chief John Podesta said he does not see any indication that President Donald Trump will be impeached, despite the fact that so many in his party are calling for it.

Republicans going home to talk to their constituents are facing violence and death threats, with some lawmakers upping security at town hall events — a consequence of a culture of violence being fostered by left-wing activists and their allies in the liberal media.

Reporters are rounding up comments from Republicans to paint the grim picture that the party is slowly losing faith in President Donald Trump for alleged misdeeds in dealing with Russian officials and for interfering with an investigation into the matter run by former FBI Director James Comey, whom Trump fired.

A new survey by Pew Research Center shows a stark divide between what Republicans and Democrats think of the media and its role as a watchdog of the federal government.

Illegal immigrants will continue to move into the U.S. through the U.S.-Mexico Border unless President Donald Trump’s border wall is built, according to the Miami Herald.

GOP establishment lawmakers are reportedly getting jumpy as they struggle to get on board with President Trump’s efforts to “drain the swamp” — and are considering distancing themselves from Trump in order to push “a more traditional Republican agenda.”

The case for firing former FBI Director James Comey has been made at length by both Democrats and Republicans.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Senate Minority Leader Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) argued that the Obamacare exchanges are having problems “because of what the Trump administration and the Republicans are doing.” Schumer said, “Look, the reason that the

Chelsea Clinton is not getting much support to run for office from American voters, according to a new poll.

The House has approved a more than $1 trillion spending bill to fund the government through September by a vote of 309 to 118.

The House Rules Committee published its proposed $1 trillion budget at 12:47 a.m. on Monday, a massive 1,665-page plan that is 400 pages longer than the average bible. Not only are many of President Donald Trump’s budget priorities missing from the plan, but

TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday thanked the U.S. Senate for “standing up for Israel at the UN” after all 100 senators signed a letter to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres Thursday calling for an end to the “unacceptable” anti-Israel bias at the international body.

U.S. House campaigns on both sides of the political spectrum hit fundraising records in the first quarter of 2017, according to findings from the Federal Election Commission.

James Swanson, author of “Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer” spoke with Breitbart News Daily SiriusXM host Alex Marlow on Friday, the anniversary of the Lincoln assassination, which took place on April 14, 1865.

Republicans dominate the list of highest-rated governors in the nation, according to a Morning Consult poll published Tuesday morning.

Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie told Breitbart News at a sit-down interview in the congressman’s office he believes the reports of former national security adviser Susan Rice unmasking names of associates of President Donald Trump, collected incidentally and cloaked as a constitutional protection against warrantless surveillance.

Anti-abortion advocates say there are no longer any “excuses” for Republicans to delay approving legislation that would end Planned Parenthood’s taxpayer funding.

In a video message, Kristan Hawkins, who heads the largest millennial pro-life organization in the United States, tells Republicans they are expected to keep their promise to defund Planned Parenthood – “no matter how you have to do it.”

Texas Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert told Breitbart News on Wednesday he is not surprised that Speaker Paul Ryan (R.-WI) crafted his American Health Care Act to keep the individual mandate and the essential benefits provisions of Obamacare, because the bill

A spokeswoman for the House Freedom Caucus told Breitbart News the technical and Medicare-related changes to the RyanCare bill up for a House floor vote Thursday will not save the bill from defeat.

Tea Party activists rallied on the Capitol grounds Wednesday to support Capitol Hill conservatives fighting to block the American Health Care Act crafted by Speaker Paul Ryan (R.-Wis.) to rescue the insurance companies while preserving President Barack Obama’s 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare.

In this week’s exclusive clip for Breitbart News, Jackie takes Republicans to task for what he claims is severe dysfunction surrounding their effort to repeal and replace Obamacare.

The best-dressed man in American politics and one of the political mentors of President Donald Trump told Breitbart News Monday the president needs to stay focused on his program in his first address to a joint session of Congress.

The vast majority of Americans oppose sanctuary policies.

TEL AVIV – Following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting in London with his UK counterpart Theresa May, a leading daily in that country said in an editorial that “maintaining good relations with Israel is vital to British interests” and will help protect against the Islamic State.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Democrats care more about being right than winning on Monday and told them to “take a chill pill” during a talk at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Republican lawmakers held a closed-door meeting Tuesday to discuss protective measures and emergency exit strategies to safeguard them from growing violence and protests from progressives over their attempts to repeal and replace Obamacare.

Pollster and image consultant Frank Luntz told Breitbart News that President Donald Trump has had a great first week of his presidency.

A new immigration reform plan by Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) would include legalization and amnesty for the over 11 million living in the United States.