By Congresswoman Kay Granger Texas insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. — We are all familiar with identity theft when it comes to our credit cards and bank accounts. But another type of ID theft is on the rise. Over the last two fiscal years, the federal government has sentenced 661 individuals for ID theft tax refund fraud.

‘It’s a sad day when the White House & Congressional Democrats are celebrating the prospect of a smaller American labor force.’   By Sen. John Cornyn Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN — It’s hard to deny that the Obama Administration has declared a war on the American worker. One need look no further than two recent reports […]

Sen. John McCain, called President Obama “the most naïve president in history” Thursday, slamming the administration’s inept handling of relations with Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin “played us so incredibly,” the Arizona Republican said on Phoenix radio station KFYI. “This is the most naïve president in history.”

Son of Conservative Civil Rights Icon, a Member of Project 21, Issues Statement–FBI, Local Police Investigating Apparent Hate Crime Washington, DC – Members of the Project 21 black leadership network condemn the apparent February 16 hate crime on the campus of the University of Mississippi in which a statue of civil rights icon and prominent […]

By Aaron Blake The White House on Thursday called for Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to remove his security forces from the scene of protests in Kiev — its most forceful statement to date on the quickly escalating conflict. At least 50 people were killed Thursday morning after a tentative truce fell apart, according to a […]

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee The bloodshed in Syria is unacceptable we must remain committed to peacefully resolving a civil war that has claimed about 154,000 Syrian lives and displaced hundreds of thousands of women and children, says Rep. Jackson Lee.

Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas — (Fort Worth, Texas) – “The Cattle Raisers Expo is the largest expo in Texas and Oklahoma designed specifically for ranchers,” said Pete Bonds, TSCRA president.  Nearly 200 exhibitors will showcase their products and services to cattle producers across the state at the 37th Annual Cattle Raisers Expo during the […]

Houston Physician Arrested in Health Care Fraud Conspiracy Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas — (HOUSTON) – Dr.  Enyibuaku Rita Uzoaga, 41, and Charles Harris, 53, have been indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and health care fraud, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.

By Michelle Malkin This week’s award for Biggest Common Core Jerk goes to Missouri GOP state legislator Mike Lair. Parents, teachers and administrators who object to the government education “standards” racket — which usurps local control, impedes academic achievement and undermines family privacy — have politicians on the defensive. The only thing these Fed Ed flacks […]

By  Michael Barone It is 611 miles from the United Auto Workers headquarters in Detroit to Volkswagen’s assembly plant in Chattanooga, Tenn. It’s a long day’s drive, about 10 hours almost entirely on Interstate 75, but it turned out to be too far for the UAW. Or so one must judge from the results of […]

Today’s Logic Letter, By Lynn Woolley Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Here’s a question to ponder in Temple, Texas. If someone is accused of committing a crime — and she can bring a dozen or so “character” witnesses to testify on her behalf, does that say more about her? Or the witnesses? This is […]

By Ben Barrack Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Last December, Reps. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), and Steve King (R-IA) visited Egypt. The Washington Post referred to the details of the visit as “hush-hush”. Last month, a delegation led by Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) which included Rep. Steve Stockman and Rep. Cynthia Lummis […]

Beyond Affirmative Action By Dr. Ben Carson Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. – I was a victim of the racism of low expectations for black children. As a child growing up in Detroit and Boston, I had many opportunities to experience the ugly face of racism, and witnessed the devastating toll exacted by its mean-spirited […]

Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. — (BEAUMONT, TX) – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, today held a press conference at the Spindletop Museum to discuss ideas to promote energy development and boost the economy. “Restoring jobs and economic growth is the number one priority for Americans and we have a clear path before us to […]

By Bartlett D. Cleland, IPI Resident Scholar Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Last summer the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) began to track “R&D for entertainment, literary and artistic originals as fixed investment,” and created a new investment category of “intellectual property products,” which will also include expenditures for software.

By Meghashyam Mali President Obama on Wednesday defended the administration’s review of the Keystone XL pipeline, while allowing that the process might seem “laborious” to Canada, which has urged the U.S. to quickly approve the project.

Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas — As the Texas economy maintains its lead over other states in key categories like job creation, Lt. Governor David Dewhurst today announced a set of Interim Charges intended to further strengthen the Texas workforce and find even more market-driven alternatives to the budget-busting Obamacare. He tasked the Senate Committees on […]

South Texas Physician Convicted of Health Care Fraud in State and Federal Case Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas — (CORPUS CHRISTI) – Dr. Roque Joel Ramirez, 49, of Robstown, has entered a plea of guilty to mail fraud in connection with his scheme to defraud Medicare and Medicaid through fraudulent billings, announced United States Attorney […]