Can Republican Party and its natural affiliates find peace among themselves? By Clark S. Judge Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Imagine you are sitting in the White House, looking at the meltdown. Yes, it’s alarming, but are you all that worried? Your big goal is the 2014 election. So based on the just recently concluded 2013 elections on […]

From Congressman Bill Flores  The last two weeks have been very eventful in Washington. The House passed the Keep your Health Plan Act. In addition, my bill, the Protecting States’ Rights to Promote American Energy Security Act passed the House on November 20th. I and over 250 additional House Members sent a letter to House […]

Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC announced their endorsement of Greg Abbott for governor. In offering their endorsement, TLRPAC cited Abbott’s commitment to a strong economy and a fair civil justice system. Speaking on behalf of TLRPAC, Richard W. Weekley released the following statement:

By Michelle Malkin Religious liberty is front and center on the nation’s Thanksgiving table. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court agreed to hear Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. The family-owned craft store company is intrepidly challenging the constitutionality of Obamacare’s abortion coverage mandate. Hobby Lobby’s faithful owners deserve our thanks and praise as they defend freedom […]

By Jonah Goldberg “I’m not a particularly ideological person,” President Obama told an audience of donors in Seattle over the weekend. He added (in Reuters’ words) that “pragmatism was necessary to advance the values that were important to him.” This is an old refrain of Obama’s. As he said in his first inaugural, “The question we […]

By Thomas Miller and Abby McCloskey The new line is that the health-care law will save money. That’s also not true. Supporters of President Obama are working overtime to backtrack from his promise that “If you like your health-care insurance, you can keep it. Period.” While the president has conceded that this statement was inaccurate, […]

By Conn Carroll Obamacare is endlessly referred to as President Obama’s “signature domestic achievement,” but six more weeks like the last half dozen could change that to “ruined his presidency.” Consider Washington Examiner White House correspondent Susan Crabtree’s report that the latest CNN/ORC International survey found that “for the first time, a majority of Americans at 53 percent believe […]

By Cynthia Fagen The United States released $8 billion in frozen assets to Iran on Sunday in a move meant to ensure Tehran’s compliance with a nuclear agreement signed over the weekend, say top Iranian officials, the Washington Free Beacon reported Monday. Iranian government spokesman Mohammad Baqer Nobakht confirmed Monday that the U.S. government freed […]

“Our simple combination of low taxes, smart regulations and a fair legal system has made Texas the best state in the nation to live, raise a family and grow a business.”  Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Texas remains a national leader in job creation, adding 43,800 new jobs in two months according to data […]

Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – (Dallas, TX) — Texas Alliance for Life PAC proudly announced its endorsement of Texas State Senator John Carona for re-election in District 16, which includes most of North Dallas County. Sen. Carona is up for re-election to the State Senate in 2014.

Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas –  Texas House Speaker Joe Straus appointed Will Montgomery of Dallas to the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) Oversight Committee. The Oversight Committee serves as the governing body of CPRIT, which awards grants to expedite innovation in cancer research, to help bring lifesaving cancer products to Texans […]

Texans for Life Coalition Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – What an exciting time to be pro-life in Texas!  While HB 2, our pro-life omnibus bill continues to take hits from abortion advocates we continue to prevail in the courts. Last month, after a 3-day bench trial, a federal district judge issued an injunction against enforcement […]

By Byron York In the aftermath of the government shutdown, it’s clear that many of the nation’s Republican governors are disgusted by the performance of GOP lawmakers in Congress. But they don’t say it in so many words. Instead, recently meeting in Scottsdale, Ariz. at their annual conference, they expressed growing weariness with “Washington, D.C.” […]

By Leah Barkoukis Reactions to the Iranian nuclear deal that President Obama hailed as an “important first step toward a comprehensive solution” have been mixed, to say the least. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has perhaps been most outspoken against the deal, calling it a “historic mistake” and saying that by “lifting the pressure, this “first […]

Tony Perkin’s Washington Update The Senate may not be the only ones going nuclear under the Obama administration. This weekend, the White House rounded out its embarrassments at home with a dangerous one abroad by plowing ahead on a six-month pact whose only cheerleader is the country it aimed to subdue: Iran.

By Thomas Sowell Random thoughts on the passing scene: Many people take pride in defying the conventions of society. Those conventions of society are also known as civilization. Defying them wholesale means going back to barbarism. Barbarians with electronic devices are still barbarians. After the government shutdown crisis, the one thing that Congressional Democrats and […]

Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) released the following statement regarding the interim agreement on Iran’s nuclear program: “According to the interim agreement regarding Iran’s nuclear program that was reached this weekend in Geneva, not one centrifuge will be destroyed.

By Conn Carroll Magical thinking — expecting unrealistic outcomes to result from mistaken assumptions — is a foolish foundation for foreign policy decisions. But how else to explain the Geneva deal with Iran? Take Secretary of State John Kerry’s expectation for the six months of continued negotiations called for in the agreement: