
Scott Pruitt angers critics by using Bible quote, cleaning house at EPA, choose grant money or review, NOT both
Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt announced on Tuesday he was upending the way the agency’s key advisory groups are staffed. After using a Bible quote, Pruitt dropped the news EPA grant recipients More...

Texas Right to Life praises President Trump’s nomination of Don Willett to Fifth Circuit court of appeals
President Donald Trump announced the nomination of the Honorable Justice Don Willett to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Justice Willett currently serves on the Supreme Court More...

Rick Perry dodges ‘global warming crisis’ assumptions of Bernie Sanders, tells Al Franken he’s ‘going to hire really good scientists’
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders pressed another cabinet nominee of Donald Trump to admit global warming is a crisis – this time former Texas Gov. Rick Perry. Perry, nominated to lead the Department of Energy, More...

Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards explains how media helps abortion industry
Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards explained how the media have played a pivotal role in helping the abortion industry communicate its message to America, fighting to keep abortions legal and without restrictions. While More...

GOP race: Reine Priebus won’t guarantee nominee will be Trump, Cruz or Kasich
The term from the Republican establishment is “unlikely” when pressed about a substitute candidate being put ahead of the remaining GOP candidates. “It’s far too late,” Republican National Committee More...

Jim Gilmore excluded from CNN debate despite performing better than George Pataki
While CNN finalized the candidates for the GOP Presidential debate this week, Jim Gilmore didn’t get an invite, as the “former Virginia governor met the 1 percent voter-support threshold in just one More...

Donald Trump leads Ben Carson in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina polls
Ahead of this week’s GOP Presidential debate, a YouGov polling analysis puts Donald Trump and Ben Carson at the top of the GOP list in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina – the three early state primaries. 2011 More...

Rick Perry drops out of GOP race, bashes Donald Trump tactics
Rick Perry, the former Texas governor dropped his second bid for the White House on Friday, the first of the 17 GOP candidates present in the two-part debate a month ago. “Today, I am suspending my campaign More...

Iran deal gets 34th Senator to support move, GOP strengthens opposition
The Obama administration has secured enough support in the Senate to ensure that the Iran nuclear deal will survive a congressional vote, but John Kerry warned opponents that rejection of the agreement would be More...

Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton dominate coverage on The Dispatch
photo/ donkey hotey Media bias is rampant and covering the GOP candidates has been a challenge and quite revealing. In fact, earlier this month it became clear how disproportionate the coverage has been: Donald More...

New GOP Poll: Bobby Jindal, Jim Gilmore, George Pataki and Lindsey Graham at 0%
The new Quinnipiac University poll may be pushing certain names into the headlines, but the other news is the names of candidates who should be stepping aside: Bobby Jindal, Jim Gilmore, George Pataki and Lindsey More...

Hispanics despise Donald Trump above all other candidates, compared to George Wallace by Glenn Beck
U.S. Hispanics have strong dissatisfaction with most GOP candiates, but Donald Trump stands tall in a unique place. It’s noteworthy that this was not a survey of even registered voters, let alone likely voters. Gallup More...

Hillary Clinton message to supporters ‘no classified info in emails,’ contradicting the IG results
As the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails intensified on Wednesday, the Democratic presidential candidate’s campaign attempted to reassure supporters there was no classified information on her private More...

Iowa poll: Trump leads, Fiorina and Carson soar, Paul and Christie dropping fast
photo donkey hotey In the wake of the GOP debate, a new Iowa poll by Public Policy Polling show Donald Trump is still clinging to a lead, but the other candidates are all rising and falling quickly. Trump leads More...

Carly Fiorina ‘wins’ Undercard GOP debate: ‘poised and confident’
The former head of Hewlett-Packard Carly Fiorina may have been the only woman on stage at the “Undercard” GOP debate on Thursday night, but she may have also come away with a big victory. The Washington More...

Why I can’t vote for Rick Perry
Former Texas Governor Rick Perry is frequently praised for his work on the border with Mexico and his pro-10th Amendment stance and small government rhetoric (more than 30 years ago, Ronald Reagan also gave a lot More...

Trump continues pounding McCain: Tells Iowa audience ‘He’s not a war hero’
In the same week that Donald Trump took to Twitter and called Arizona Senator John McCain a dummy, he continues his bashing of the Vietnam veteran both on social media and in a speech in a most unseemly fashion. During More...

Donald Trump says Rick Perry should take IQ test before allowed in debates
Billionaire real estate tycoon and Republican presidential contender, Donald Trump continues his bulldozer, take no prisoners campaign mowing down any criticism from his fellow competitors. Today’s victim, More...

Jeb Bush, Rick Perry take shots at Donald Trump, who just fires back
Two of the GOP presidential candidates are taking issue with fellow candidate Donald Trump, saying they were offended by the tycoon’s recent remarks about Mexico and immigrants. Former Florida Gov. Jeb More...

RNC Chair: We must have criteria to be in the debates
Reince Priebus, Republican National Committee chairman, says that potential presidential contenders will have to poll above certain levels to earn a spot in the GOP debates. In a radio interview on the Hugh Hewitt More...