LawNews
IRS ‘Lost’ Lois Lerner’s Emails at Time of Tea Party Targeting
Congressional investigators reacted with outrage to the Internal Revenue Service’s claim that it lost two years of Lois Lerner’s emails during a period when the… Read More
LawCommentary
What Cantor’s Defeat Means for Campaign Finance Reform
Money can’t guarantee an outcome in an election. As we saw this week, the person with the most money does not automatically win. Underdog economics… Read More
SocietyNews
Raúl Labrador Takes on Kevin McCarthy for House Majority Leader
Rep. Raúl Labrador, R-Idaho, is in the race for House majority leader. Labrador this afternoon announced his candidacy for the House’s No. 2 post, giving Rep…. Read More
SocietyNews
House Leadership Race: Sessions Out, McCarthy Coming on Strong
Defeat at the polls for House Majority Leader Eric Cantor sent shock waves through the House of Representatives. The Virginia Republican’s primary loss also left… Read More
SocietyNews
Sen. Ted Cruz’s Advice to Politicians: ‘Get Back to Listening to Main Street’
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, today warned Republicans and Democrats alike that they need to “get back to listening to Main Street,” not Wall Street, to… Read More
SocietyNews
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor Loses to Primary Challenger
Majority Leader Eric Cantor, the No. 2 Republican in the House of Representatives, lost his primary election race Tuesday to a local economics professor in… Read More
SocietyNews
Conservatives Predict Boehner Won’t Be Back as Speaker Next Year
Two outspoken conservative lawmakers predicted John Boehner’s days as House speaker are numbered—despite an assurance from the Ohio Republican that he has every intention to… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Jim DeMint Takes Your Questions
We had a great conversation on our first Daily Signal Hangout this week, and if you weren’t able to join us LIVE, I hope you’ll… Read More
LawCommentary
The Biggest Non-Story in Tuesday’s Elections? Mississippi Voter ID Implemented With No Problems
It wasn’t the biggest story following Tuesday’s elections in various states, but it was the biggest and most-ignored non-story. Mississippi’s new voter ID law got… Read More
EducationNews
Virginia University Appointees Gave Generously To Gov. McAuliffe’s Campaign
Some of Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s latest appointments to posts at Virginia’s prestigious public universities also have donated generously to his gubernatorial campaign — up… Read More
LawNews
ACLU Rejects Amendment to Corral Campaign Spending
Democrats pushing for a constitutional amendment that would give government the authority to regulate political spending by outside groups will do so without one traditional… Read More
LawCommentary
Why People Don’t Trust That Speech Restrictions Will Be Applied Fairly to Both Sides
The largest hearing room the Senate has in the Hart Building was standing-room only on Tuesday when the Senate Judiciary Committee held its hearing on… Read More
LawCommentary
Voter Fraud the Justice Department Won’t Investigate
In a May 17 commencement speech at Morgan State University, Attorney General Eric Holder once again dismissed the problem of voter fraud as being inconsequential…. Read More
LawCommentary
Why Didn’t Eric Holder Fight Against This Racial Discrimination?
President Barack Obama can brag all he wants about the voting-rights cases his administration has allegedly “taken on.” But here’s a case conspicuously absent from… Read More
LawNews
Virginia Voter Registration Headache: 308,000 Also Registered in Other States
RICHMOND, Va.—Some 308,000 Virginia voters also are registered elsewhere, according to an analysis of 22 states’ election records. The finding follows a Watchdog.org report that… Read More
LawCommentary
Why We Can’t Have All Our Elections Online
Markos Moulitsas of the Daily Kos recently published a commentary in The Hill claiming that “voting online is the future.” He also accused me of… Read More
LawNews
What Rand Paul Is Really Saying About Voter ID [VIDEO]
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) found himself on the receiving end of criticism this week for comments he made to The New York Times about voter… Read More
News
Is 2014 the Year of the Tea Party or the Establishment?
What did we learn from the primary races held in a handful of states this week? Most of the mainstream media explained it was the… Read More
Happy May Day, Workers: Unions Will Take Your Dues Now and Give Them to Politicians
Donors like the Koch brothers make the news a lot, but did you know unions are five of the top 10 groups giving political donations… Read More
News
It’s Not Enough to Win Elections
‘We have to win elections.” Party strategists in Washington throw around the phrase as though it were some brilliant political insight. It’s not. Most Americans… Read More
Q&A on Supreme Court’s New Campaign Finance Decision
The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that it is unconstitutional to limit the total amount of money someone can give to political candidates. The limit remains… Read More
Q&A With Foundry Contributor Israel Ortega, NBC ‘Meet the Press’ Guest
The Foundry’s Israel Ortega will make his debut on NBC’s “Meet the Press” this Sunday. Ortega will join the show’s roundtable to discuss and debate… Read More
LawNews
Voter ID: Protecting the Integrity of Our Elections
With midterm elections underway in Texas, the fight over voter ID will undoubtedly garner some serious attention in the national media in the coming weeks… Read More
Argentinian President’s Life-Threatening Surgery Could Mean End for Party Majority
Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez’s Victory Front coalition party suffered a tremendous loss in Sunday’s elections. Fernandez had hoped her party would win to a two-thirds… Read More
Elections in Argentina May Determine the Future of Democracy in the Nation
On Sunday, Argentinians will go to the polls to select their candidates for the country’s upcoming legislative elections. Though it may seem trivial, the open… Read More
Charged for Insulting Government Authority? Venezuela Supreme Court Crosses the Line
In the U.S., courts often rule on the outcome of close elections and act as a mediation tool for candidates to ensure that the results… Read More
Zimbabwe Holds Unfree and Unfair Elections
Preliminary reports in Zimbabwe point to “seriously compromised” presidential and parliamentary elections. Some sources are stating that over 1 million voters were turned away from… Read More
Mali Needs More Than Imperfect Elections
The first round of elections held over the weekend in Mali were hastily declared free and fair by the French and the international community quickly… Read More
Cambodia’s Flawed Elections
The ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) has once again been returned to power in Cambodia. Election results are hotly contested by the opposition Cambodian National… Read More
News
Eric Holder Messes with Texas
Obama’s Justice Department is fighting a recent Supreme Court decision—and picking a fight with Texas. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the Justice Department… Read More
