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TED CRUZ: STATES SHOULD ‘STAND UP AND LEAD’ ON DEFUNDING PLANNED PARENTHOOD In an exclusive interview with Breitbart News, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) says that state legislatures and governors now need to “stand up and lead” on defunding Planned Parenthood. “I encourage every state legislature and every governor to stand up and... Read More Chaffetz officially announces bid to be next House speaker, challenge McCarthy Utah GOP Rep. Jason Chaffetz on Sunday officially announced his bid to become the next House speaker, challenging next-in-line Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and vowing to “bridge the divide” that has roiled the chamber’s GOP caucus. “I’m offering myself as... Read More CUOMO DOUBLES DOWN: SHUT DOWN GOVERNMENT TO FORCE GOP TO SUPPORT GUN CONTROL On October 2 New York Governor Andrew Cuomo reiterated his call for Democrats to shut down government in order to force Republicans to support gun control. Cuomo first issued this demand on September 26 while speaking at the funeral of... Read More Trump’s leads shrink in Iowa, NH Polls released Sunday morning show real estate mogul Donald Trump holding his leads in the early voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire, although those leads are smaller than one more ago. Trump leads former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina... Read More Plan to transfer Gitmo detainees angers Colorado DENVER — The Defense Department’s plan to consider two Colorado prisons as possible destinations for Guantanamo Bay detainees is meeting with outrage from the state’s Republican congressional delegation, demonstrating the political resistance President Obama faces as he tries to honor... Read More Islamic State militants blow up ancient Arch of Triumph in Palmyra DAMASCUS - Islamic State militants have blown up the Arch of Triumph, a major monument in the 2,000-year-old Roman city of Palmyra, Syria's antiquities chief said on Sunday, after they destroyed two ancient temples at the central Syrian site in... Read More