The daughter of disgraced former North Carolina Democratic Sen. John Edwards claimed she wasn’t a U.S. citizen to get out of jury duty in early 2011, court records The Daily Caller obtained show. (more)

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In the strangest turn of events produced by a North Carolina Democratic Party sexual harassment scandal, chairman David Parker resigned -- and then unresigned -- Saturday. After delivering his farewell speech. And after hitting the road to go home. (more)
House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California is openly choosing to neither defend nor criticize Attorney General Eric Holder’s failure to comply with a congressional subpoena into Operation Fast and Furious. (more)
South Carolina Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy, one of the most outspoken Congressional critics of the Operation Fast and Furious scandal, said Thursday that he thinks President Barack Obama may end up firing Attorney General Eric Holder before the election. (more)
Nebraska’s GOP Senate primary frontrunner Jon Bruning supported Attorney General Eric Holder’s nomination and confirmation back in 2009. Bruning, Nebraska’s current attorney general, was one of a group of Republican state attorneys general who pushed to get Holder confirmed at the beginning of the Obama administration. (more)
House oversight committee chairman Rep. Darrell Issa shot back at Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday, saying the DOJ’s recent claims that Holder has complied Operation Fast and Furious subpoenas are “disappointing.” (more)
Indiana’s new Republican candidate Richard Mourdock --- who just defeated six-term Sen. Richard Lugar in the GOP primary --- told The Daily Caller that he thinks Attorney General Eric Holder “should have been fired a long time ago” for Operation Fast and Furious. (more)
Illinois Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a freshman, has now joined the surge against Attorney General Eric Holder, having signed the official House resolution of no confidence in Holder over Operation Fast and Furious. (more)
Congressional Democrats are abandoning their party line en masse to support efforts to hold the administration accountable for Operation Fast and Furious. (more)
House Speaker John Boehner said he fully supports House Oversight committee chairman Rep. Darrell Issa’s efforts to enforce the Operation Fast and Furious subpoena Attorney General Eric Holder has demonstrably failed to comply with. (more)
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Thursday endorsed former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz in the state’s GOP Senate race. (more)
President Barack Obama has threatened to veto a Department of Justice appropriations bill House Republicans passed because, among other things, it includes a provision that blocks a gun control rule passed in the wake of Operation Fast and Furious. (more)
President Barack Obama maintains silence on the Brian A. Terry Memorial Act that passed the Democratic-controlled Senate unanimously on Tuesday evening. The Republican-controlled House passed it unanimously in December. (more)
Utah Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz pitched House Democrats Wednesday evening to join him and other Republicans in demanding Attorney General Eric Holder comply with a lengthy congressional subpoena issued over the failed Operation Fast and Furious gun scandal. (more)
The Department of Justice is using official resources to publicly defend a career employee in the Civil Rights Division Voting Section who made inflammatory comments about Mississippi voters. (more)
Pennsylvania Democratic Rep. Chaka Fattah was the only Democrat who verbally criticized South Carolina Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy’s measure to cut Department of Justice officials’ paychecks that passed the House by voice vote -- a sign of overwhelming support -- on Tuesday night. (more)
Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn told The Daily Caller on Wednesday that he thinks Attorney General Eric Holder needs to comply with the congressional subpoena demanding documents relating to Operation Fast and Furious. (more)
In Tuesday's North Carolina primary election, Democrats chose outgoing Gov. Bev Perdue’s top deputy to run for her job. Republicans pounced early Wednesday, launching a new website that dubs the campaign of Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton “Bev Part Two.” Dalton will run against Republican Pat McCrory in November. (more)
Another Democrat is openly refusing to defend embattled Attorney General Eric Holder --- a possible sign that support from those in his own party is waning. (more)
A motion South Carolina Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy introduced this week to cut Department of Justice employees’ salaries by $1 million passed the U.S. House of Representatives by voice vote --- a sign of overwhelming support --- on Tuesday. (more)

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