Internal U.S. Customs and Border protection documents reviewed by Breitbart Texas report that human smugglers received up to $1 billion in December 2021 alone. On average, migrants claimed to have paid smugglers more than $5,000 per person – with more than 170,000 apprehended in the month.

GOP leader Kevin McCarthy used an interview with establishment outlet Axios.com to emphasize his populist promise of pro-American immigration, economic, and technology policies.

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) ripped into President Joe Biden’s Tuesday speech in Georgia, calling it “profoundly unpresidential.” McConnell characterized Biden’s speech as a “rant” that was “incoherent, incorrect, and beneath his office.

House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) announced on Wednesday that he has “concluded to not participate” with Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) January 6 Select Committee.

Narratives of “voter suppression” are a “big lie” used by Democrats and the broader left as pretexts for undermining election integrity, Hans von Spakovsky, manager of the Heritage Foundation’s Election Law Reform Initiative and a senior legal fellow of the Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, observed on Tuesday’s edition of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily with special guest host Jerome Hudson.

The Army is facing difficulties finding enough recruits and hopes increased bonuses will lure them in, according to a report on Wednesday.