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If The Washington Post Becomes Politico, We All Lose
A recently departed Politico reporter on why The Washington Post should steer clear of his old employer’s model. Jonathan Ernst / Reuters As is so often the case, the chatterers in Washington and New...
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Pentagon Moves To Recognize Gay Married Couples — Including Leave To Get Married
“It is now the Department’s policy to treat all married military personnel equally,” says Hagel. Couples living where same-sex couples cannot marry will be given leave “for the purpose of traveling to...
View ArticleGOP Congressman: Climate Change From God, Not Man
“It wasn’t just a few years ago, what was the problem that existed? It wasn’t global warming, we were gonna all be an ice cube. We’re not ice cubes. Our climate will continue to change because of the...
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Jesse Jackson Jr. Sentenced To 30 Months In Prison For Misuse Of Funds
“I didn’t separate my personal life from my political life, and I couldn’t be more wrong,” the former congressman said. His wife, Sandra, was sentenced 12 months in prison. In this Feb. 20 photo,...
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John Liu Proposes Legalizing Marijuana In New York City
Liu said legalizing marijuana could generate $400 million in revenue for the city. Eduardo Munoz / Reuters New York City Comptroller and mayoral candidate John Liu declared the city's marijuana...
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For Olympics' Corporate Sponsors, Tough Questions That Most Are Eager To Avoid
But GE steps forward over LGBT rights in Russia: “We expect the IOC to uphold human rights in every aspect of the Games.” Other Olympics sponsors back the International Olympic Committee attempt to...
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President Obama Left The Situation Room To Play "15 Games Of Cards" During...
UPDATED: The president’s former body man offers new details on what happened inside the White House the day Osama bin Laden was killed. “I’m not going to be down there. I can’t watch this entire...
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Banned Rodeo Clown Who Mocked Obama Is Invited By Congressman To Perform In...
“I’m sure any rodeo in Texas would be proud to have performers.” Texas Congressman Steve Stockman invited the rodeo clown who mocked Obama at the Missouri State Fair to perform at a rodeo in Texas'...
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California Supreme Court Denies Requests To Stop Same-Sex Couples' Marriages
“The petition for a writ of mandate is denied.” Jana Asenbrennerova / Reuters WASHINGTON — Two challenges to same-sex couples' marriage rights in California were turned away by the state's Supreme...
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Cory Booker Supporters Look Past The Senate To The White House
On the night of the Newark mayor’s first big election, fans say they’re ready for a Booker presidency. “Of course I want him to be mayor, then senator, then president.” U.S. Senate candidate Cory...
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Obama Condemns Egypt Violence, Cancels Military Exercise
No change in yearly aid to Egypt’s military. President Obama spoke Thursday from his rented vacation home on Martha’s Vineyard. Jim Watson/AFP-Getty Images WASHINGTON — President Obama condemned the...
View ArticleRepublican Congressman: If We Try To Defund Obamacare, We Lose The House Of...
“And whether we win the battle or not, we’ve lost the war because Nancy Pelosi’s now speaker of the House.” View Video › Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger said Wednesday that if Republicans went forward...
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Can A Campus Book Club Save The Republican Party?
Probably not, but Karin Agness wants to provide a safe place for conservative women at liberal colleges. “Something the party’s really excited about,” says an RNC spokesperson. Alderman Library on the...
View ArticleRepublican Congressman Wants "Citizen Advocate" For NSA Surveillance
“My mom is not a terrorist.” Republican Rep. James Lankford said he wants a "citizen advocate" involved in the process of procuring data through FISA court orders for National Security Agency...
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U.S. Doesn't Join Allies In Calling For U.N. Security Council Meeting On Egypt
A minor mystery in Turtle Bay. Shannon Stapleton / Reuters WASHINGTON — The United States Mission to the United Nations did not join two other permanent members and one non-permanent member of the...
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MSNBC + Politico = Washington, D.C.'s Cable News Network
On cable news, MSNBC still proves to be the place for politics. Despite transforming itself from "the place for politics" to a shamelessly left-leaning political media outlet while in the midst of an...
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National Democrats Cast New Jersey Senate Candidate As Symbol Of GOP...
Steve Lonegan, the Republican senate nominee barely known outside the state, is about to get a lot of attention — but not from his own party. “No one in New Jersey cares what the RNC thinks anyway,”...
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Meet Maurice Bonamigo, Fake U.S. Senator
An Egyptian newspaper ran an interview with a “Republican U.S. Senator” who heartily supported the security services’ bloody crackdown in Cairo. By “Republican U.S. Senator” they meant “hairstylist in...
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Plaintiffs In Discrimination Case Call On Eliot Spitzer To "Make Right What...
As the Spitzer name returns to headlines and the case returns to trial, the plaintiffs turn their attention to the New York City comptroller candidate. “This has nothing to do with Eliot,” says a...
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Alabama Republicans Seek To Purge Young Conservative Over Marriage Views
A generational civil war in the heart of Dixie. “She’s a 23-year-old girl who’s being bullied by some 50- and 60-year-old people because she made a statement in the paper.” Senior members of the...
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