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It's been three years since Scott Eckersley was fired after pointing out that his then-boss, former Gov. Matt Blunt, and others in Blunt's administration should not be deleting certain e-mails because they belonged to the public record. Complete Story...
Fox Nation promotes Coulter's claim that Obama is an atheistSurviving Members of Peter Paul & Mary Would Like The National Organization for Marriage To Stop Using Their SongsPalin, Murkowski feud in background of Alaska upset Beck Plus God Does Not Equal XTexas Forces Gay Couple To Stay MarriedGallup: Republicans Remain Disproportionately White and ReligiousThe GOP's new fake racial history
Jordan's King Abdullah II suggests that failure of new peace talks between Isarel and the Palestinians would be a victory for terrorists seeking to derail the process.
Is the tea party the new Republican Party? The grass-roots network of fed-up conservative-libertarian voters displayed its power in its biggest triumph of the election year: the toppling of Sen. Lisa Murkowski in Alaska's GOP primary. Political novice Joe Miller is the fifth tea party insurgent to win a GOP Senate nominating contest, an upset that few, if any, saw coming.
President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt is calling on Israel to freeze settlement activity in the Palestinian territories and seize the moment for peace.
Failed Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Greene is suing two Florida newspapers for libel over articles Greene claims cost him votes.
Outspoken former Democratic congressman Jim Traficant, who served time in federal prison for corruption, has fought his way back onto the Nov. 2 ballot to again run for a U.S. House seat — this time as an independent.
Colorado gubernatorial hopeful Dan Maes' murky past in law enforcement in neighboring Kansas has become the latest distraction in his gaffe-ridden campaign.
The Republican Party is supplying $2.5 million in advertising support to Marco Rubio's Senate campaign in Florida, a sizable commitment to a candidate the party once tried to push out of the contest.
An accident this week in Arkansas has boosted to 21 the number of people who have been killed this year in medical helicopter and plane crashes, renewing concerns about the safety of such operations.
Departing White House economist Christina Romer says the government has the tools for bringing down unemployment, but policymakers need to find the will and wisdom to use them.
Union leaders said Wednesday they will mobilize millions of members in 26 states with a message about "economic patriotism" as they try to help Democrats hold onto their majority in the House and Senate.
The number of illegal immigrants living in the U.S. has dropped for the first time in two decades — decreasing by 8 percent since 2007, a new study finds. The reasons range from the sour economy to Mexican violence and increased U.S. enforcement that has made it harder to sneak across the border.
U.S. officials launched a broad legal offensive against Pakistan's Taliban on Wednesday, placing the group on its international terrorism blacklist and charging its leader with planning last year's suicide bombing in Afghanistan that killed seven CIA employees.
Oil giant BP says it has spent more than $5 million a week on advertising since the Gulf Coast oil spill — more than three times the amount it spent on ads during the same period last year.
President Barack Obama says the killing of four Israelis in the West Bank was a "senseless slaughter" that won't stop the U.S. from seeking peace in the Middle East.
The Obama administration on Wednesday added the Pakistani Taliban to its international terrorism blacklist, targeting the group blamed for the failed car bombing in New York's Times Square and its leaders with financial and travel sanctions.
Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday he's confident the various factions in Iraq will form a workable coalition and bring stability to the country, now that the U.S. combat role there has ended.
President Barack Obama will hold separate meetings Wednesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (neh-ten-YAH'-hoo) and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (mahk-MOOD' ah-BAHS').
Down with Big Government, Big Business, Big LaborSome of the most important things in history are things that didn't happen -- even though just about everyone thought they would.
A Big GOP Win in 2010 Could Lead to a Big Obama Victory in 2012Many people I have talked to say privately that a big Republican win in 2010 would lead to a big Obama victory in 2012. One thing we have learned is how fast the pendulum swings and how far it swings.
The Christian Political Right is an embarrassment to America The Christian Political Right is an embarrassment to the 80% of thinking Americans that believe that morality is not exclusive to Christianity.
Talk to the HandThe Tea Party, far from being a spontaneous populist movement, has been underwritten with tens of millions of dollars and coordinated through a network of organizations with names like Americans for Prosperity, with the singular goal of creating an angry block of disaffected vote …
Boxer, Fiorina tussle over economy in first debateJobless rate, outsourcing key topics for Senate candidates
The 'Un-American' Results If Republicans Really Force A Government ShutdownIf Republicans win one or both houses of Congress and take their pledge to defund the health care law to its extreme, the logical end point of the ensuing fight with the White House will be a government shutdown. Or at least a partial one.
Legislation gap growsWhen the Senate returns from its summer break in September, lawmakers will have quite a full plate of legislation to address: 372 bills, to be exact.
Koch-funded organizations launch new "Rally For Jobs"campaign to protect big oil profits - Climate Progress" Not content to simply stop progress, however, the Koch brothers and various Koch-funded organizations have also been actively trying to roll back existing clean air and clean energy laws — both at the state and national levels.
Sarah Palin's Dark Universe: Vanity Fair's ProfileHer political empire is shaped by loyalists who include lobbyist Randy Scheunemann, a director of the neoconservative think tank Project for the New American Century, and Kim Daniels, a lawyer with the Thomas More Law Center. Two male staffers who worked for George W.
Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidates are on a national stageWhen Pennsylvanians go to the polls on Nov. 2, they will have to do more than choose a new governor to succeed term-limited Democrat Edward Rendell; they have to break one of two historical precedents.
The Legislation GapThe Hill reports on the huge number of bills passed by the House this year but not yet by the Senate. Care to guess the #?
7 States Where the Levels of Corruption and Ideological Madness Have Gotten Beyond Embarrassing | News & Politics | AlterNetHow gun laws, Confederate History Month and a statue of Stalin contribute to the citizen embarrassment level in Virginia.
Beck Exposes ANOTHER Socialist in Obama AdministrationWhy can't we be like Cuba and Venezuela???
The Persistence of Red-State FascismThe right's criticisms of Obama's foreign policy are especially dangerous, as they help foster a rapid expansion of militarism.
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