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Papers have reportedly been filed for a new corporation to cash in on her fame with myriad money-making projects. One is Black Ice, a consulting firm specializing in personal vendettas.

The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta has agreed to stay the execution of Troy Anthony Davis, the

Paper manufacturer Georgia-Pacific is pushing back against claims made by protectors of the Ouachita River along the Arkansas-Louisiana state line that have

Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) talks about getting full disclosure for the Clinton Foundation’s donors. That’s correct, Senator, Clinton reiterates. Menendez

World leaders in Copenhagen have reached a climate deal, albeit one that leaves many questions unresolved, The New York Times reports. The breakthrough

On the heels of a decisive victory in South Carolina, Sen. Barack Obama heads into Super-duper Tuesday as a surprisingly strong challenger to the

Richard Florida has written influential works about the US society and economy and on Tuesday he turned his vision to the Great American Dental Divide. Blogging a recent Gallup study on oral hygiene in the United States, he pointed out that the dramatic if unsurprising findings underline the kind of deeply divided nation we all live in today.

Some Republican senators, along with centrist Democrats, aren’t happy with Harry Reid’s decision to slip the DREAM Act into a defense authorization bill up for

It would seem to be the exact kind of thing the Occupy movement is protesting. High-paid political elites commissioned by the financial sector to battle against the interests of the public. The New York Stock Exchange, targeted in the digital-social-media universe as a main stage for the bad-acting finance sector, is holding a “Social Media Day” on Friday to which it is inviting a high-profile roster of special speakers , according to Politico.

While Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor’s being pilloried on the right for a 2001 speech in which she said her race and gender inevitably impact her

One of the more amusing quirks of the birther movement is the quality of the legal minds in whom Obama birth certificate obsessives are placing their trust

Compounding reports from the weekend that Democrats, one month out from election day, are experiencing a miniature resurgence of sorts is the news that the

The confirmation hearings for Eric Holder to attorney general certainly weren’t as acrimonious as many predicted they’d be. Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Penn.), who

The son of Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) is running a stronger race than anyone expected for the seat of retiring Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.), himself a politician whose

U.S. Congressman Thaddeus McCotter (R-Livonia) says Republican Rep

Members of Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement filed a conflict of interest complaint Tuesday against Environmental Protection Commission member Brent Rastetter, an appointee by Gov. Terry Branstad.

This report is part of collaboration with WNYC’s “It’s a Free Country” to cover the 25 most captivating congressional races from around the country. On

The right-leaning blogosphere is having some fun today with White House science adviser John Holdren. He said last week that the term global warming

The U.N. must reform, Clinton says. It has to become more transparent, more efficient and we will press for those changes. At the same time the United States

State Rep. Luis Garcia Jr., D-Miami (Pic by Mark Foley, via myfloridahouse.gov) State Rep

A derogatory, anti-gay comment posted this week on a blog in the run-up to a vote on repealing don’t ask don’t tell appears to have originated in Sen. Saxby

Yet another outside political group with practically zero paper trail (as of yet) is spending heavily against the Democrat in an obscure and heretofore