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Experts say that age discrimination is severely compounding the jobs crisis for older workers in the recession, although the phenomenon is difficult to quantify or to prove.

Last week, Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) invited the public, via Twitter, to join him for a Texas A&M football game in October. The suite was reserved, he said.

The battle over earmarks gets physical. GOPer compares Dem tactics on climate change to Iranian forces of darkness. Mark your calendars: tomorrow’s

Here’s Mairead Maguire, recipient of the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize, blasting today’s surprise announcement that President Obama has been named the newest

What is it with Paul Krugman, anyway? The Nobel economist with the dour outlook is becoming the most unlikely of pop icons. First, there was, Hey Paul

The martial arts star goes to the slush pile for his new column, reprinting all of an open letter to the president from Lou Pritchett and appending his own

After a week of unwanted attention that seemed to end with him signing on to Rep. Bill Posey’s (R-Fla.) bill to demand birth certificates from future

Just when you thought it was a tough time to be a banker comes this heartwarming tale of a bank executive effectively squatting in a $12 million Malibu

Consider this one unverified, but The Australian (h/t Small Wars Journal) is reporting that Capital-T Taliban leader Mullah Omar has reversed his position on

After months of insisting that single-payer health care receive at least a vote on the House floor, Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) has decided not to offer the

I’m hearing that Thomas J. Perez, the nominee to run the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, may get a cloture vote tomorrow. Perez has been

In the fight to safeguard the openness of the Internet, U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) remains a vocal opponent the Federal Communications

Billed as a “counter to the leftwing Netroots Nation Convention” being hosted by Minneapolis in June, RightOnline has announced it’ll also be coming to Minnesota’s largest city this summer. The conference will feature Andrew Breitbart, a blogger whose selective editing of video has generated heated criticism, along with conservative blogger Michelle Malkin, Glenn Beck protoge S.E. Cupp, and Minnesota blogger Ed Morrissey

Some perspective on the Labor Department’s latest unemployment figures, from the National Employment Law Project: With January’s unemployment figures, the

The Congressional Budget Office has conducted an analysis of President Obama’s budget proposal and now projects a $1.8 trillion deficit this year, up from a

DES MOINES — U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) called to abolish the Federal Reserve amid cheers and applause Monday during a meet and greet at a coffeehouse in the capital city.

Judge Clay Land of the Middle District of Georgia has tossed out Maj. Stefan Cook’s lawsuit demanding proof of President Obama’s citizenship before deploying

Monday, U.S.

Aaron Blake has some background on the retirement of Rep. Henry Brown (R-S.C.), the 75-year-old conservative who nearly lost in a 2008 upset, that paints a

National Association of Evangelicals is in the market for a new top lobbyist, according to The Christian Post. The job description includes a very unusual

This had been coming ever since the 2007 Nisour Square massacre, but now it’s here. From The Washington Post: The Iraqi government has informed the U.S.