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The White House responds to the Joe Sestak non-scandal, confirming that it worked to dissuade the Pennsylvania congressman from challenging Sen. Arlen Specter

As predicted/foretold, Defense Secretary Bob Gates had quite a lot to say during the rollout of his budget request about the concept of full spectrum

Good for Gen. Ray Odierno: Gen. Ray Odierno, the top commander in Iraq, recently issued a directive asking his subordinate commanders to reduce the use of

Here is the latest from Ana Marie Cox, our newest correspondent, reporting from the campaign trail with Sen. John McCain in Bowling Green, Ohio.

Just hours before the Senate is due to vote on a non-binding directive to its committee conferees on exempting loan-issuing car dealers from financial

President Barack Obama’s opening remarks at a California event were disrupted, according to press poll coverage, by a man who yelled, “Jesus Christ is the son of God.” When Obama agreed, the man yelled back, “You are the anti-Christ.” CBS News footage of the exchange is embedded below. The disruption began shortly after Obama began an introductory exchange with Tyler Ferguson, master of ceremonies for the House of Blues event in Los Angeles and an actor in the ABC TV series Modern Family. The two were discussing the recent repeal of the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, which allows gays and lesbians to openly serve their nation

Pulled from my iPhone camera at CPAC -- thus, the occasionally quiet audio -- is a sample of the reception Max Blumenthal got while trying to interview ACORN

It’s not a whip count or anything like that, but as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton prepares to push for Senate ratification of the New START nuclear

Taking a quick cue from Massachusetts, the Obama administration is putting on its populist hat this week to take on the nation’s largest financial institutions

That’s the warning coming from the Australian government. In a report released Wednesday, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority found that the chances of

On the Fence Likely Supporters Likely Opponents 17 38 45 Likely Opponents Senator Stance on Public Option Stance

Thirty minutes after she was initially supposed to arrive at the Iowa State Fair for a soapbox appearance, U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn) kept her message to supporters — and would-be hecklers — short and sweet

Gov. Rick Scott (Pic via flgov.com) Gov. Rick Scott sparked a debate when he released the salary data on dozens of professors at Florida’s public universities

Florida Senate Majority Leader Andy Gardiner, R-Orlando (left) and state Sen. Joe Negron, R-Palm City (Pic via flsenate.gov) In a committee meeting today, state Sen. Joe Negron made clear that he wants legislators to take a hard look at social services in order to determine whether the state will continue funding them

President Obama has not acknowledged tensions between efforts to reach out to the Muslim world and new air travel screening rules.

Lots of attendees at a Tea Party on Saturday in Alamagordo, N.M., that’s who.

Ann Romney, wife of GOP presidential hopeful and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, will be in Marion at noon on Wednesday to attend a luncheon at the Linn County GOP Headquarters alongside newly selected Iowa Senate candidate Cindy Golding.

There was little improvement in the unemployment picture this week as the latest Department of Labor report shows new weekly unemployment claims virtually unchanged from last week at 428,000, only slightly less than last week’s 429,000. This was the 12th straight week that new unemployment claims have been over 400,000, leaving the four-week average at 426,250.

Responding to the controversial assertion by Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair on June 8 that warrantless wiretapping wasn’t illegal, Senator

Until now, the debate over a government-backed insurance plan has been largely partisan, pitting Democrats who support the concept against Republicans who

Pic via arcc-cdac.ca Florida’s Department of Health suggested cutting state funding to crisis pregnancy centers, among other services, to state legislators during a committee meeting last week. The department presented a report on what it sees as possible areas of budget reduction to legislators in the Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee, as they prepare to make more cuts to the budget during their upcoming session. Crisis pregnancy centers (known as CPCs) are often religious centers created to persuade women to not have abortions.