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Here are some stark -- if not entirely surprising -- numbers from the latest Rasmussen Reports poll of the 2010 Arizona gubernatorial race. Out of four

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates says at the approval of President Obama, armed Predator drones will be used in Libya. Gates and Marine Gen. James

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio--What’s a birthday for a presidential candidate without some quality time with the press? Last night, near the end of a flight from Boston

The word for this is strange. For much of 2009, a disbarred attorney named Charles Lincoln played key roles in Orly Taitz’s multiple birther lawsuits

One more thing about former Vice President Dick Cheney and torture, loosely connected to Ross Douthat’s New York Times column. If you’re Dick Cheney, right now,

I highly recommend that anyone with interest in economics read the full text of the speech (PDF) Christina Romer, outgoing head of the Council of Economic

Tea Party Nation sent out a message to its members asking for stories about The Horrors of Illegal Immigration in a push to round up stories about illegal

The Afghanistan war is about to focus on al-Qaeda again: While emphasizing the importance of continuing U.S. operations against Pakistan-based Taliban

In this fourth edition of The Iowa Independent’s 2012 Presidential Power Rankings, the panelists give nods to their widest field of potential candidates thus far, spreading their predictions between 13 individuals. Most also see 2012 shaping up as an outsiders-versus-establishment gambit, with the establishment winning if the grassroots are fractured. Former Arkansas Gov

Former Gov. Blagojevich (D-Ill.) lost everything this year. Blagojevich stands accused of trying to sell the appointment to replace Barack Obama in the

As the debate over the possible lapse or extension of the Bush tax cuts heats up in anticipation of Congress’ post-election return next week, you might have

Illegal immigrants could get up to 300,000 construction jobs financed by the federal stimulus, reports USA Today. Based on studies conducted by two

Probably the strangest celebrity of the Tea Parties is Bob Basso, a motivational speaker who started recording YouTube videos as Thomas Paine and was briskly

Earlier this morning, President Obama announced a set of criteria for states to opt out of the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law following a long period

The environmental group Friends of the Earth released more emails between the U.S.

The Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, feeling the pressure from his diminishing popularity, has been hinting he wants to negotiate a deal to draw at least some

President-elect Barack Obama has promised big changes in national security policy, but at least in the early part of his administration, some old faces will stay put.

It’s not considered a swing state, but Sen. John McCain’s home state of Arizona may open a window into the state of the national race. Another poll released

Whether it’s a struggling economy or the threat of a pandemic, immigration reform is debated in the context of problems at hand.

So says Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), a member of the Senate Finance Committee and outspoken opponent of the Democrats’ wishes to offer a government-backed

The Associated Press is reporting that the Obama-Biden transition team plans to release details and documents relating to all of the transition’s meetings with

All day, we’re re-running our favorite blog posts of the last year. This post was originally published on Dec. 23, 2009. Last week, PolitiFact.com

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) has been making the rounds on morning shows explaining all of the troublesome issues with donations to the Clinton Foundation. Yes,