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Zachary Roth at TPM Muckraker has a terrific roundup on how hyped-up fears of voter fraud in swing states never came to pass. The secretaries of state in

A month ago, The Persecution of Sarah Palin author Matthew Continetti argued that Sarah Palin’s lousy poll numbers didn’t matter because maybe, just maybe,

I missed the 60 Minutes interview with President Obama yesterday, but The New York Times gives me the highlight reel. On Afghanistan: “There’s got to be

WILMINGTON, N.C. -- The sight of a troubling sign on the way to Sen. John McCain’s stop here at Cape Fear Community College didn’t presage an eventful rally --

As the economy sinks toward recession and increased regulation gains support, lawmakers aim to tackle the elusive, unregulated derivatives market, with a focus on credit default swaps.

And the walkback of the year award goes to ... Former Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger! Less than 24 hours after he told National Public Radio that

Something that bears clarification from my J Street piece yesterday: when Daniel Levy refers to zealots who destroyed previous Jewish commonwealths, he was

The House oversight committee released a smattering of documents today from two big credit-rating agencies-- Moody’s and Standard & Poor -- on how they

He was never officially in and now he’s out . Real estate and reality TV mogul Donald Trump flirted for weeks with a 2012 GOP presidential run and came to top Republican voter polls after a high profile proto-campaign in which he rehashed the conspiracy theory that President Obama was not born in the United States but has been passing off a forged birth certificate for years.

The Democrats’ plans to overhaul the nation’s dysfunctional health care system took a giant step forward Tuesday when the Senate Finance Committee passed a $829

Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) was convicted Monday of all seven counts related to lying on his federal disclosure forms. The verdict threatens to topple the

Defense Secretary Bob Gates, heaping praise on Nouri al-Maliki, said: “What is intriguing is that, because of the way the prime minister has taken on

For much of 2009, Carlson was hiring for, tweaking and designing The Daily Caller -- an online conservative magazine to fill the need for impactful,

In his weekly address, President Obama had some harsh words for Republicans, for prioritizing tax cuts for the wealthy over the continuance of federally

Facing resistance from moderate Democrats, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) is ready to compromise on some key provisions of

You thought the Denver mayor’s race was maybe a little boring, that maybe the candidates were fairly interchangeable, give or take gender and skin color. Well, now that we are down to two, the gloves seem to be coming off. Friday, Chris Romer sent out a press release questioning Michael Hancock’s bonafides on abortion rights.

The turnout to today’s Tea Party was indisputably high -- likely in the hundreds tens of thousands (though organizers claimed it reached 1.5 million). But

Even if he ultimately opposes health reform legislation, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) says he would probably vote to bring the bill to the floor, reports The

The conference committee to reconcile the House and Senate versions of the financial regulatory reform bill is just minutes away from starting. Those who want