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The New York Times reviews the Fox News and radio host’s stand-up tour. One of Mr. Beck’s favorite rhetorical tactics is a combination of misdirection and

And here we are at the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing. The two leaders of the committee have their own issues with the Afghanistan strategy, judging by

From Rasmussen, an accurate pollster who’s not based in Florida, this poll finding a tie between Gov. Charlie Crist (R-Fla.) and former Florida House Speaker

An international investigation into the sinking of a South Korean Naval vessel has determined that a North Korean torpedo most likely caused the the ’Cheonan’

In his first public remarks since yesterday’s midterm elections, President Obama suggested that energy policy is one area where Democrats and Republicans can

Fiscal conservatives have long cited anecdotal and inconclusive evidence that state tax hikes send the rich running to states whose tax policies are more

The Colorado Court of Appeals has ruled against a man who was fired when he tested positive for marijuana. The man, who had a valid medical marijuana card and a doctor’s recommendation to use marijuana to treat headaches, had filed for unemployment, which has now been denied

The strange case of New Black Panther Party oddballs showing their strength at a heavily African-American polling place last year is still churning, with issues

In a detailed piece for BNA Money & Politics Report, Kenneth Doyle details new developments following the Federal Election Commission’s ruling in July that

As announced last week, Michele Flournoy, the Pentagon’s policy chief, explained and defended the Obama administration’s Afghanistan strategy this morning at

Candidates who attended the Labor Day Palmetto Freedom Forum in Columbia, S.C., were asked to endorse unprecedented reforms to the existing U.S. immigration

The Miami Herald is reporting that as many as 4,500 students in Miami-Dade may not be returning to state-subsidized after-school programs due to state and federal budget cuts. # The Herald reports : # This year, Miami-Dade County lost more than $13 million in funding for its before- and after-school care programs

Tar Sands Action, the group that organized the massive protests at the White House against the Keystone XL pipeline that resulted in more than 1,000 arrests, has announced the third phase of their protest plans against the project. The second phase, protests at events at which President Obama is speaking, is still ongoing. Phase three is slated for Nov

Time ‘s Swampland wonders : # Why have Floridians turned so sour on their new Governor? Are they simply taking out their anger at the recession – the state’s unemployment rate still sits at almost 11% – on whomever’s sitting in the Governor’s mansion? Is it because, as Scott’s office insisted in a recent statement, he “wasn’t elected to be most popular” but to make “tough decisions” on slashing state spending, including an almost 8% cut in education?

Just a day after President Obama’s speech at the U.S./Mexico border on immigration reform, Sen.

The Massachusetts State Senate has approved a bill that would alter the state’s Senate succession law to allow Gov. Deval Patrick (D-Mass.) to appoint an

Service Employees International Union Local 284 Executive Director Carol Nieters has called on banks like Wells Fargo and Minneapolis-based U.S. Bank to help Minnesota schools who will be forced to borrow money following this week’s budget deal to end the state government shutdown .

USA Today obtained statistics from NATO’s International Security Assistance Force, Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s command in Afghanistan, that show an increase in

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It’s that time of the election cycle again. Fundraising winners and losers are starting to separate from the pack

Anti-Lowe’s protesters at Saturday’s rally A Saturday demonstration outside of a Lowe’s home improvement store in a Detroit suburb brought out more than 150 local residents and religious leaders and even one state representative — all of whom were protesting the chain’s decision to pull its ads from the TLC reality show All-American Muslim after receiving numerous calls to do so by the Florida Family Association. The group demonstrated outside of the Lowe’s in Allen Park, a Detroit suburb adjacent to the city where All-American Muslim is filmed