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In an article in the new issue of Time, Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) is quoted saying that Marginal tax rates are the lowest they’ve been in generations, and

You try and take airport security seriously, for obvious reasons, but the enterprise is riddled with so much hysteria and foolishness that it stokes the very

A SurveyUSA/KSTP poll released on Thursday shows that only 27 percent of Minnesotans feel that Rep. Michele Bachmann is qualified to be president

In a surprising reversal of his earlier dismissal of four felony charges against District Judge Michael Murphy of Las Cruces, District Judge Leslie Smith reinstated those charges yesterday, setting a trial date of February 5. In an ongoing saga that looked to have run out of steam a month ago after four of five felony counts against Murphy were dismissed, Smith’s reversal marks a victory of sorts for District Attorney Matt Chandler of Clovis, whose office has accused Murphy of informing a prospective judicial candidate that she needed to pay for a seat on the bench.

Archbishop John Nienstedt and the Minnesota Catholic Conference, the public policy wing of Minnesota’s Catholic bishops, said Tuesday that they want a resolution to the state shutdown that protects poor Minnesotans. But their request also contains a slew of controversial social issues, including vouchers for private school students and a ban on certain forms of stem-cell research

AMES — Not surprisingly, charismatic Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-Minn) took top prize the 2011 Ames Straw Poll with4,823 votes. Congressman Ron Paul (R-Texas) placed second with 4,671 votes.

Still no confirmation of The Christian Science Monitor’s major story about the Pakistanis arresting half of the Taliban’s senior leadership. But The New York

Jim Geraghty bestows credit on the Tea Party movement for this very under-the-radar election in Tuscon, Ariz., where a safe Democratic incumbent was ousted by a

If now is the time for underdogs to shine, we’ll need to take a serious look at Michael E. Arth, an artist, developer, activist and, most recently, Democratic

Just two weeks ago, Republican Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, who’s trying to replace retiring Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.), signed a pledge promising not to raise

A federal district court judge in California yesterday dismissed a slew of lawsuits filed against telecommunications companies that allegedly helped the U.S.

Smart Politics crunches the numbers and finds that Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), newly minted as the Democrats’ enemy No. 1 makes a cable news appearance

America’s consumers -- aware of the bad economic stats and suffering from high rates of unemployment -- are not feeling confident. From the Conference Board’s

Some new developments in the rape scandal that’s dogging Republican Colorado Senate hopeful Ken Buck’s campaign. To recap, briefly: Back in 2006, Buck, then the

Glenn Thrush has a keen, insightful post on how Republicans are absolutely killing Democrats when it comes to leveraging the web to go negative, using the

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) defended his decision to move a significantly scaled-back energy bill before the August recess at the Capitol today.

Struggling with an ongoing recession-era budget crisis that has seen hundreds of millions of dollars slashed from public education alone, Colorado lawmakers tried and failed to get mega-online retailer Amazon to pay state sales taxes last year . Amazon successfully dodged similar efforts in other states, but the tax man came calling in cash-strapped California last spring and, after dumping $5 million on a ballot initiative to oppose the new online tax law, Amazon announced on Wednesday it had made a deal with state lawmakers.

Forget credit default swaps, mortgage-backed securities and all those complicated financial instruments that are causing the economy so much trouble. Wall

Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) restated his commitment to immigration reform during a Las Vegas immigration rally that attracted about 6,000 people this Saturday.

I genuinely would love to write something that had absolutely nothing to do with William Ayers. But, unfortunately, the McCain campaign still thinks Ayers is

John Bresnahan’s story this morning explores the praise former Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) has been soaking up on the right -- accolades from Rush Limbaugh, a spot