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At least 40 members of the House have joined Michelle Bachman’s (R-Minn.) Tea Party Caucus. More wealthy candidates are running self-financed -- yet populist

What was bad news for Tom Daschle, Nancy Killefer, Tim Geithner and now Hilda Solis might be good news for the federal government. Their recent tax woes --

Charles Wyly, a billionaire who bankrolled the Bushes and the Doles, died in his Porsche Targa on the outskirts of Aspen Sunday after he was broadsided on Highway 82 by a sport utility vehicle. The crash occurred just before 11 a.m., according to the Colorado State Patrol, which reported that Wyly was attempting to turn left on to the highway from Airport Road when a Ford Freestyle hit him.

Michelle Obama loses popularity. An Iraq general wants U.S. troops to stay until 2020. Jeb Bush says following Paul Ryan’s plan to vanquish federal debt

Barack Obama isn’t sure where he should speak on 9/11. According ex-car czar Steven Rattner, Tim Geithner giggles. A lot. Most people don’t know who the

An offbeat story to get the morning started. According to Politico: A senior aide for Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) was arrested Tuesday for attempting to

New studies linking hormonal-contraceptive use to changes in women’s chemical reactions to their romantic partners have been repackaged by the news service of

Michele Bachmann offered another of her “testimonies of faith” at an Iowa church Sunday, noting her desire to protect relations with Israel, the responsibilities parents have for educating their children and pledging to lead the nation in prayer if elected president during a follow-up question and answer period with Pastor Matt Floyd of Calvary Bible Church in Osceola. Bachmann’s testimony differed little from others she has offered on Sunday mornings in Iowa churches throughout the campaign.

Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott strategist Tony Fabrizio blasted out an optimistic memo to the St. Petersburg Times predicting record

Almost 200 undocumented young people from across the U.S. gathered in the Russell Senate Office building in Washington, D.C., today to argue for the passage of

The former governor of Florida does some helpful tackling for Marco Rubio, spending several minutes with a Newsmax interviewer to make the point that Crist’s

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — As winter approaches in this prosperous-looking northern Michigan city, it is clear the safety net has ripped. Thousands of households can’t afford to heat their homes and aid agencies predict many people will be forced to choose between eating and staying warm. Yet there are signs Republicans in Washington may be listening.

Here’s a brief summary of the day’s health care news. In anticipation of President Obama’s major health care speech next Wednesday, pundits and officials

After three weeks of trying to clarify his views on abortion, Herman Cain’s own presidential campaign has attempted to clear up the debate, but behind the

Atlanta businessman Herman Cain returns to Iowa Monday following a staff hiccup to open his state headquarters and speak with Scott County Republican Women , but he’ll be doing so under the glare of the Republican Hispanic community.

When the Office of Thrift Supervision failed to notice a meth addict was mortgage supervisor at Washington Mutual, its days might have appeared numbered. But thanks to insurance firms looking to pick up government bailout money, it could rise again.

A scheduled McCain campaign fund-raiser in Atlanta next week is raising questions about Sen. John McCain’s commitment to cleaning up Washington. Ralph Reed, one

The White House pushed back a little bit on the czars story today, with Press Secretary Robert Gibbs pointing out how, in the past, Republicans like Sen.

A few hundred New Yorkers gathered in a cold and rainy Foley Square in downtown Manhattan on Saturday to protest the Obama administration’s decision to try the