On Wednesday, President Obama will participate in the the annual White House Thanksgiving Turkey pardon, a tradition where presidents "pardon" a turkey from slaughter in a White House ceremony. The turkey is typically shipped off the Disney...

Was the Vietnam War an act of prescience, or simply a prelude to today? You decide after hearing the principals in the White House at that time discuss the agony of that moment. The first 1000 people who respond to this blog by emailing here will re...

The United States is borrowing trillions of dollars under terms that seem "too good to be true" just as a "spending explosion" on benefits programs like Medicare and Social Security is set to begin, according to the New York Times. In a series titled

In an unprecedented defeat for the Federal Reserve, an amendment to audit the multi-trillion dollar institution was approved by the House Finance Committee with an overwhelming and bipartisan 43-26 vote on Thursday afternoon despite harried last-minu...

Aside from taking a moment to wish the Obamas a "happy and joyous holiday season," FOX News's Major Garrett cut right to the chase in his interview with President Obama in Beijing. Garrett made it clear from the get-go that the int...

Former first lady Laura Bush has lamented excessive partisanship and defended President Barack Obama in an interview with CNN that will probably cause her to be labeled a RINO...

Van Jones, founder of "Color of Change," helped lead what we all know was a successful charge against Glenn Beck for racist statements about Obama.  Following a series of "inflammatory" statements about Republicans made after the GOP's far right minions mounted a smear campaign against him, he is now resigning.  And I guess his statements were inflammatory:  it's very impolite -- and even cruel -- to call members of the GOP "assholes" when...

It took 46 years, but the three youngest Kennedy brothers are united again, the first anniversary since that horrifying November day in Dallas that they have rested in the same hallowed ground. It...

West Virginia Sen. Robert C. Byrd has become the longest-serving lawmaker in congressional history, a milestone to be marked Wednesday with a Senate resolution. "I look forward to serving you for the next 56 years and 320...

Last week, the AARP, a nonpartisan organization that advocates on behalf of those aged 50 and over, endorsed the House health care bill. “We can say with confidence that it meets our priorities...

Over the summer, one of the GOP’s loudest complaints against health care legislation was a provision offering senior citizens Medicare reimbursement for end-of-life counseling. Republicans claimed...

Yesterday, President Obama announced he wants to try terrorism suspects as civilians. This means that he will definitively reverse his predecessor's policy, of treating terrorists as...

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has never passed up the opportunity in abortion cases to remind his colleagues that the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision continues to divide America. In a 2000...

Yesterday, Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) spoke to a meeting of the Midland County Republican Women. He used his speech to portray himself as a stalwart right-wing candidate and endear himself to the Tea Party activists, since he’s locked in a to...

I think we've all been hoping for something a bit quicker than this, but Representative Barney Frank (D-MA) is giving us a time line for the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell": Repealing "don't ask, don't tell"...

by Michael Muskal A group of Republican senators has revived the traditional remedy for dealing with an elected government reluctant to leave: Impose term limits. Term limits date from the days of the Colonies and have had mixed results. Often, th...

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) late Tuesday laid the groundwork for the Senate's healthcare reform debate to start next Tuesday. Reid filed a motion to introduce the bill on Monday, Nov. 16. Anticipating a Republican objection, the b...

Rep. Joseph Cao (R-LA), the lone GOP vote for the House health reform bill that passed late last night, has responded to RNC Chairman Michael Steele's warnings about stepping outside of party...

President Obama today said "millions of Americans whose lives will change" when health care reform finally becomes law are grateful to the House for passing a sweeping overhaul bill late last...

The president paused for a photo after meeting with Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn and other House Democrats on Capitol Hill Saturday....