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A longtime critic of Sarah Palin on Friday filed an ethics complaint alleging past aides of the former Alaska governor misused state resources during her run as the Republican vice presidential candidate.
The National Journal reports that the National Republican Senatorial Committee is paying for an automated phone campaign that will feature John McCain, and will target states with vulnerable senators, including Michael Bennet in Colorado. The calls will specifically address health care, and will encourage Colorodans to urge Bennet to support McCain's amendment to the Senate health care bill ...
Further proof that Rudy Giuliani is less than focused on running for office has emerged in an unlikely spot - Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian officials announced Thursday they would hire the former mayor as a long-term security advisor for the 2016 Olympic Game.
Elliott Broidy, a leading investor in the Israeli economy and major donor and activist in the Los Angeles Jewish community, pleaded guilty Thursday to the felony charge of rewarding official misconduct.
So, in the wee hours of Tuesday morning, with temperatures forecast at 6 degrees below zero, will there still be a long pre-dawn line for wristband passes to Sarah Palin’s book signing?
Top US officials defended Barack Obama's new strategy to win the Afghan war, denying that a timeline for departure was set in stone as NATO met on Thursday to consider his call for more troops.
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – The U.S. Forest Service said Nov. 25 it was withholding snowmaking permits for a northern Arizona ski resort as a way to promote settlement talks in a long-running dispute between American Indian tribes and the resort’s owners.
Tina Fey must bake cookies for the gods, because she has just hit their jackpot again. General Electric's announcement Thursday that it will sell NBC Universal to Comcast couldn't be more of a bonanza for Fey if she were getting half the proceeds.
The Senate rejected a Republican bid Thursday to stave off Medicare cuts and approved safeguards for coverage of mammograms and other preventive tests for women.
Washington, D.C. -- One white-haired lion of the U.S. Senate glared at another white-haired lion of the Senate. Then he accused him of hypocrisy, of lying about his past actions.
Yes, but tax cuts had the smallest bang for the buck.
A longtime critic of Sarah Palin on Friday filed an ethics complaint alleging past aides of the former Alaska governor misused state resources during her run as the Republican vice presidential candidate.
Lawmakers are back from Thanksgiving break, and have started a long journey of health care debate. We told you Thursday night that the Senate rejected an amendment introduced by Senator John McCain that would restore cuts to the Medicare program within health care legislation.
Gov. Tim Pawlenty is reaching deeper into Sen. John McCain's campaign structure by luring away a top fundraiser for his upstart Freedom First political action committee.
Unflinching on a critical first test, Senate Democrats closed ranks Thursday behind $460 billion in politically risky Medicare cuts at the heart of health care legislation, thwarting a Republican attempt to doom President Barack Obama's sweeping overhaul.
Senator Ben Nelson , a Nebraska Democrat, threatened to join with Republicans to vote against the final measure unless he’s satisfied with language preventing federal funds from being used for the procedure. He may soon offer an amendment to bring language in the bill in line with a House provision.
