WASHINGTON -- Repeated Republican efforts to blame government regulations and the alleged growth of government under President Barack Obama for the weak economy fly in the face of economic conditions, according to data compiled by the Treasury Department.

The Huffington Post recently sat down with Assistant Secretary for Economic...

WASHINGTON -- David Bronner had been camped out in a steel cage in front of Lafayette Park for almost three hours before a truck full of firemen came to remove him forcibly with a power saw.

The long-haired president of Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps, a top-selling natural soap chain based...

WASHINGTON-- Hollywood A-listers swarmed the nation's capital this weekend for Saturday night's 92nd White House Correspondents' Dinner.

Before the annual event, which former Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.) described to HuffPost as "the Academy Awards of Washington," celebrities, along with political and media figures, gathered at Tammy Haddad's signature

There are countless stories to explain where the term 420 comes from, but for 41 years, the guys who coined the term at San Rafael High School in Northern California have been shrouded behind the cloak of anonymity, going only by the monicker "Waldos."

On Friday, April...

The stakes are high as Iranian officials prepare to meet with six world powers in Turkey this weekend.

After a 15-month hiatus, these talks about the Islamic Republic's nuclear program could be one of the last-ditch efforts for a compromise. Will the outcome mean the difference between war and peace?...

While Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke calls some legislation that targets women's health "dangerous," she only has good things to say about President Obama's health care reform bill.

Fluke, whom Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) rejected as a witness before an all-male congressional panel on the contraception-funding mandate, found herself in...

Growing up, Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke said she looked up to another Sandra, former Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Conner.

Fluke, whom Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) rejected as a witness before an all-male congressional panel on the contraception-funding mandate, found herself in the media spotlight after radio...

Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke, whom Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) rejected as a witness before his all-male congressional panel on the contraception-funding mandate, found herself in the media spotlight after radio host Rush Limbaugh called her a "slut" for advocating employer health plans cover contraception.

Fluke,...

WASHINGTON -- If Van Jones was a symbol of President Barack Obama's secret leftist agenda at work, the Communist mole he tried to burrow in the White House, a new memoir by the controversial former administration official is sure to disappoint Tea Party backers.

Jones notes that as...

WASHINGTON -- Claims about socialism and death panels had seemingly faded from public debate about the health care reform law until Tuesday, when they roared back in full measure at protests outside the Supreme Court, being made by Tea Party-aligned members of Congress.

The Huffington Post caught up with two...

WASHINGTON -- Opponents and supporters of the health care reform law clashed outside the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday, displaying the gulf that exists between those who favor the law and those who want it abolished.

At times, it verged on the physical, as defenders of Obamacare outnumbered and out-shouted their...

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court began hearing arguments on Monday in the case challenging President Barack Obama's health care reform law. HuffPost's Mike Sacks was in the courtroom for the session. Afterward, Sacks and HuffPost's Zach Carter spoke live with several protesters and experts who'd also attended the event, including...

The Supreme Court's health care cases don't begin until 10 a.m. Monday, but the line for the general public to see the action started more than 72 hours earlier. By the the middle of Friday afternoon, the line was already about 10 people deep. The only one not getting paid...

Gas prices have been climbing this year, putting the pinch on pocketbooks around the country and prompting a host of campaign promises from politicians.

What do higher gas prices mean for the vulnerable economic recovery? And why is the price of oil so volatile? When pain at the pump...

On Friday, the U.S. Labor Department announced the economy added 277,000 workers in February and that the unemployment rate held steady at 8.3 percent.

How does the number of jobs added relate to change in the unemployment rate each month? And how does the government come up with these...

WASHINGTON -- After three years of speculation and plenty of criticism from its main subjects, HBO’s “Game Change” premiered in Washington on Thursday at the Newseum before a packed audience of more than 200 political and media heavyweights.

Adapted from the book by Jon...

The Republican nomination has been punctuated by a new form of political spending: the unlimited money super PAC. As Super Tuesday approaches super PACs backing the individual candidates for the Republican nomination have poured millions of dollars into 11 states. These groups, which are supposed to be independent of the...

With Super Tuesday right around the corner, political junkies are more focused than ever on the latest polls on the Republican nomination battle and the general election. We already are seeing dozens of pre-election polls every week using a variety of methodologies, and the flood of survey data will only...

Former Louisiana Gov. Charles "Buddy" Roemer formally announced his third party candidacy for president today from the headquarters of Yowie, a video chat service.

News that Roemer would end his Republican bid broke Wednesday:

The 68-year-old former congressman who barely registered in polling on the GOP...

WASHINGTON -- What's up with the Republican polling roller coaster this year?

On Sunday, Gallup's daily tracking poll on the Republican presidential race showed former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) moving ahead of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney by eight percentage points (36 to 28 percent) nationwide. Santorum...