Newt Gingrich on Sunday defended Mitt Romney from attacks made on his record at Bain Capital.
"Bain as an issue doesn't work because people look at it in balance," he said on 'Meet The Press'. "And they say, wait a second, yeah, you can pick a couple companies that...
(2521) Comments | Posted May 20, 2012 | 3:25 PM
Mick Jagger took a shot at Mitt Romney during a musical number on last night's 'SNL', which the Rolling Stones frontman hosted.
Appearing on stage with guitarist Jeff Beck, Jagger sang a song called, "Tea Party". One memorable line?
"Mr. Romney he's a hard-working man, and he always says his...
(699) Comments | Posted May 20, 2012 | 10:25 AM
World leaders: they're just like us.
After this year's G8 summit concluded in Camp David, President Obama joined Angela Merkel and David Cameron to watch the end of the Champions League final.
David Cameron cheered on underdog Chelsea as they scored a dramatic win over...
(436) Comments | Posted May 16, 2012 | 3:55 PM
Wanda Sykes took on Mitt Romney's wishy-washy nature and opposition to same-sex marriage on Tuesday night.
"I bet you if you put Mitt Romney in front of a gay organization, he would go, 'Boy I like gays. I’m all for gays'," she said on The Tonight Show. "He says whatever...
(280) Comments | Posted May 16, 2012 | 2:20 PM
The Pirate Bay has been down for over 24-hours as a result of a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, according to the website's Facebook account.
It's not uncommon for the popular file-sharing website to be down for a few hours, but an outage this long is rare....
(4702) Comments | Posted April 29, 2012 | 1:30 PM
A GOP strategist on Sunday denied that women make less money in the workplace than their male counterparts.
Responding to Rachel Maddow's comment that "women in this country still make 77 cents on the dollar for what men make," Alex Castellanos said on 'Meet The Press'. "Not exactly ... actually,...
(3385) Comments | Posted April 29, 2012 | 11:31 AM
Keith Olbermann fired back at Jimmy Kimmel, who took several shots at the former Current TV host in his White House Correspondents Dinner speech.
Olbermann was one of Kimmel's many targets in his set.
"I’d like everyone to look under your seats," he joked. "Under each one you...
(4502) Comments | Posted April 29, 2012 | 10:05 AM
Paul Krugman doubled down on criticism of Ben Bernanke on Sunday, telling ABC's "This Week" that the Fed Chairman has "been assimilated by the Borg."
“I think what’s happened to Bernanke, as they say, he’s been assimilated by the Borg," he said. "He’s become more concerned, probably unconsciously,...
(1716) Comments | Posted April 26, 2012 | 7:33 PM
The House of Representatives passed cybersecurity legislation Thursday aimed at protecting American companies from hackers who steal intellectual property.
The bill passed 248 to 168, largely along party lines, despite the Obama administration's threats to veto the bill and its claims that the bill falls short in protecting...
(1357) Comments | Posted April 21, 2012 | 12:30 AM
The head of a Catholic lobbying group is fighting back against criticism from the Vatican.
"I've no idea what they're talking about," said Sister Simone Campbell told the BBC. "Our role is to live the gospel with those who live on the margins of our society: the...
(1159) Comments | Posted April 20, 2012 | 9:19 PM
Barbara Boxer made a strong statement about the 2012 election this week.
"I gotta say to the women out there, whether you're Republican or Democrat or Independent, if you're a self-respecting human being, please vote for President Obama, and to the men who care about women, do the same thing",...
(3109) Comments | Posted April 18, 2012 | 3:41 PM
Dick Clark is dead after suffering a heart attack, according to TMZ. ABC confirmed the report.
The 82-year-old longtime TV producer and host had been at St. John's Hospital in L.A. after undergoing an outpatient procedure on Tuesday, according to TMZ. Clark reportedly suffered...
(463) Comments | Posted April 15, 2012 | 10:35 AM
'SNL' mocked the media frenzy surrounding the Trayvon Martin case this week with a sketch that included a slew of famous figures.
Taran Killim played Piers Morgan, who had Kim Kardashian and Kanye West on his show to discuss the case. Also present were Ice-T and Miami Marlins manager...
(4418) Comments | Posted April 8, 2012 | 4:05 PM
Debbie Wasserman Schultz slammed her Republican colleagues on Sunday during an appearance on CNN's State of the Union with Candy Crowley.
Asked about March's jobs report, Schultz said, "We have got a ways to go, we need to keep pushing. But what's really bothersome to me, Candy, is...
(1616) Comments | Posted April 8, 2012 | 10:40 AM
Broadcasting legend Mike Wallace has died, CBS News announced on Sunday.
He was 93. Wallace died on Saturday night in a long-term care center in New Canaan, Connecticut. He was surrounded by family.
Wallace had been ill for years. Bob Scheiffer revealed the circumstances of his death on...
(13091) Comments | Posted April 1, 2012 | 1:15 PM
Ron Paul is not only still running for the GOP presidential nomination; he's "trying to save the Republican Party."
"The truth is, I'm trying to save the Republican Party from themselves because they want perpetual wars, they don't care about presidents who assassinate American citizens, they don't care about searching...
(4805) Comments | Posted April 1, 2012 | 11:53 AM
Conservative pundit Bill Kristol on Sunday criticized media coverage of the Trayvon Martin case.
“It was right to raise alarms at first but now it is just demagoguery, I think, mostly on the side of those who want to indict the whole society for this death," Kristol said on Fox...
(395) Comments | Posted March 28, 2012 | 5:06 PM
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia joked that reading the entirety of the Affordable Care Act is akin to cruel and unusual punishment.
"What happened to the Eighth Amendment? You really want us to go through these 2,700 pages? And do you really expect the Court to do that? Or...
(2819) Comments | Posted March 28, 2012 | 3:02 PM
Vice President Biden once again proved that he's America's goofy uncle when he mistakenly referred to Scott Community College President Dr. Theresa Paper as "Dr Pepper."
The gaffe occurred on Wednesday at a campaign stop in Davenport, Iowa. In Biden's speech, which focused on...
(3420) Comments | Posted March 25, 2012 | 2:15 PM
The Obama 2012 campaign on Friday released footage of Elizabeth Warren's interview for "The Road We've Traveled," the upcoming documentary about the Obama presidency.
"Why didn't someone wave a magic wand and make it all better?" she said. "Because that's not how the world works. It took a...

(1170) Comments | Posted May 27, 2012 | 1:10 PM