The Idaho GOP officially endorsed an effort this week to shoot down recently passed laws banning anti-gay discrimination, a move one Republican official said was necessary over concerns that a gay employee might "come into work in a tutu."

On Monday, the Idaho GOP’s Resolutions Committee officially asked state lawmakers...

GOP strategist Karl Rove said Tuesday that President Barack Obama and Dick Cheney are different when it comes to national security. The president, he said, didn't have the "guts" to defend controversial NSA programs.

Speaking on Fox News, Rove weighed in on Obama's recent remarks about the NSA's massive surveillance...

Seven Democrats from Washington's congressional delegation called on U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder this week to consider the results of last year's election as he determines how the Department of Justice will respond to the state's successful marijuana legalization effort.

"As federal representatives of these states we request that your...

The seemingly unending battle over the nation's science curriculum reached a new forum this week, when someone submitted a petition to the White House calling for President Barack Obama to enact a federal ban on the teaching of creationism and intelligent design.

"Since Darwin's groundbreaking theory of evolution...

Organizers with the Tea Party Patriots told supporters this week to expect Wednesday's "Audit the IRS" rally at the U.S. Capitol to be the movement's "largest demonstration" since 2010.

In an email blasted out by the national tea party group and first reported on by the...

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R) continued to push back Tuesday against a weekend demonstration by pro-immigration advocates, arguing that the gathering outside his home was an example of a "KKK type of intimidation."

Speaking to radio host Glenn Beck, Kobach repeatedly described the Sunflower...

Former Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) believes women have no place in elite military units, he said Tuesday in a Facebook post accusing President Barack Obama and the Defense Department of enacting a policy change that does not take combat roles seriously enough.

"Being in close quarters...

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) recently weighed in on marijuana use and policy during an interview with the Hoover Institution, warning of negative effects from using the drug while also arguing against incarceration for such behavior.

“What I think is that if your kid or one of his friends...

President Barack Obama again sought to distance himself from comparisons to former Vice President Dick Cheney during an interview with PBS aired Monday.

“Some people say, ‘Well, you know, Obama was this raving liberal before. Now he’s, you know, Dick Cheney.’ Dick Cheney sometimes says, ‘Yeah, you know?...

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R) said Monday that protests like the one that took place at his home over the weekend are the reason the Second Amendment exists.

On Saturday, more than 100 activists with pro-immigration reform group Sunflower Community Action traveled to Kobach's house, delivering...

For the seventh week in a row, protesters crowded into the North Carolina General Assembly building on Monday in a boisterous demonstration against state GOP policies that ultimately led to 84 arrests.

The attendance at the gatherings has picked up over the past month; nearly 500 people have...

Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) swung through Connecticut on Monday hoping to lure gun manufacturers and other businesses back to his homestate. His pitch didn't go uncontested, however, as Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy (D) confronted his Republican counterpart to show him some "Yankee hospitality."

According to an Associated...

Former Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) issued strong words of caution Monday regarding the escalating situation in Syria, saying it reminded him of the preliminary stages of previous military engagements in Iraq and Vietnam.

"The process was identical to the massive deception campaign that led us into the Iraq war," Paul...

Lonnie Snowden, father of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, asked his son in an interview with Fox News set to air Monday not to leak more information.

"We want you to be safe, we want you to be happy, but I know you're your own man and you're going to do...

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) sees Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) as an untrustworthy and dishonest leader of the Republican effort on immigration reform, he said during a recent interview with conservative outlet World Net Daily.

"Rubio is so mixed up and so confused," Rohrabacher said. "I think he has...

Gov. Rick Perry (R-Texas) is usually quick to admit that he's prone to making mistakes while behind a podium, and on Saturday he did so again, just moments before appearing to confuse Libya with Lebanon.

“I fear where we’ve come to in America, where our administration won’t make...

Law enforcement officials in Washington reported that over $2.8 million worth of firearms had been stolen across the state in 2012, an increase of 14 percent from 2011, according to a report from KOMO.

The number paints an incomplete picture of gun theft in the state, as...

When it comes to Gallup polling, there has never been an institution that inspires less confidence in the American people than the U.S. Congress does now, a survey released on Thursday found.

According to the survey, only 10 percent of respondents said they had confidence in Congress, the...

Concerned that their side was "losing badly" on immigration reform, a trio of congressional hardliners appeared on Glenn Beck's Blaze TV program on Thursday to ask him to help their cause.

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), appearing alongside Reps. Steve King (R-Iowa) and Louie Gohmert (R-Texas), suggested that there was a...

President Barack Obama's tour of sub-Saharan Africa this month was supposed to make history as his first stay extended stay in the region, but a report by the Washington Post this week has shifted focus onto the trip's price tag, which could reach upwards of $100 million.

When...