It's not difficult to imagine a few years from now a political landscape controlled by a Democratic dynasty, where the only Republicans left in office come from states and districts where the small minority of folks who voted for them share their ignorant, intolerant 1950's ideals.

The Republican congressman best known for interrupting President Barack Obama by shouting "you lie" during a major speech made an embarrassing mistake...

Boehner dodged a holiday photo with Obama this week amid the fiscal-cliff stalemate. From Newt Gingrich’s Air Force One hissy fit to Obama’s ‘Yo...

The Dems will "give" in the spirit of cooperation they received. I'm not saying it's particularly wise -- just that it's a reasonable thing to expect. In fact, can anyone remember a time of greater short-sighted politicking than the one we're living through today?

What we've seen in the last few years is the gradual and systematic transformation of the far right's pundit class into the mainstream right's elected class.

WASHINGTON -- In the age of super PACs and K Street fundraisers, the hunt for grassroots donors, those giving small sums, has become less and less imp...

Folks' links to his own 2010 post, where he noted that Haddon claimed, via Facebook, that Knotts had challenged him to a duel. Folks alleges that the ...

Roxanne Wilson, wife of U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.), confronted a South Carolina Republican state senator on Tuesday after the lawmaker blocked a me...

You know things are bad when you look back on the rancor and race-baiting of 2008 with nostalgia.

WASHINGTON -- Two top Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee have asked Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to delay the new policy allowing gay...

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina has gone to the hospital because of an extended fever. Wilson's office said in a short state...

WASHINGTON -- House Republicans introduced a bill Tuesday afternoon aimed directly at scuttling a controversial complaint issued by the National Labor...

WASHINGTON -- President Obama is "bluffing" about the impacts of a debt default and holding troops and the elderly as "human shields" in the deadlock ...

WASHINGTON -- Republicans escalated their attacks on the federal labor board under Obama Friday afternoon, as House Oversight Committee Chairman Darre...

Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.), the infamous "you lie" heckler, announced Monday that he'll be joining a number of representatives in taking up a bipartisan...

Too much too soon, too sad, too quickly. The news out of Tucson is only days old, but already it seems as if we've known the place, known the major...

Rep. Joe Wilson's (R-S.C.) health care-era "you lie" interruption of President Obama is now reportedly being commemorated with a place on a new, limit...

President Obama is angry, and rightfully so.

The House chamber was on edge before President Obama's State of the Union address began Wednesday night. It's typical to have ambulances on hand when ...