POWERED BY 2,000 GALLONS OF PROPANE and 900 gallons of jet fuel, the mushroom cloud thundered across Nevada's Black Rock Desert, incinerating a 99-foo...
Juli Weiner | Posted 07.21.2008 | Entertainment
Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss has emerged from prison with renewed entrepreneurial zest; she hopes to open what will become the first brothel that caters to female clientele. She's christened the the project "Stud Farm."
Ryan Rivera | Posted 07.11.2008 | Home
McCain's California supporters swear the Golden State is in play, yet skipped an opportunity to register 18,000 new citizens at the L.A. Convention Center. Obama's minions, of course, were out in force.
Dawn Teo | Posted 07.01.2008 | Home
During the grand opening of the McCain Campaign Ariz. headquarters Friday, a couple of hundred supporters showed up and at least half that number protested outside in the 110 degree heat.
Ryan Rivera | Posted 06.27.2008 | Home
Hundreds of thousands of new citizens will be casting their votes in November, and in the swinging Southwest, these disproportionately Latino and Democratic voters could cinch tight elections.
Amanda Becker | Posted 06.23.2008 | Home
At the dissolved state convention in April, Ron Paul was set to win and Convention Chairman Bob Beers even shook his hand, congratulating him. When the final tallies never came and the convention was disbanded, attendees cried foul.
Amanda Becker | Posted 06.10.2008 | Home
The candidates talk about the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear storage facility, but people in Nevada are concerned about the economy. In fact, it's McCain's flip-flopping on Yucca that may cost him votes.
Dawn Teo | Posted 06.08.2008 | Home
Obama's army goes deep behind enemy lines in the West. He and Dean are determined to compete in red states as a matter of strategy, forcing McCain to spend money and resources on his own turf.
Chris Weigant | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics
Last Thanksgiving, I took a vacation from the blog and (while I was gone) I ran a series of speech transcripts from all eight of the Democratic candid...
Erin Medlicott | Posted 05.06.2008 | Home
"This primary is a good thing. Democrats have developed a way to raise $100 million, 80 percent in donations under $90. We have millions more registered voters, 50,000 new Democrats in Nevada."
Paul Jenkins | Posted 04.26.2008 | Politics
Were Hillary the great rural white savior that her campaign is depicting, she would have been able to dispatch a presidential neophyte like Barack Obama.
Chris Weigant | Posted 03.11.2008 | Politics
It's impossible to describe the relationship between politicians, lobbyists, corporations, and campaign cash -- and have it come out sounding different than what a prostitute does for a living.
Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.09.2008 | Politics
Of the many strange spins the Clinton campaign has sold the media, few are as troubling as the idea that she is the stronger general election candidate.
Beverly Davis | Posted 02.14.2008 | Home
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David Sirota | Posted 02.01.2008 | Politics
When I took a leave of absence from my job in Washington in 2000 to work in the Montana Senate race, I didn't have much clue what I was in for. Growin...
Chris Weigant | Posted 01.30.2008 | Politics
Out of the frozen tundra of Iowa, out of the snowy mountains of Vermont, out of the brightly-lit casinos in the Nevada desert, out of the churches of ...
AP | ALEX VEIGA | Posted 01.29.2008 | Business
LOS ANGELES — The number of U.S. homes that slipped into some stage of foreclosure in 2007 was 79 percent higher than in the previous year, a re...
Chris Weigant | Posted 01.28.2008 | Politics
Ever onwards, into the fray, we return to the latest in a series of primary "picks" columns, this time heading down to Florida to examine the Republic...
ABC News | Jake Tapper | Posted 01.24.2008 | Politics
No matter what you think about which Democrat is best suited to be the nominee, or president, or who's at fault in the bitter back-and-forth that has ...
TIME | Karen Tumulty | Posted 01.23.2008 | Politics
I won't insert any what-happens-in-Vegas jokes here, but the Barack Obama campaign is not letting go of its accusations that Hillary Clinton's campaig...
HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 01.21.2008 | Politics
Looking at the recent male-female and white-black-Latino voting patters in Nevada, and recent survey results from South Carolina voters, it ...
Ari Melber | Posted 01.21.2008 | Politics
Based on the results so far, lower voter turnout portends a Clinton nomination. And lately, Clinton supporters have tried tactics to limit turnout.
Paul Jenkins | Posted 01.20.2008 | Politics
Younger black activists and elected officials are unlikely to feel any loyalty to the Clintons, are engaged by a post-baby-boom candidate and feel more in sync with Obama on the issues.
Jacob Soboroff | Posted 01.20.2008 | Home
Nevada's record turnout is still a small fraction of the state's eligible voters. What's up with the caucus system?
Daniel Nichanian | Posted 01.19.2008 | Home
John McCain's narrow win in South Carolina brought some clarity to the Republican race, that was threatening to sink into utter chaos if Huckabee had ...
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BARCELONA, Spain — Christian Bale swept into Barcelona on Wednesday night to attend a...
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WASHINGTON — Rescue legislation sailed through the House on Wednesday aimed at...
Sierra Club | Matthew Taylor | Posted 07.24.2008 | Green