Former First Lady Makes 2012 Endorsement
LOS ANGELES -- Former first lady Nancy Reagan served lemonade and cookies to Mitt Romney and his wife and offered the presumptive Republican president...
LOS ANGELES -- Former first lady Nancy Reagan served lemonade and cookies to Mitt Romney and his wife and offered the presumptive Republican president...
Posted 06.01.2012
The Department of Justice demanded that Florida stop purging its voter rolls, Talking Points Memo reported Thursday. In a letter sent to Florida Se...
AP | PETE YOST | Posted 05.31.2012
WASHINGTON — A knowledgeable law enforcement official said Thursday it is unlikely that the Justice Department will retry John Edwards. The off...
Carlos A. Ball | Posted 05.31.2012
Although defenders and supporters of DOMA agree on little, both sides should agree that we need to clear up the confusion regarding how courts should assess constitutional challenges to laws that treat individuals differently because of their sexual orientation.
Posted 05.31.2012
While attending a ceremony at the White House on Thursday for the unveiling of his son's presidential portrait, former President George H.W. Bush show...
AP | ANGELA DELLI SANTI | Posted 05.31.2012
TRENTON, N.J. -- New Jersey Democrats have rejected Gov. Chris Christie's nomination of a gay black Republican mayor to the state Supreme Court. Morr...
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.31.2012
WASHINGTON -- Former Sen. Alan Simpson (R-Wyo.), a leading voice in the argument over the future of Social Security, has agreed to debate progressive ...
Posted 05.30.2012
On Thursday, the House Financial Services Committee will vote on a one-sentence, bipartisan-backed bill that will save a major political player $300 m...
AP | SCOTT BAUER | Posted 05.30.2012
MADISON, Wis. — Republican Gov. Scott Walker's administration said Wednesday that the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has finalized higher job n...
Posted 05.30.2012
First Lady Michelle Obama weighed in on recent revelations about her husband's past drug use on Tuesday, acknowledging that President Obama realized a...
Posted 05.30.2012
Former Rep. Artur Davis is not sure if he will run for Congress again. But if he does, he will do so as a Republican. Davis, who represented Alaba...
AP | KATHY BARKS HOFFMAN | Posted 05.29.2012
LANSING, Mich. -- U.S. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter of Michigan should have had an easy time knocking off a little-known opponent in the Republican primary ...
Reuters | Posted 05.30.2012
(Changes third bullet to show Romney clinching nomination) * Obama campaign: Romney "lacks backbone" to stand up to Trump ...
New York Magazine | John Heilemann | Posted 05.28.2012
David Plouffe sits in his White House office, just a few steps from the Oval, staring at an oversize map of these United States. It’s late afternoon...
Posted 05.28.2012
On the last Monday in May, Americans celebrate Memorial Day to remember the men and women of the armed forces and give thanks for their sacrifices. ...
Posted 05.27.2012
Former Sen. Alan Simpson (R-Wyo.) lashed out at members of his party on Sunday, slamming them for their unwillingness to compromise on proposed tax in...
AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 05.27.2012
WASHINGTON -- One never knows when the Supreme Court will hand down its last, often biggest, opinions of the term. But the justices' summer travel sch...
AP | LARRY MARGASAK | Posted 05.25.2012
WASHINGTON -- The General Services Administration executive who was responsible for a lavish, $823,000 conference in Las Vegas is no longer with the G...
Jon Ward | Posted 05.24.2012
One private equity industry insider Thursday expressed displeasure with Mitt Romney's explanations so far in defense of his record at Bain Capital, wh...
HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.24.2012
GOP congressional candidate Jesse Kelly still won't say why he accepted the endorsement of a controversial anti-illegal immigration group known as Ame...
The New Republic | Posted 05.24.2012
Editor's Note: After looking at the economic platform of Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign, this installment of our series on his policy plans exa...
Posted 05.24.2012
A Mississippi official has renewed his crusade against sagging pants, seeking to ban the oft-maligned fashion statement from his entire county. Ken...
HuffingtonPost.com | Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.24.2012
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Scott Brown and his Democratic challenger are nearly tied in the race for a Massachusetts Senate seat, according to a poll released...
HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 05.23.2012
In a week-long series of campaign activities that began Wednesday with an address to the Latino Coalition's Annual Economic Summit, former Massachuset...
The Huffington Post | Sam Stein | Posted 05.23.2012
Mitt Romney, in a sit-down interview with Time's Mark Halperin, said that by the end of his first term as president he would get the unemployment rate...
AP | Posted 06.01.2012