Even after multiple scandals all vying for the top headline throughout the week, over the weekend CNN reported poll numbers showing Obama currently enjoys 53 percent of the public's approval for the job he's doing. His numbers actually rose from the last time the poll was taken.
I might suggest that we first take a deep breath and make an effort to put the events of the past week in some perspective, but I know it wouldn't do any good. There is blood in the water and in deeply partisan Washington, the struggle for advantage and power always trumps reality.
ABC's "Scandal" finale closed the climactic second season with the show's biggest bombshell yet: the mysterious Rowan (Joe Morton), the B613 boss who ...
Scandals real and imagined rocked Washington this week. See how good of a muckraker you are by taking our news quiz.
LOS ANGELES — Forget the DVR. Not this time. Not after this long of a wait....
Greenpeace is offering to testify about being the target of politically motivated audits in 2004, because regardless of which party holds power, these abuses are egregious and must stop.
In Washington, they throw the word scandal around with such abandon it's hard to know at any given time what it means.
Not since New Coke have we as a nation seen a disaster that both sides of the aisle can agree on. America is now unanimously and officially outraged that the IRS would have the audacity to target political groups -- groups that publicly despise taxes and call for the end of the IRS.
John F. Kennedy as a candidate liked to tweak his opponent, Richard Nixon. When the Wall Street Journal criticized Republican Nixon, Kennedy jumped on...
According to star Kerry Washington, the "Scandal" Season 2 finale will not only give us deeper insight into why the traitorous David Rosen (Josh Malin...
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) said Tuesday that Republicans are basking in the series of scandals currently engulfing the Obama administration. "T...
Way back when, we noted that mathematical odds and political science all but ensure that eventually, scandals happen in presidencies. But the Obam...
ABC released its new schedule for the 2013-2014 season and it's a mixed bag of the same and surprises. "Dancing With The Stars" has been condensed ...
In order to its job, the IRS consolidated this operation in one office and adopted computer search tools designed to raise to its attention those organizations that were claiming this very vague and subjective distinction.
Any time a federal agency decides to intimidate those in the political arena in any way, large or small, it should be seen as a scandal by everyone -- no matter your political leanings. Because we've seen what happens when this sort of thing is allowed and encouraged, and it isn't a pretty sight.
"Scandal" wraps up its second season this week (Thurs., May 16, 10 p.m. ET on ABC), and there's no telling what kind of twists and massive cliffhanger...
Olivia Pope isn't going anywhere: "Scandal" has been renewed for another season. Centering on Washington, D.C. fixer Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington...
Shonda Rhimes, the woman who brought the world McDreamy and Olivia Pope -- and brought ABC some super high ratings -- does not appreciate when her wor...
When I was growing up the leaders in our community were the local politicians, the mayor, and the bankers. I can remember how my grandfather, who was ...
There is nothing wrong with public officials who have dishonored the public trust seeking to reclaim their lives and live better futures than their pasts. But there may be something wrong with how easily we and they accept this as the natural trajectory of so many in public life.
So "Scandal" fans, you think you got goosebumps last week when Fitz told Olivia (Kerry Washington) about his decision and the two star-crossed lovers ...
At the Western Wall on Friday night, a group of stars from the hit American TV shows Scandal and Once Upon a Time found themselves immediately recognized by religious Jewish prayer-goers.
