Sen. Thad Cochran's campaign contributors are slated to benefit from $132 million in earmarks from the Mississippi Republican, reported the Washington...
David Cay Johnston | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics
The bias in favor of property over people should be ended with all deliberate speed by raising the standard for people to that of property. A public option would be one small step in that direction.
Posted 11.22.2009 | Business
A former congressional staffer testified Monday that gifts received from former lobbyist Kevin Ring made "life a little easier" and "a little more fun...
Politico | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics
A bit of relevant history: Five Seven current Senate Republicans -- plus Arlen Specter -- voted for Sonia Sotomayor during her highly contested federa...
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics
Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Penn.) met briefly with his former Republican colleagues Tuesday at their weekly lunch after announcing that he was leaving the ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics
If it's budget time, it's good to be a red state. And it's very good to be Mississippi. According to an analysis by the nonpartisan Taxpayers for Co...
AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 03.23.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — A longtime former aide to Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran has been charged in the Jack Abramoff corruption scandal, accused of accept...
Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics
Many voters are attracted to McCain's quick, "don't look back" decision-making and fancy that he will keep them secure. But would he? The experience of October 1962 strongly suggests otherwise.
AP | BETH FOUHY | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics
CARTAGENA, Colombia — John McCain denied a Republican colleague's claim that he roughed up an associate of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega on...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
One of the concerns that many observers have had over the prospect of a McCain presidency has been the Senator's reputation for being temperamental. ...
The Huffington Post | Arthur Delaney | Posted 11.29.2009 | Politics