John Boehner will retain his Speakership for the next two years, as head of the House of Representatives.
The nation will miss Stephen Colbert's "Colbert Report," and his character, Stephen Colbert. Here's one of his last segments, and possibly one of his funniest.
Julia Pierson, the Secret Service Director who was lambasted by Congress yesterday, has resigned.
John Boehner has given the House lawsuit to sue President Barack Obama to the law firm that's home to the former Chairman of the House Financial...
Late Friday night the Tea Party-led House voted to strip immigration rights from more than a half-million DREAMers, young people who were brought to America as...
House Republicans and their minions in the right-wing media have been clamoring for a fix to the "invasion" and "crisis" on our nation's southern border. But...
  House Republicans who strongly opposed the Senate compromise on the fiscal cliff want $300 billion in spending cuts but don’t have 218 votes, so will most...
The Republicans in the House and in the Senate tried to bring America to its knees, but succeeded only in damaging their own brand, and the...
In a masterful stroke in his game of Raumschach — three-dimensional chess — President Barack Obama today announced to the nation and the world he believes...
In “deep blue” Illinois, Republicans apparently are more interested in attacking Republicans than Democrats — and behaving like what many believe are typical Republicans. Jim Allen,...
One Million Moms today posted a warning on their Facebook page, linking to an article that states buying Girl Scout cookies supports Planned Parenthood, and thus,...
Aaron Sorkin, the genius behind HBO’s “The Newsroom,” offers this critique of the Tea Party through his exceptional fictional character, news anchor Will McAvoy, who says...
var addthis_config = {“data_track_addressbar”:true}; First, there were the birthers. Now, there are the seceders. Over the past few days news has swept the nation that there’s...
var addthis_config = {“data_track_addressbar”:true}; GOP Congressman Eric Cantor this morning appeared on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” and told host Joe Scarborough, co-host Mika Brzezinski, and John Heilemann...
Ralph Reed‘s Faith And Freedom Coalition, whose goal it is to recruit and register Republicans and Evangelicals and Tea Party members to vote for Mitt Romney,...