Politics Timeline

28Jul

Mayo Clinic: Jesse Jackson Undergoing Evaluations For Depression

Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. is at Mayo Clinic undergoing treatment for ...

27Jul

Raul Castro: Cuba Open To Talks With U.S.

President Raul Castro stated Thursday that Cuba is ready to sit down for ...

Health Care Fraud To Be Tackled In Massive Joint Public, Private Effort

Medicare will see few effects from ObamaCare, experts say

Health care fraud is one of the darker sides of US health care and ...

26Jul

Harry Reid: No Time For Gun Control Debate

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid believes that the Senate schedule is too ...

Barney Frank: Timothy Geithner Libor Scandal Is Bush’s Fault

Barney Frank sticks up for Timothy Geithner, slams Bush

According to Democratic Representative Barney Frank, the onus stemming from ...

Bad News Obama: Business Owners Down On POTUS [Poll]

Obama's remarks on small business come back to bite him

Apparently President Obama’s Roanoke speech (“you didn’t ...

The Hill’s Most Beautiful People: Bachman, Ayotte, Engling Make Annual List

It’s time for the annual political fashion show. The Hill’s Most ...

25Jul

Chris Christie Open To 2016 Presidential Run

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie says he is willing to consider running ...

VP Joe Biden Calls For Twitter Embargo

Biden doesn't want press talking about comments until conference over

Vice President Joe Biden has added an unusual condition to his standard ...

Michael Moore: Obama Needs To Lead On Gun Control [Video]

Controversial filmmaker Michael Moore is passionate about gun control. He ...

Jon Stewart Calls Out Brian Ross For Tea Party Smear Following Aurora Shooting [Video]

Jon Stewart accuses ABC News correspondent Brian Ross of hitting the ...

Sandy Weill, Ex-Citigroup CEO, Says It’s Time To ‘Break Up’ Too Big To Fail Banks

Sandy Weill, the former CEO of Citigroup, has done an about face many have called “stunning” — and says that the time has come for intervention in reining in the big banks before they engage in any further economy-destroying hijinks and shenanigans. Sandy Weill’s statements are somewhat transgressive in a climate where many linked with… Read more »

24Jul

Is Capitol Hill About To Meet Its First Gay Republican?

Openly gay Republican Richard Tisei is eye-balling a seat in congress

Shhhh! Don’t tell the Palins! An openly gay man from Massachusetts is ...

23Jul

Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day Started By Mike Huckabee

Last week, Chick-Fil-A CEO Dan Cathy told the world that his restaurant ...

21Jul

Alexander Cockburn, Radical Left-Wing Writer, Dead At 71

Alexander Cockburn, a prominent left-wing columnist and journalist, passed ...

President Obama: Colorado Shooting Is A Reminder That Life Is Fragile [Video]

It’s nearly impossible to find a silver lining on the cloud that ...

20Jul

Former WWE CEO Linda McMahon Releases Her Tax Returns In Connecticut Senate Race

Linda McMahon, the former WWE wrestling executive who is running for Senate ...

Condoleezza Rice Top Of The VP Sorting Hat [Poll]

Condi Rice is the American Right's top pick for VP

Mitt Romney hasn’t yet chosen a running mate for the 2012 presidential ...

Shelby County Takes Voting Rights Act To Supreme Court

A group of people have brought a legal challenge to the 1965 Voting Rights ...

George W. Bush To Skip GOP Convention

Former President George W. Bush won’t be standing in Mitt ...

Obama’s “You Didn’t Build That” Comments–Campaign Turning Point?

President Barack Obama stirred up a hornet’s nest this week with his ...

Mitt Romney: Obama’s ‘You Didn’t Build That’ Comments Were Ideology – Not Gaffes

Romney's Mass. speech may signal a turning point in GOP hopeful's campaign

Mitt Romney fired back at the President for his controversial (some would ...

19Jul

61 Percent of Americans Would Have Voted to Hold Eric Holder In Contempt

A majority of American voters would have done exactly what the Republican ...

House Committee Passes Bill Banning Abortions in D.C.

The House Judiciary Committee approved a bill banning abortions in the ...

Republicans Rush To Defend Huma Abedin From Michele Bachmann

Michele Bachmann claims that Huma Abedin has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood

After former presidential wannabe Michele Bachmann claimed that Huma Abedin, ...

Mitt Romney Closes The Gap In Virginia, A Key Swing State

Heavy campaigning in Virginia has paid off for Mitt Romney

We don’t exactly know what he did, but it looks to have paid off. ...

18Jul

Obama Relying Less On Teleprompter

Lately, President Obama has been leaving behind a once constant companion: ...

Study Suggests Voter ID Laws Include Obstacles That Could Dissuade Poor From Voting

Voter ID Laws Could Discourage Poor From Voting

A recent study has found that the voter ID laws recently passed in ten ...

Jim DeMint Calls For Funding Measure To Prevent “Premeditated Mugging” Of Taxpayers

Senator Jim DeMint calls for quick action by Congress' Republicans

Senator Jim DeMint is once again pushing Speaker John Boehner and Senate ...

Rick Santorum Says VP Candidate Must Be Pro-Life

Santorum demands Romney choose pro-life VP

Failed presidential candidate and former senator Rick Santorum has spoken ...

N.J. Mayor’s Home Raided By FBI, Tony Mack Denies Any Wrongdoing

Trenton, New Jersey Mayor Tony Mack had his home raided this morning by ...

Bane And Bain: Some Finding Connection Between ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Villain And Romney Firm

Bane is the name of the villain in the upcoming Batman installation, ...

George W. Bush: Being President For Eight Years Was Awesome

George W. Bush is one of the few people that can discuss what it is like ...

17Jul

Why Mitt Romney’s Not Releasing His Tax Returns, Despite Pressure From Both Sides

Have you been wondering why GOP presidential candidate hopeful has yet to ...

Mark Hamill Says Mitt Romney is ‘Not Actually Human’

Mark Hamill, who you may remember as Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars films, has “come out” as a Democrat, and he had some interesting things to say about presumptive GOP candidate Mitt Romney. Mark Hamill’s views on Mitt Romney are nothing new — the man we assume will be taking on incumbent Democrat candidate… Read more »