Montana Chief U.S. District Judge Richard Cebull admitted on Wednesday that he forwarded a joke email, with underlying racist connotations, that implied President Barack Obama's mother had a sexual encounter with a canine.
Latinos, a large and growing voting bloc in several swing states, could play a pivotal role in deciding the U.S. presidential election. A raft of tough new state immigration laws, combined with rhetoric from its candidates, could hurt the Republican Party in November.
The world is asking how Andrew Breitbart died today at 43, and initial reports indicate that his father said he collapsed near his California home.
The President says he knew Jeremy Lin was good before the rest of the country did.
Andrew Breitbart, who was found dead today at 43, changed political discourcse in American forever.
On his Wednesday radio show, inflammatory commentator Rush Limbaugh called a Georgetown University law student a “slut” and a “prostitute.” The target of these attacks was Sandra Fluke, who has testified in favor of insurance coverage for contraceptive healthcare.
The U.S. Senate is voting on the controversial Blunt Amendment early Thursday.
Transocean Ltd may face $473 million in U.S. back taxes, according to its annual filing, though it also said it was cleared in a similar dispute dating back eight years, which may give its lawyers a useful precedent.
President Obama said he knew about Jeremy Lin before many others.
U.S. President Barack Obama's uncle is heading into a Massachusetts courtroom on Thursday for allegedly driving drunk. However, his lawyers will be asking the judge to toss out any statements he made to police as well as the results of his blood-alcohol test.
TransCanada recently announced its plan to construct the southernmost portion of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, following the project's rejection by President Barack Obama earlier in January.
North Korea has agreed with the United States to suspend major elements of its atomic weapons program in a surprise breakthrough that could pave the way for the resumption of long-stalled nuclear disarmament talks with the secretive state.
The Senate is expected Thursday to defeat a largely symbolic measure that would exempt employers such as Roman Catholic hospitals, universities and charities from a controversial White House rule requiring free birth control coverage.
Senator Orrin Hatch created some entertaining imagery on the senate floor Wednesday when he accused President Barack Obama for being a liberal elitist who turned his back on working class Americans.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Wednesday offered a tempered view of the U.S. economy, pouring cold water on the notion that recent upbeat signs herald a stronger recovery.
A USA Today/Gallup oll from this week showed that most Americans believe the Affordable Care Act mandate to obtain health insurance will be struck down, even though more than half say the health care law is good policy.
A Rasmussen poll released Tuesday is the first to report that Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul would beat President Barack Obama in a hypothetical 2012 matchup.
Bristol Palin is slated to star in a new reality TV show on Lifetime called Bristol Palin: Life's A Tripp
A group called Freedom to Marry wants Democrats at the 2012 convention to add a plank affirming support of same-sex marriage in its official party platform.
Israel official said the threat of hunger would force the Iranian regime to weigh the value of their atomic ambitions.
General Electric derided the new report by Citizens for Tax Justice as biased and inaccurate.
President Barack Obama reasserted his authority over detainee policy on Tuesday, issuing waivers that exempt broad categories of terrorism suspects from being held in military custody.
