This is not one of those remarks that can be characterized as a gaffe or an instance of misspeaking. Read More

We need the new Pope to fill the shoes of the fisherman and be a CEO, says lifelong Catholic Chris Matthews. We need someone wise and courageous. And we need him to confront the issue of celibacy. Read More

The new Secretary of Defense ordered the review in response to the growing controversy surrounding the overturned sexual assault conviction of an Air Force lieutenant colonel. Read More

The world has a new pope: Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, now Pope Francis. Read More

It isn’t entirely bad news, however. More Americans –47% blame the GOP for the sequester, compared to 33% who blame the president. Do you approve of the way Obama is handling the economy? Take our poll! Read More

President Obama is set to meet with House Republicans today on Capitol Hill. After years of obstruction, disagreement and - in some cases - downright vitriol - the House GOP conference is hardly friendly territory for this president. So why is he going? Read More

Six years after getting arrested for lewd conduct in a Minnesota airport bathroom, former Idaho Senator Larry Craig is being sued by the Federal Election Commission for using over $200,000 in campaign funds towards his legal defense. Craig says the expenditures were appropriate because he was on Senate business at the time. Read More

The challenge facing this president, and he hasn't quite got it yet, is using the prestige of the presidency, which is really unrivaled by the Congress these days. Read More

To hear Sarah Palin talk, you might think Americans had inalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of Pepsi. Read More

President Obama is preparing to meet the House Republican conference, but after four years of near vitriol towards this president from Republicans, how much can… Read More

NBC News’ Mike Taibbi weighed in from Kabul on Monday’s Hardball. He said there were a number of events that may have spurred Karzai’s reaction in the days and weeks leading up to his speech. Read More

The Breitbart.com sequel to the Friends of Hamas fiasco. Has Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman fallen victim to personal bankruptcy? Read More

Imagine fighting for someone who believes that the United States is getting people to be "suicide bombers" and killing Americans in order to justify our staying in Afghanistan longer. Read More

The cost of winning an election has skyrocketed, largely thanks to the 2010 landmark United States Supreme Court Case ruling that corporations could spend unlimited amounts of money to influence federal elections. Read More

The failed vice presidential candidate proposes a new fiscal plan that stubbornly clings to the idea that Obamacare will somehow be repealed. Read More

Unemployment rate hit a 4-year low, and 236,000 jobs were added last month. But the GOP's "incentive structure" makes it impossible for Republicans like Speaker Boehner to welcome the good news. Read More

CPAC organizers have banned anti-Islam activist Pamela Geller from headlining any events at this year's conference--thanks to pressure from jihadis inside the organization, says Geller. . Read More

I want there to be a two-party system in this country that a huge number of people could reasonably choose between. Read More

The president who signed the Defense of Marriage Act into law in 1996 is now urging the Supreme Court to strike it down. Here’s a look back on Clinton’s evolution on gay rights. As you can see,Clinton has long tried to have it both ways--courting the gay community while also governing as a centrist. Read More

Huge gains in the job market: The economy added 236,000 jobs and the unemployment rate fell to 7.7% -- the lowest rate since President Obama took office. Read More