Politics

Republican pundits have been clamoring for new blood in the GOP presidential primary race since Texas Governor Rick Perry’s debate performance last Thursday. But so far it looks like their first choice Chris Christie is no longer an option.

In a speech given from the White House Rose Garden on Monday, President Obama proposed a $3 trillion plan to cut the deficit, with half of that amount covered by increased taxes on the wealthy and another $800 million financed by letting the Bush-era tax cuts expire. “If we are going to make spending cuts… then it is only right we ask everyone to pay their fair share … We can’t afford these specia

The Obama administration has never been good about taking criticism and accepting their faults. Now, they have launched attackwatch.com, a liberal site in which visitors can report if stories being critical of President Obama or if they think they are telling lies about the administration.

President Obama addressed Congress last week talking up his new "Jobs Plan". He continued to say that "It's paid for". Well, it turns out that it is. It is paid for with taxes. While this is not a surprise, it is a contradiction of what Obama has been saying.

Ninety-year-old former first lady Nancy Reagan had a scary moment when she slipped and fell at a speaking event at the Reagan Presidential Library on Tuesday night. Fortunately, Republican Senator Marco Rubio of Florida was on hand to save the day.

Bill Clinton, the former US president usually associated with Big Macs and doughnuts, has so radically altered his diet that he now considers himself a vegan.

Faced with stagnant unemployment rates, a lowered credit rating and the threat of a double dip recession, President Barack Obama plans to give a major speech about job creation and debt reduction in September.

GOP presidential candidate and Tea Party darling Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, won her first victory of the campaign season at Saturday’s Ames Straw Poll in Iowa. Out of 16,892 votes cast, she claimed 4,823 of them, narrowly edging out second-place finisher, Texas Rep. Ron Paul, by only 152 votes.

The Alabama federal court of appeals ruled on the provision in Obama's Healthcare law requiring citizens to buy healthcare to be unconstitutional. With other state appeals courts finding it completely unconstitutional and others in Cincinnati upholding the new healthcare law, it will now fall into the lap of the supreme court...

Texas Governor Rick Perry, who has yet to formally announce his candidacy for the GOP presidential nomination, is certainly acting like he’s in the running. Two associates have said he will visit the early-voting states South Carolina and New Hampshire on Saturday. Perry will give a speech in South Carolina “to make clear that he’s running for president” before then heading to a house party in New