It’s commonplace to note that Newt Gingrich’s dog-whistle appellation that Barack Obama is the “food stamp president” is both racist and politically cynical.
But Brokaw—and NBC—pushed back. The network said its legal department will be asking the Romney campaign to remove NBC footage from the ad, noting that similar requests have gone out before to other campaigns using footage from NBC News broadcasts.
Corruption at the Murdoch family's News Corporation has spread beyond phone hacking and now involves paying the police for stories.
The Assembly's version of mining legislation contains too many objectionable provisions to pass in the Senate, a key Republican senator said Friday. "I would not be able to garner the votes to pass the Assembly version at this point," Sen.
At last night’s CNN presidential debate in Jacksonville, Florida, the GOP candidates told an unemployed woman in need of health insurance that they would repeal the health reform law that could help her find coverage and giver her a tax deduction to go out and find her ow …
From “blah” to “brilliant,” Newsweek and Daily Beast readers had plenty to say when we posed this query on Facebook: “What’s the first word to pop in your head when you read the name ‘Romney?’”
It is an ethics violation for elected officials to use their political office to perform official acts on behalf of special interests, and particularly when special interests are campaign donors.
Friday’s theme in the Republican presidential primary was a battle for the legacy of Ronald Reagan. The Romney team hosted a conference call with ex-Reagan staffers who claimed Newt Gingrich had no claim to the Gipper’s legacy.
Whenever someone has pointed out the obvious fact that Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich have engaged in open race baiting, or that certain policies negatively impact the black community in disproportionate ways (criminal justice), someone else has complained that the proverbial "R …
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Mark Cuban was eliminated from the Dodgers' ownership sweepstakes Friday, along with baseball executive and former agent Dennis Gilbert, according to two people familiar with the process but not authorized to discuss it.At least eight bidders advanced to the second round Fri …
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