Politics

  (CNN) -- The prospect of former congressman J.C. Watts leading the Republican National Committee was met with chuckles by members of the...

(CNN) -- In an extended television interview with Bloomberg News Tuesday, President Barack Obama said the "potential" for a deal to avoid the...

Eased out with an $8 million payout provided by an influential GOP fundraiser, former Republican House Majority Leader Dick Armey says he has left a ...

Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) on Tuesday pressed his fellow Republicans to go along with President Barack Obama's plan to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans for the time being in order to avoid the so-called "fiscal cliff." In an interview with Politico, the Republican said he has encouraged his colleagues in the House to extend the Bush tax rates ...

We all know that conservative media personality Glenn Beck is a piece of trash. Though, his latest vile act of petulance against President Barack Obama has hit a new low–even for him. The New York Daily News reports that the ex-Fox News commentator tried selling a jar with a small sculpture of President Obama ...

The first cracks are developing among Republicans over whether to accept a quick deal with President Barack Obama on allowing the top two income tax rates to expire, even as an administration official said the White House was stepping up behind-the-scenes negotiations. Conservati ...

(AP) — Talk of compromise on a broad budget deal greeted returning lawmakers Monday, but agreement still seemed distant as the White House and congressional Republicans ceded little ground on a key sticking point: whether to raise revenue through higher tax rates or by limiting tax breaks and deductions. House Speaker John Boehner,...

Secure in the mandate that he was given in a landslide victory over Mitt Romney earlier this month, President Barack Obama is making it very clear to Republicans that his signature achievement, The Affordable Care Act — or as it’s affectionately known, Obamacare — will not be thrown out to avoid the fiscal cliff, reports Talking Points Memo. Tax ...

Photo Credit: News4Jax.com Former Jacksonville police officer Sam Koivisto, 57, quit his position after he told fellow officers that he would volunteer to kill President Obama if given the opportunity, reports the Florida-Times Union. Koivisto who admitted to being upset that Obama was re-elected, said that he wouldn’t mind doing something about it: “ ...

Controversial Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker (pictured) is challenging one of his many denizens of Twitterverse to a challenge. When Booker tweeted a bit of ancient Greek wisdom, his attempts at translating the verse took an unexpected turn, resulting in Booker having to live off of food stamps for a week, reports The Daily Beast. ...