Politics

Atlanta City Council President Ceasar C. Mitchell has announced City Council Committee assignments for the coming legislative year. Currently Council has seven standing...

(CNN) -- Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations who drew heavy criticism from Republicans over her statements after the September...

US Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday that if the Justice Department were faced with budget cuts due to sequestration, he believes that he would be able to maintain public safety by shifting resources and that the federal prison system could operate “for months” if necessary. ...

(CNN) -- A federal judge ruled that North Carolina's new "Choose Life" license plates are unconstitutional because the state does not offer a...

(CNN) — Twenty-three days since they last met face-to-face and 23 days before the fiscal cliff becomes a harsh reality, the two men most pivotal to the contentious budget talks sat down Sunday. There was no evidence of a breakthrough, though President Barack Obama ...

  (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 ...