Opinion: Mess In Texas
In Texas Republicans have taken efforts to restrict access to voting a step farther. Texas Republicans are calling for the repeal of the Voting Rights Act.
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In Texas Republicans have taken efforts to restrict access to voting a step farther. Texas Republicans are calling for the repeal of the Voting Rights Act.
Stricter governmental guidelines are needed for a person to receive a government paycheck. These guidelines need to involve stricter limits on what people can do with their free government paycheck. If something isn't needed for survival, it should not be purchased with the American taxpayer's dollars.
President Obama won big this week with the Supreme Court decisions on Obamacare and immigration. While Mitt Romney and the Tea Party couldn't have had a worse week.
The Supreme Court has shockingly failed the citizens of the United States by upholding the individual mandate portion of the plan.
After the Supreme Court decision on the Arizona immigration law, SB 1070, the Obama administration announced that it is revoking agreements with Arizona police over the enforcement of federal immigration laws.
While neither side has totally won, the high court's decision on Arizona's controversial immigration law, SB 1070, is definitely a blow to President Barack Obama.
President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder won an overwhelming victory as the Supreme Court struck down 3 of 4 provisions of the controversial Arizona immigration law, SB 1070.
Mark Meckler, a high-profile gun-totting founder of the Tea Party was allowed to plead guilty to disorderly conduct after he tried to carry his Glock semi-automatic pistol aboard a Delta Air Lines flight to Detroit from LaGuardia Airport last month.
Thursday evening the co-founder of the Tea Party Patriots was caught on video running from CBS 2's camera, after he was arraigned on gun charges.
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich was in New York City Monday night raising money as his campaign builds new momentum. As CBS 2's Marcia Kramer reports, Gingrich isn't limiting his criticism to the competition.
It seems every which way you look these days, the one consistent theme in the political arena is dissatisfaction with the status quo.
Administration officials privately called S&P's analysis flawed. But Obama himself refrained from comment as he spent the weekend at Camp David.
On Wall Street, all three major indices dropped more than 2 percent Tuesday following news that consumers cut their spending in June.
If a deal is approved, Connecticut could avoid laying off state workers. On the verge of that approval, Gov. Dan Malloy spoke with WCBS 880 about the state's budget and the debt-ceiling debate in Washington.
Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano accuses the Nassau Interim Finance Authority (NIFA) and the media of playing politics with county finances.
Executive Vice-Chairman Kurt Colucci said the Tea Party would not be incriminated for the actions of what he called "one maniac's reckless and senseless behavior."
New Jersey's Supreme Court says a tea-party group can't continue with its effort to recall U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez.
Cuomo will get the chance to clean up Albany, following his resounding victory over Tea Party upstart Carl Paladino, who lost by a margin of almost two to one.
Republicans have independents to thank for many of their wins. In 2008, President Obama won 52-percent of the independent vote. That has flipped.
Republicans racked up dozens of victories. As of Wednesday morning they gained six seats in the Senate and 58 seats in the House, more than enough to give the GOP control of the lower house.
Election Day is a true test, in a highly-anticipated midterm election, of how efficiently voters are actually able to use a pencil on paper ballots in combination with new electronic scanners. The results were mixed.
New York City's Board of Elections said it fixed the many problems that plagued the primaries back in September. J.C. Polanco, one of the Board's 10 commissioners, is here to explain how.
Cuomo addressed a crowd at LaGuardia Community College Monday. Meanwhile, Paladino remained confident despite poll numbers when speaking to reporters in Batavia.
Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is expected to attend a tea party event in New Jersey on Halloween.
