NJ pol quit over wife's racist Carl Lewis email

Ex-NJ GOP state assemblyman Pat Delaney apologizes for wife's racist email, admits to marital discord

• Aug 23, 2011

White House, Capitol evacuated after Va. quake

Federal buildings evacuated after 5.9 magnitude earthquake centered in Virginia rocks Washington

• Aug 23, 2011

Perry team tempers call to repeal 16th Amendment

Republican presidential candidate's campaign seems to walk back controversial suggestion that U.S. should potentially repeal amendment allowing income tax

• Aug 23, 2011

Romney slams Biden comment on China child policy

GOP frontrunner says Biden's "acquiescence" to China's one-child policy should "shock the conscience" of Americans

• Aug 23, 2011

DC takes to Twitter for info... and comic relief

Hotsheet's compilation of #DCQuake's best political tweets

• Aug 23, 2011

Earthquake shakes up WH press corps on Vineyard

Not clear if Mr. Obama himself felt the 5.8 earthquake that rattled much of the East Coast

• Aug 23, 2011

AFL-CIO launching "super labor PAC"

Labor group launching political action committee that could raise unlimited amounts of money

• Aug 23, 2011

WH: Regulatory cuts can save $10B over five years

Dubbing its efforts "unprecedentedly ambitious," the Obama administration today unveiled a government-wide plan to streamline federal regulations

• Aug 23, 2011

Just 40% of House members holding town halls

Amid voter anger, about six in 10 members of the House are forgoing traditional August town halls, a survey finds

• Aug 23, 2011

Sarah Palin takes shot at Karl Rove

Sarah PAC website blasts "any professional pundit" claiming to know Palin's plans

• Aug 23, 2011

Gallup poll shows Obama tied with 4 Republicans

Among independents, the only candidate Mr. Obama beats is Minnesota Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann

• Aug 23, 2011

Could Palin rewrite the campaign rulebook?

Conventional wisdom is that Sarah Palin won't run in 2012 - but if she does, she'll likely launch a completely different kind of campaign

• Aug 23, 2011

McCain: Qaddafi's WMDs must be secured

Says Libyan leader's arsenal of weapons must be contained; Warns that radical Islamists could hijack burgeoning democratic movement

• Aug 23, 2011

Two Tea Party favorites opt out of Senate bids

Reps. Allen West of Florida and Jason Chaffetz of Utah back down from challenging longtime incumbent senators

• Aug 22, 2011

National debt has increased $4T under Obama

Latest figures by Treasury Department show the most rapid increase in national debt under any U.S. president

• Aug 22, 2011

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