Paul Ryan gets booed at town hall meeting

Architect of GOP budget plan garners groans and boos when defending tax cuts for highest earners

• Apr 21, 2011

Blagojevich makes first appearance at retrial

Ex-Illinois gov. faces 20 charges, including accusations he sought to sell or trade appointment to Obama's old Senate seat

• Apr 21, 2011

Obama pens "Time 100" entry for Gabrielle Giffords

List of "influential people" also includes Bachmann, Boehner, Biden, Hillary Clinton, Ryan and other American politicians

• Apr 21, 2011

Schieffer: W.H. praying Trump, Palin get GOP nom

"Face the Nation" moderator comments on CBS News/New York Times poll showing Republican 2012 hopefuls not garnering any excitement

• Apr 21, 2011

FAA orders new rules for first lady, VP

After aborted landing of plane carrying first lady, FAA orders higher level of supervision for her, VP's flights

• Apr 21, 2011

Judge says Carl Lewis OK to run for N.J. office

Olympic gold medalist allowed to continue bid for N.J. Senate because GOP failed to prove he doesn't live there, rules judge

• Apr 20, 2011

Obama regrets not passing health care reform more quickly

At a town hall meeting, President said he wishes he could have passed his reform package more quickly, but wasn't sure that would've been possible

• Apr 20, 2011

Obama seeks friends at Facebook town hall

President urges young Facebook employees to not become cynical, takes aim at GOP budget plan

• Apr 20, 2011

Obama harnessing Facebook's social graph

Facebook's domination in the social networking world makes it a powerful player in the political arena, with an active audience and potential influence far beyond other media

• Apr 20, 2011

Wis. court challenger seeks statewide recount

JoAnne Kloppenburg refuses to concede defeat in Supreme Court election with margin of votes within one-half of 1 percent

• Apr 20, 2011

Poll finds most can't name a 2012 GOP contender

With little interest in the upcoming race and relatively little news coverage, most Americans don't know a single potential GOP candidate

• Apr 20, 2011

Vilsack vs. King: A possible "holy war" in Iowa?

Wife of Agriculture Secretary could run for Congress against conservative lawmaker, setting up a high-profile 2012 race

• Apr 20, 2011

"Conservative coming out" email prompts anger

University of Iowa's Ellen Lewin wrote "F*** YOU, REPUBLICANS" after group email from College Republicans

• Apr 20, 2011

First lady's aborted landing classified as serious

Michelle Obama airplane probe given FAA's most serious classification for operational errors; two investigations underway

• Apr 20, 2011

Boehner: Politics shouldn't dictate Afghan war

After trip to Afghanistan, Boehner urges president to "explain" how withdrawing troops would not undermine "tenuous progress" there

• Apr 20, 2011

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