Ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich is lashing out at the Illinois lawmakers who removed him from office, calling them drunkards and adulterers who don't know how to do their jobs. ...more

February 11, 2009

The Senate voted Tuesday to give a tax break to new car buyers, setting aside bipartisan concerns over the size of an economic stimulus bill with a price tag edging above $900 billion. The 71-26 vote came as President Barack Obama said he lies awake nights worrying about the economy and signaled he'll try to knock out "buy American" provisions in the legislation to avoid a possible trade war. ...more

February 3, 2009

His Indianapolis Colts didn't make it to the Super Bowl this year. But Tony Dungy, a former coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, just may be one of the hottest tickets in town this week. ...more

January 30, 2009

Slowly, painfully, self-awareness has come to George W. Bush. "Turns out this isn't one of these presidencies where you ride off into the sunset, you know, waving goodbye," the president told the conservative American Enterprise Institute in December. ...more

January 11, 2009

At a time when many Americans were turning their thoughts toward celebrating Christmas, a Washington, D.C.-based group was busy unleashing its holiday message against accepting any supernatural belief as reality. ...more

December 17, 2008

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, amid speculation she'll run for president in four years, blamed Bush administration policies for the defeat last week of the GOP ticket and prayed she wouldn't miss "an open door" for her next political opportunity. ...more

November 10, 2008

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin called her critics cowards and jerks Friday for deriding her anonymously and insisted she never asked for the expensive wardrobe purchased for her use on the presidential campaign. ...more

November 7, 2008

The campaign that had increasingly seemed more uncivil war than election run-up is finally behind us. But the post-mortems and Monday-morning quarterbacking are not likely to end even on Inauguration Day, Jan. 20. And Sarah Palin speculation, to be sure, will become a national pastime until she finally signs on with Fox News. As a result, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal will continue to look ever more competent and mature beyond his years. ...more

November 6, 2008

Democratic Sen. Barack Obama announced Sunday that he raised more than $150 million in September, obliterating previous fundraising records and giving him an enormous tactical advantage over Republican Sen. John McCain in the final weeks of the presidential campaign. ...more

October 20, 2008

Government activist Blaise Ingoglia is hitting the airwaves in his fight to unseat incumbent Democratic county commissioners Diane Rowden and Chris Kingsley. ...more

October 17, 2008