Politics

The hospitalized Boston Marathon bombing suspect, 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, has been officially charged on Monday with using a weapon of mass destruction. According to the White House,  he will be tried in a civilian court. Press Secretary Jay Carney said in a statement; “He will not be treated as an enemy combatant. We will prosecute [...]

The media is always going after politicians for their gaffes on or off camera.  But rarely do you catch one from the First lady.  At least one that someone notices enough to report on. During an interview with CBS, Michelle Obama accidentally referred to herself as a “busy single mother,” before quickly correcting the error. [...]

Senator Chuck Hagel, R-Neb. was confirmed by the Senate as President Obama’s next Defense Secretary on Tuesday. Hagel was confirmed by way of a final vote of 58-41.  Four Republican Senators joined the Democrats in supporting Hagel.  No Dems voted against Hagel except one, Senator Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey, who did not vote. Hagel’s [...]

A number of top level Republicans have done what many would have considered “the unthinkable,” by coming out with a show of support  for gay marriage. The GOPers, including  Jon Huntsman, as well as  four past governors and many who worked during the George W. Bush White House, have signed a legal brief stating that [...]

Get ready for the Roseanne-archy? Actress Roseanne Barr will have her name on the Presidential ballot in Florida.   Barr, representing the Peace and Freedom party,  will be listed alongside Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Gary Johnson, as well as leaders of the Socialist Party and Objectivist Party. Barr is set to run with Cindy Sheehan, [...]

Vice President Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan will square off in the first and only Vice Presidential debate on Thursday night in Danville, Kentucky. VP Biden will likely be on the offensive this evening, trying to score back a few points lost during President Obama’s disappointing debate showing against Governor Mitt Romney last week [...]

President Barack Obama’s latest campaign ad features an unlikely character in Sesame Street’s Big Bird. Governor Mitt Romney brought up Big Bird during the first Presidential debate, claiming that though he “likes” Big Bird, he would cut the Government funding of PBS, so that the US can stop borrowing money from China. The narrator in [...]