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It seems like only yesterday that IRS Director of Exempt Organizations Lois Lerner was claiming she knew nothing about the dastardly work of those shadowy "low-level employees in the Cincinnati office" - who somehow remain shadowy to this day, despite having been blamed for the worst abuse-of-power scandal in living memory.

One of the most popular talk show hosts in America, Dr. Phil has voiced his support of ending the gay ban in the Boy Scouts with this tweet he sent out to the world Tuesday evening.

THE FALL OF 2005 WAS A PERFECT STORM of troubles for the Bush administration and the Republican Congress: overspending, public tiring of the Iraq War, Katrina, Harriet Miers, the indictment of Tom DeLay, the Abramoff scandal, the Valerie Plame affair and its possible threat to Karl Rove, skyrocketing gas prices, and collapsing approval ratings for ... (more)

If you haven't read Ryan Cooper's piece from the May-June issue of the Washington Monthly , give it a gander when you get exhausted from reading about Benghazi! and the "IRS Scandal." He's done us the invaluable service of examining all of the conservative writers who have been touted in the last few months as promoting "reform" in the Republican ... (more)

Let's imagine for a moment that Democrats controlled redistricting in Texas last cycle.

For Republicans, Benghazi is the scandal that must not die. Despite the testimony by Obama administration officials including Hillary Clinton and the blistering findings of the State Department Accountability Review Board she endorsed, the GOP is determined to bludgeon the current president and the woman who might be his successor.

He holds one of the oldest political jobs in the book, just as the book is being rewritten.

House Speaker John Boehner has been increasingly adopting one of President Barack Obama's key economic talking points on austerity, and he did it again Thursday -- much to the joy of Democrats who fear the GOP is pushing Congress to legislate the country into another economic showdown.

"They betrayed everything we worked for," says Jocelyn Cooper, 84, her delicate voice firm with rage.

Politics fancies itself to be a serious business, which is probably why it's unusual to see its figureheads willing to let loose and boogie.

The Boy Scouts of America have yet to make a final decision on whether to amend their controversial ban on gay participants , but that hasn't stopped one father and son from literally hitting the pavement in an effort to prompt the organization to do just that.

US Rep. Chris Smith was addressing the Reform movement's Consultation on Conscience conference about his passion, human rights and success in creating mechanisms to combat human trafficking and shine a light on global anti-Semitism. The crowd gathered in a large Capitol Hill conference room Tuesday afternoon, April 23, was transfixed, laughing ... (more)

House Rep. Phil Stephenson said he wants innocence until a person is proven guilty, and to that end, some information might be better kept away from the public.

George W. Bush's presidential library was dedicated Thursday, an event that brought the 43rd president back into the spotlight in a way he hasn't been since leaving office in 2009.

The drunken driving arrest of the Travis County district attorney, who is shown in jailhouse videos telling officers, "You have just ruined my career," prompted renewed Republican calls Friday to uproot the high-profile office that prosecutes public corruption in the state.

George W. Bush's presidential library was dedicated Thursday, an event that brought the 43rd president back into the spotlight in a way he hasn't been since leaving office in 2009.