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MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell reports that according to her sources, not only is Sarah Palin stepping down as Governor of Alaska, she is also getting out of politics, period. Time will tell if Mitchell's reporting is accurate, ...

Reporters are beginning to piece together an explanation for Sarah Palin's abrupt resignation announcement that stands in stark contrast to the reasoning Palin offered in her speech. Speaking on MSNBC, Andrea Mitchell reported that, ...

12 Responses to “Politics makes….” Walter Abbott says: July 3, 2009 at 4:34 pm. Jeff, this whole damn debate is a trial lawyer thing. They're the ones that started it and are keeping it going. They see it as a new field of litigation to ...

A coalition of left-leaning groups sponsors ads to counter Republicans' efforts to target possibly vulnerable Democrats in swing-districts who voted for the legislation in the House.

The mess in Albany makes me nostalgic for a time when New York politics swaggered with large men: Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Mario Cuomo. Ed Koch. Alfonse D'Amato.

BEIRUT — Syria’s leader sent a July 4 message full of praise to President Barack Obama on Friday and invited him to visit Syria — the latest signs Damascus is hedging its bets in Mideast politics, warming up to its rival the United States at a ...

It may not be a stretch to say that the nation’s governance hinges, in part, on the arrival of the man who played Stuart Smalley, a simp who was a bit too eager to put the self in self-help on “ Saturday Night Live .” On Wednesday, a question I ...

Bashing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is sport for many journalists, particularly those who are perhaps bored by the summer doldrums. "She is by far the best-looking woman ever to rise to such heights in national politics, the first indisputably fertile ...

New York Times best-selling author Ted Bell’s latest spy novel, “Tsar: A Thriller,” is about to be released in paperback. The book features Bell’s fictional character, Alex Hawke, an English super spy fighting the leaders of a new and ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Southern Baptists ended their national meeting and quietly left their host town by avoiding the controversial political pronouncements that have marked past conventions. Convention President Johnny Hunt urged Baptist leaders at ...

Conservative attack ads that suggest Bloc Québécois members are soft on pedophiles are a dirty tactic unworthy of Canadian politics, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff charged Saturday. In a stump-style speech at a Stampede breakfast in Calgary ...

Sarah Palin yesterday announced her plans to resign from the role of Governor of Alaska, leaving the press clueless as to why. Does she plan to retire from politics completely, or is she preparing to make a 2012 presidential bid? Palin is talking to ...

Michelle Obama, during a visit to Baden-Baden, Germany. Michelle Obama brings her superstar glamor to Moscow this weekend. Michelle Obama brings her superstar glamor to Moscow this weekend as she accompanies her husband on his summit with the Russian ...

Long before he could vote -- indeed before he even could drive -- Joe Hatch caught the political itch. He still remembers listening to the historic debate between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon as a grade-schooler and hearing his mother wonder ...

Michelle Obama brings her superstar glamour to Moscow this weekend as she accompanies her husband on his summit with the Russian president. But the American first lady, who has wowed publics in the U.S. and Europe with her easy elegance and charm ...