Obama Nominating Thomas Perez as Labor Secretary
Government's top-ranking civil rights lawyer
Politics
Confronting Stalin's Legacy, 60 Years After His Death
Memory of dictator still positive in Russia and the west
Chavez's Presumed Heir Says U.S. Wants To Kill Opposition Leader, Who He Implies is Gay
Stay classy, Nicolas Maduro
New York City's Soda Ban Is Dead
Bloomberg has vowed to appeal, but the ban appears to be finished.
House Conservatives to Introduce Own Budget Plan
Would eliminate deficit faster than Ryan's proposal
Why Do People Believe Scientifically Untrue Things?
Because to do otherwise would be immoral.
Free Truck Offered by LAPD to Women Shot at During Dorner Manhunt Would Have to Be Taxed, Will Get Cash Instead
Women's attorney says the free truck would've been treated as a prize for tax purposes
In Absence of Food Taster, President Declines Lunch
The republic has officially jumped the shark
Senate Democrats Use Gimmick To Conceal Vast Spending in Budget
They just don't count $100B in spending and fudge their assumptions
Joe Scarborough Not Happy With Sen. Cruz's Question to Sen. Feinstein on Second Amendment
Asks if he was taught to read at Harvard
The Vatican Denies Francis Did Not Speak Out Against Human Rights Abuses in Argentina
New pope led Argentine Jesuits under the military junta
Sen. McConnell Has Harsh Words for the Democrats' 2016 Field
Says it looks like "a re-run of the 'Golden Girls'"
Rush Limbaugh Says the GOP Shouldn't Pander to Millennials
Argues doing so would ruin the Republican Party
Arizona Voter Registration Law to be Heard By State Supreme Court
State to argue it is reasonable to demand proof of American citizenship to register to vote
Texan Legislators Considering Gun Law Proposals
Would allow the state to ignore federal gun laws
Syrian Government Says it May Attack Rebels in Lebanon
Wants the Lebanese government to deal with militants it says crossed into northern Lebanon
Maryland General Assembly Expected to Pass Death Penalty Abolition Bill
Would make life without parole the toughest sentence in the state
Obama Wants Congress to Establish Alternative Energy Research Fund
Wants $2 billion over the next 10 years for the Energy Security Trust
Feinstein, Cruz Spar Over Constitutional Rights
Feinstein is familiar with them, she just doesn't like them
Argentina's President Hopes Pope Francis Will Be an Ally in Falklands Dispute
Has said that the disputed islands were "usurped" by the U.K.
GOP Senators Want Obama to Dampen Political Attacks
Would rather he urge his fellow Democrats to support Medicare reform
