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Barely a week after the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) announced it was not going to fund additional television ads in support of challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes’ campaign to defeat incumbent Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) in the Kentucky U.S. Senate

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin blasted CNN and anchor Carol Costello for apologizing to Politico instead of directly to her family after Costello told her audience to “enjoy” a frantic audio tape of a young woman (Bristol Palin) telling police

Frank Mankiewicz, the politico-turned-journalist who made National Public Radio (NPR) what it is today, died on Thursday evening. He was remembered by the New York Times as the press secretary for Robert F. Kennedy and the campaign manager for George McGovern.

CNN anchor Carol Costello has apologized for mocking the audio this week of a tearful Bristol Pail describing being assaulted at a party that became the stuff of tabloid speculation last month.  “Over the past few days I have been

Republican Senate candidate and former South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds doesn’t appear worried about losing to his opponents on South Dakota. The Rounds campaign, together with the National Republican Senatorial Committee, released an internal poll to Politico of the state

Just hours after Mediaite said Chuck Todd was “making a bigger mess of ‘Meet the Press’” than David Gregory and had hurt his standing in the ratings (primarily by his decision to sit down with Breitbart News), we learn that

Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush’s past remarks about his openness to potential tax increases may haunt him if he chooses to run for president in 2016. Because of his support for Common Core and amnesty legislation and his father’s broken

The lethal Ebola virus is spreading rapidly in Western Sierra Leone, and more than 20 people are dying per day as a result.  Claude Kamanda, a member of parliament who represents a western district in Sierra Leone, told local newspaper

District of Columbia Capitol Police have ordered a security detail for Michele Bachmann (R-MN), after the Congresswoman’s life has been threatened by the Islamic State, according to law enforcement sources who told Politico. The U.S. Capitol Police Dignitary Protection Division

AUSTIN, Texas — The Ebola crisis could play a role in determining which party wins control over the House and Senate after the November midterms, according to a new poll by POLITICO. The poll, which tested public opinion among 840

A new poll from Pew Research breaks down conservatism and leftism in the media – and comes up with a number of interesting results. As it turns out, leftists are far less tolerant that conservatives and implicitly trust government sources.

With just two weeks until the midterm elections, polls suggest many Senate races remain within the margin of error. While momentum seems to have shifted to Republicans, the party is still struggling to lock-in victories in a number of states

A new Kaiser Health tracking poll finds that even after four-and-a-half years of being the law of the land, Obamacare remains a mystery to most of the nation’s uninsured. The poll found that two-thirds (66%) of the uninsured say they

The Dallas hospital at the center of the U.S. Ebola crisis has changed its story about an alleged glitch in its electronic medical records (EMR) system that it originally claimed prevented doctors from seeing that Thomas Eric Duncan informed his

A new Politico poll finds that Americans rate former President George W. Bush as a more effective manager than President Barack Obama. When asked the question “Which President do you believe was more effective at managing the basic functions of

In his final campaign push, Colorado Democrat Sen. Mark Udall is giving over an entire day to rallies across the state featuring the head of Planned Parenthood, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and the wives of several Democrat politicians. Hillary

A devastating new Politico poll reveals voters believe America has spun off its axis and is “out of control.”  “An overwhelming majority of voters in the most competitive 2014 elections say it feels as if events in the United States

Sunday on CBS’s “Face The Nation,” Politico editor Susan Glasser said the White House’s leak to The New York Times that President Barack Obama was seething about the Ebola response was evidence that the White House is very worried. Glasser said,

Kaiser Permanente and other health providers are putting pressure on the powerful California Nurses Association (CAN) in negotiations for reductions in medical staffing and compensation due to the implementation of California’s version of Obamacare. Union nurses on Friday tried to

Infectious Disease Specialist Dr. Kent Sepkowitz called the selection of “politico” Ron Klain as Ebola czar “stagecraft and politics” on Saturday’s “Melissa Harris-Perry” on MSNBC. Sepkowitz said “I think any person is going to be fine,” for the position because

With this outbreak of Ebola in Dallas, Texas, that just two weeks ago a smugly confident President told us was almost impossible, Obama’s presidency is teetering on the brink, and his Palace Guards in the media know it, especially the

Embattled Center for Disease Control Director Dr. Thomas Frieden told lawmakers on Thursday that Ebola is not a significant threat to America.  “We remain confident that Ebola is not a significant public health threat to the United States,” Frieden said

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana — Retired Air Force Col. Rob Maness, one of the two Republican candidates for U.S. Senate here against incumbent Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA), on Wednesday introduced three positive television ads for his supporters to vote on–and is

Incumbent Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) withdrew from television false ads attacking former Sen. Scott Brown in the vein of the infamous 2012 “war on women” theme.  “Shaheen unveiled a commercial Monday that said Republican Scott Brown wants to take away insurance coverage for

The North Carolina GOP is accusing Sen. Kay Hagan of lying about the benefits her family received from the 2009 stimulus for which she voted.  “Senator Kay Hagan kept her stimulus payday hidden away for years. And now she is

With Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC) locked in a tight reelection bid and in need of a good Democratic turnout in a few short weeks, Democrats appear eager to promote the claim that North Carolina Republicans and their candidate for Senate

What’s the price for a series of headlines suggesting the political landscape for control of the Senate has shifted significantly in the Democrats’ favor? Key GOP operatives say the $1 million ad buy in South Dakota purchased just that –

On Monday, Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg announced that he and his wife Priscilla, a doctor, “are donating $25 million to the Centers for Disease Control Foundation to help fight Ebola.” Zuckerberg and his pro-open borders lobbying group FWD.us spent a like

Does the Boeing Corporation really need the U.S. Export-Import Bank?  Few would know the answer to that question better than Kostya Zolotusky, Boeing’s managing director for capital markets and leasing, or so you would think. In a recent interview with Bloomberg Government,

AUSTIN, Texas — This week, Democrat Wendy Davis’ campaign for governor launched her latest ad, “Justice,” using the image of an empty wheelchair to attack her Republican opponent, Greg Abbott, and was hit with a swift and sharply negative backlash

The battle saga in the 52nd congressional district rages on in the remaining few weeks before the November general election. Now news has cropped up over a former Congressional campaign staffer accusing California 52nd district candidate Carl DeMaio of multiple

Incumbent Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) and Republican challenger Rob Maness attacked no-show Republican Representative Bill Cassidy (R-LA) as much as they criticized each other at the first debate in the Louisiana U.S. Senate race held Thursday night at Dillard University.  Most polls show

As Obamacare is fully implemented as a national mandate for individuals, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that four million people who chose to continue to be uninsured and do not qualify for exemptions will pay a fine on their