Iowa Republicans may be a day away from putting the Iowa Straw Poll out of its, and our, misery.

The American people don’t believe that liberty should be sacrificed in the name of security, but their leaders largely don’t care.

So much for freedom of speech.

It will be some time before sanity prevails in the GOP, but slowly but surely Republicans seem to be becoming less socially conservative.

Kansas Republicans are threatening to cut off funding for the entire state judicial system if the state’s Supreme Court strikes down a law the legislature likes.

In a case that took seven months to decide, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Presidency’s broad authority in foreign affairs, and inserted itself just a little bit in the thorny politics of the Middle East.

In a setback for the gun rights movement, the Supreme Court has let stand a San Francisco law that places tough restrictions on handgun ownership.

Even with a recent negative downturn in the polls, the reports of Hillary Clinton’s impending political demise are largely wishful thinking on the part of conservatives.

Turkey’s governing party suffered big setbacks at the ballot box yesterday.

The highest court in New York state has ruled that an undocumented immigrant brought to the U.S. as a child can be admitted to practice law.

He hasn’t declared yet, but Scott Walker is running for President, and he’s pandering to the most extreme wing of the Republican Party.

A thirty-seven year long drought is over.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has been charged criminally for its role in covering up sexual abuse of children by Priests.

Yet another poll shows that most Americans support a path to citizenship, and that a majority of Republican agree with them.

This is perhaps the silliest idea ever.

Most Americans think that income inequality is a problem, but they don’t all agree on what to do about it.

The New York Times is on top of the breaking news about Marco Rubio’s driving record for some reason.

Rick Perry is hoping to do something that hasn’t happened before in American politics, come back from a campaign that imploded.

Republicans running for President need to tread carefully in their responses if the Supreme Court legalizes same-sex marriage nationwide.

Once seen as a rising Republican star, Bobby Jindal’s impending Presidential bid now looks like it’s over before it begins.

After months of “not running,” Jeb Bush will formally enter the Presidential race on June 15th.

It’s getting easier and easier to cut the cord.

Lincoln Chafee began his bizarre run for the Presidency in the strangest way possible.

A new poll shows that Americans have moved to the left on a wide variety of social issues.

Obviously, most of these people are smart enough to realize they can’t possibly win, right?

The Senate passed a bill that renews, and modifies, the Patriot Act

FIFA’s President surprised everyone today by resigning, but he’s likely to stay in power for as long as another ten months.

Hillary Clinton is taking a hit in the polls, but it’s unclear if that’s going to matter when 2016 rolls around.

Rand Paul Is at a distinct disadvantage compared to his fellow Republican candidates for President.

The agency that runs Washington D.C.’s mass transit has banned all political ads after Pamela Gellar attempted to run an advertisement featuring a drawing of Mohammed.

Hillary Clinton remains as much the inevitable Democratic nominee as she always has been.

Lindsey Graham is the latest entrant into the Presidential race, but it’s hard to see how he gets out of the bottom of the polls.

The “Draft Warren” movement is basically dead.

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Muslim woman who was refused a job because of her hijab.

The former Olympian has made a transition.

The Supreme Court has narrowed the means by which Federal prosecutors can prosecute someone for making statements online that could be perceived as threats.

In a new poll, a majority of Americans identify as “pro-choice,” but a deeper look at the numbers reveals that abortion politics remains as complicated as ever.

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker isn’t officially a candidate for President yet, but he’s doing quite well in Iowa anyway.

Many provisions of the Patriot Act lapsed at midnight, but apparently the world hasn’t ended.