So far at least, the air strikes against Islamic State positions in Syria do not seem to be having much of an impact.

Sometimes, being evasive in answering a question just makes a politician look silly. This is one of those times.

Mike Huckabee is threatening to leave the GOP if the party backs down on same-sex marriage. He’s bluffing.

Opponents of Voter ID laws should not get too excited over the fact that the Supreme Court has stayed Wisconsin’s law from going into effect for now.

The mystery continues.

In the space of one week, we’ve gone from 19 states that recognize same-sex marriage to 29. Soon, it will be 35.

The nastiest campaign ad of the 2014 cycle is here, and Wendy Davis should be ashamed of it.

Remember the border crisis? Yea, it’s not much of a crisis these days.

Individual polls are likely to be volatile, so don’t pay too much attention to them.

A 29 year old woman will end her life in less than a month. That should be her choice.

A desperation move by NBC News?

Will the President back track on his promise of further action on immigration if the GOP wins the Senate?

Two more states are added to the list, with another three likely not far behind.

Is former Senator Larry Pressler surging in his Independent bid to win back his old Senate seat?

A Federal Court has given legislators in Richmond a complicated job.

The Supreme Court has given the GOP a way out of a battle that they are going to lose anyway.

The death of the Tea Party is greatly exaggerated.

Could Alison Lundergran Grimes be surging? Maybe, but we’ll need more evidence to be sure.

The die is cast.

An unsurprising decision from the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

If the GOP wins the Senate in November, their majority could prove to be fleeting.

By failing to act, the Supreme Court has effectively legalized same-sex marriage in eleven more states.

Attorneys for celebrities caught up in the leak of nude photographs are targeting Google.

Does the seriousness of a crime vary depending on the gender of the parties involved?

Combining politics, an incessantly sensationalist news cycle, and a virus that scares a lot of people can’t end well.

The end of an era.

Once again, there’s speculation that something is up in the world’s most closed society.

The idea that the N.F.L. “doesn’t pay taxes” is largely false.

It has nothing to do with winning, but it does have a lot to do with the foreign policy debate inside the Republican Party.

After a disappointing August, the jobs report for September showed the same good numbers we’ve seen for much of 2014.

Closing down international air travel won’t stop Ebola from becoming a bigger public health threat.

Bush 2016?

It appears that there will be no Federal charges against George Zimmerman for shooting Trayvon Martin. This is not a surprise.

The F.C.C. will be considering a petition to ban the word “Redskins” from the airwaves.

An inevitable outcome for the head of a once proud agency.

In the current situation, speaking out forcefully as some are demanding can only do more harm than good.

While the battle for the Senate remains up in the air, the Republican majority in the House remains secure.

Newly released documents reveal that Henry Kissinger wanted to attack Cuba in the mid-1970s.