A series of emails between Arianna Huffington, her partners and the late conservative journalist Andrew Breitbart shed new light on the early days of The Huffington Post.
If Republicans get to talk about President Obama's ties to the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Roland Martin said on CNN Thursday, then Democrats get to talk about how Mitt Romney's Mormon church used to be racist, so there. Could there be a perfectly calibrated rulebook regulating the precise tit-for-tat between presidential campaigns? The Atlantic Wire has tried to create one.
All the cards are in place for Hollywood producer and Democratic Party booster Harvey Weinstein to deliver a cinematic October surprise for President Obama's re-election campaign.
What President Obama's endorsement of gay marriage didn't do: Allow a single new gay couple to get married. What it did do: Inspire waves of campaign donations, attack ads, and a symbolic but ultimately meaningless congressional vote.
The tactic credited with unraveling John Kerry's presidential campaign is being re-tooled for President Obama.
Kristen Wiig sure sounds like somebody who is ready to leave Saturday Night Live, Republicans need a new pitcher for this year's Congressional Baseball Game, and John Kerry is a grandfather.
After a day of staring at Twitter, we're sharing our favorite tweets that made no sense.
Also: Alan Ball is stepping down as True Blood showrunner, the Stanley Cup is coming to Capitol Hill, and Sean Young's history of awards season mayhem.
John Kerry and Scott Brown team up to make sure DirecTV customers in Boston will be able to watch the Super Bowl, and the first round of bidding for the Dodgers is complete.
Mitt Romney says he paid exactly what federal tax laws require, but it's hard not to notice he also checks all the boxes of a cartoon version of a Wall Street villain: Swiss bank accounts, funds in the Cayman Islands, and, The New York Times reports, original IPO shares in Goldman Sachs.
Senator John Kerry apparently showed up to an event at the White House honoring the Stanley Cup winning Boston Bruins Monday in costume. Ouch!
What candidate is witty and smart and experienced enough to expose as a lie the narrative that President Obama is an eloquent orator?
Larry King is toasted not roasted, a Super Committee weekend outing, and two very different evenings with Ronald Reagan.
Steve Jobs seems like the early-frontrunner to be Time's Person of the Year, Barack Obama is cutting the free mugs and golf shirts out of the federal budget, and a 7-foot drag queen fascinates Paul Haggis.
Christiane Amanpour's ABC regrets, the Wenners are officially single again after all these years, and Barack Obama meets his team of Hollywood 'influencers.'
Perhaps Perry will win the nomination and prove too gun-slinging for the American people
A breakdown of campaign contributions to senators selected to serve on the super committee
Who isn't the Winter Hill Gang leader connected to in Boston?
House GOP unveils two proposals: one authorizes the mission, one sharply scales it back
This time he's got a 9-point lead over second-place Mike Huckabee
The pundits are not optimistic (again) about Mitt Romney's presidential run
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