Yep, it's true. There's no shame in America, only a rehab industry. Mark Foley, the Florida Republican who left Congress in 2006 amid accusations he sent lurid e-mails to male House pages, is credited with helping to sour the electorate's...... MORE

When he campaigned for president, Barack Obama promised to reverse the record of George W. Bush when it came to global warming. But so far, all he's been able to achieve is a bill through the House -- not yet...... MORE

When South Carolina's Joe Wilson pointed his finger at President Obama and shouted out on the House floor, "You lie!" it arguably marked a new low in American politics. It also exposed the essential quality of politics these days --...... MORE

It was classic David Letterman -- acerbic in a fun way -- and vintage Barack Obama -- charmingly modest. Asked about Jimmy Carter's charge that opposition to Obama's healthcare reform is rooted in racism, the president said, "I was actually...... MORE

An afternoon of important photograph-taking consumes the VP's Tuesday.... MORE

Ah, Iowa, land of corn -- and now, movie-making corruption. The Farm Belt is learning a painful lesson these days in the glitzy, star-studded world of Hollywood's accounting practices: Like in the baseball movie "Field of Dreams," if you build...... MORE

"Do you really want Bill and Hillary just down the hall from you in the White House?" First Lady Michelle Obama reportedly asked her husband. "Could you live with that?" According to a new book by Christopher Andersen, Michelle Obama...... MORE

Taylor Branch is a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, a specialist on civil rights issues, who lives in Baltimore, about an hour's drive from Washington. During the Clinton administration, he was down in Washington a lot. In fact, President Clinton called 79...... MORE

When President Obama arrived in Troy, N.Y., he wanted to speak about the economy and innovation. But it was the same old confusion in Democratic Party politics that was the first item on the agenda. Two days after a published...... MORE

Just when it seemed the John Edwards saga couldn't get any more sordid, new revelations come that the 2004 Democratic vice presidential candidate and former North Carolina senator wants to acknowledge he is the father of a child born to...... MORE

It was a major media blitz, unprecedented in recent memory. President Obama -- selling healthcare, parsing Afghanistan, dodging ACORN -- conducted a marathon of interviews with top TV networks. Taped Friday from the White House Roosevelt Room, the 15-minute sessions...... MORE

It was a major media blitz, unprecedented in recent memory. President Obama -- selling healthcare, parsing Afghanistan, dodging ACORN -- conducted a marathon of interviews with top TV networks. Taped Friday from the White House Roosevelt Room, the 15-minute sessions...... MORE

The front-runners for California's 2010 gubernatorial race are taking the campaign to Twitter, led by Gavin Newsom. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, too, is tweeting and live streaming.... MORE

An event to watch and feel and ponder as it unfolds -- and after.... MORE

Mitt Romney and Tim Pawlenty were among those lagging behind Mike Huckabee in a straw poll of presidential contenders at a conference of social conservatives this weekend in Washington.... MORE

Also Bertha Lewis of ACORN, GOP Chair Michael Steele, Reps. Darrel Issa and John Boehner, Sens. Lindsey Graham, Mitch McConnell, Carl Levin and Sherrod Brown.... MORE

President Obama's Rosh Hashana message continued a tradition of presidential greetings on the Jewish holiday, a tradition carried by Ford, Reagan, Clinton, among others.... MORE

Obama talks of the G-20 and economy; GOP's Myrick of affordable healthcare reforms.... MORE

The former Miss California tells the Family Research Council's gathering in Washington, "I knew God had a plan for me."... MORE

They see intelligence workers fearful of future political investigations.... MORE

Democrat VP sent to Iraq during healthcare debate but now he's back.... MORE

Following a long presidential tradition, President Obama offered a message on Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year and start of the high holy days.... MORE

Barack Obama's lightsaber pose has inspired "Star Wars" fans to Photoshop him into various Jedi poses.... MORE

Also a Facebook thief plus a wrestling exec goes for a Senate seat.... MORE

Also a Facebook thief plus a wrestling exec goes for a Senate seat.... MORE

Jimmy Carter, a black Harvard professor and race relations were among the topics reporters raised with White House spokesman Robert Gibbs this week.... MORE

Dropping land-based missiles in Europe will make the Russians happy, but what about others?... MORE

As he weighs the next step in the war in Afghanistan, President Obama today bestowed the nation’s highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, to a Massachusetts man who gave his life trying to save a fellow soldier. “What can...... MORE

Full text of joint news conference with Prime Minister Stephen Harper and U.S. president.... MORE

Shocking photo of Democrat Obama stabbing a White House spectator with a pretend sword.... MORE

Let the Republican-on-Republican carnage begin. In recent weeks, Nevada’s embattled GOP – plagued with an indicted lieutenant governor, a philandering senator and a governor who has been the grand marshal in the party’s parade of scandals – returned to fighting...... MORE

ACORN, the activist group, has become a political headache for the Obama administration.... MORE

Former President Jimmy Carter, who has a habit of stirring controversy, said this morning that "an overwhelming portion" of those opposing President Obama's policies are racist. In an interview with NBC's Brian Williams, Carter lobbed a bomb into Washington politics,...... MORE

Full text (Applause) of the Democrat's speech (Applause) to AFL-CIO, including the chants of support. (Chant. Chant)... MORE

Some students in Texas who missed President Obama's speech to the nation's schoolchildren also missed a chance to see former President Bush because of efforts to keep the curriculum apolitical.... MORE

Text of Democrat's speech at fundraiser for new Democrat Arlen Specter in Philadelphia.... MORE

Former Democrat president takes unusual step of endorsing one candidate in a state Democrat primary, choosing Gavin Newsom over Jerry Brown for governor next year.... MORE

Good guy or bad guy, either way both parties are making money off of Wilson's outburst..... MORE

Good guy or bad guy, either way both parties are making money off of Wilson's outburst..... MORE

Monday: New York City. Tuesday: Ohio and Pennsylvania.... MORE