Ground Zero

Last night Jon Stewart hosted Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) to discuss the Democratic wins in the Lame Duck session and the future of the Senate in 2011.  Stewart sarcastically complimented Gillibrand on passing real Legislation through t…

Yahoo! Buzz Incoming House Speaker John Boehner , in his first Press Release of the new year, praises – what else? – an effort to cut spending. In the release issued Tuesday, Mr. Boehner points out that the House will be considering a re…

This was the end of the long fight, at the end of a presidential Vacation in Hawaii, the President signing the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act into law. Much has been made of the fact that the occasion was so quiet. So were the he…

“On Sunday, January 2, 2011, the President signed into law: H.R. 847, the ‘James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act,’ which establishes the World Trade Center Health Program and extends and expands eligibility for compensat…

The President is taking time out of his Hawaiian Vacation to do a little business by signing the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act on Sunday. Named for an NYPD detective who died from ruined lungs because of the Toxic Chemicals he w…

A favorable Enthusiasm Gap heading into the 2010 Midterm Elections signaled a marquee year for Republicans and conservative interest groups across the country. That gap came by way of liberals disappointed by congressional inaction and Conservativ…

Was it just a mis-typed tweet? On Sarah Palin’s Alaska Sunday, Sarah Palin mentioned the dustup over her use of the made-up word “refudiate,” telling husband Todd she’d merely made a typo while sending a Twitter message on …

Amid the familial banter that took place on Sunday's episode of "Sarah Palin's Alaska," the former Alaska Governor went beyond criticism of conservationists to explain the much ridiculed genesis of her faux-word, "refudiate." Politico reports on…