Alex Pappas

A new book on Barack Obama reveals fresh details about the president’s youthful days as an avid smoker of marijuana -- a time when he and his fellow weed smokers called themselves the “Choom Gang.” (more)

Embattled Massachusetts senate candidate Elizabeth Warren has argued over the last several weeks that she didn’t know Harvard has been promoting her as a Native American minority. (more)

One thing is clear: embattled Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren isn’t happy that she is still being asked about her claimed Native American heritage. (more)

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Mitt Romney likes PBS, but says it’s time for the public broadcasting television network to stop relying on taxpayer funding and find private income sources instead. (more)

The Republican National Convention has cut ties with a well-respected GOP operative whose name was connected to a super PAC proposal to run commercials reminding voters about President Barack Obama’s bombastic old preacher, Rev. Jeremiah Wright. (more)

Republicans are blaming a “liberal bias” in the media for the lack of attention given to the harassment allegations made against former Surgeon General Richard Carmona, who is running for the U.S. Senate in Arizona. (more)

He flirted with a run for president of his own when polls showed him competitive. He has since raised money for Mitt Romney and has served as a surrogate for the presumptive Republican nominee on the campaign trail. (more)

A biography of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is about to hit the bookshelves — just as his name continues to get thrown around as potential vice presidential candidate in 2012. (more)

The authors of a Chris Christie biography set for release on June 5 argue that the New Jersey governor would be a “productive vice president” if presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney were to choose him as his running mate for a winning ticket in November. (more)

Arizona Rep. Ben Quayle’s campaign is accusing its GOP primary rival of sending a young woman to spy on its campaign headquarters Thursday. (more)

Another person has been injured after a crash involving Vice President Joe Biden’s motorcade. (more)

Wealthy conservative Joe Ricketts will not bankroll a super PAC's effort to revive the issue of President Obama’s inflammatory pastor Jeremiah Wright in the presidential election, the political action committee said in a statement Thursday. (more)

The campaign of 25-year-old California congressional candidate Ricky Gill is accusing Democratic-aligned trackers of stalking him after uncovering several YouTube videos showing the Republican candidate being secretly followed. (more)

You haven’t heard of John Wolfe because the obscure Democratic candidate for president has raised less than $500, can’t afford radio or TV ads and hasn’t gotten much press. (more)

The message from national Republicans in 2010 was “Fire Nancy Pelosi.” (more)

A top campaign official for Ron Paul’s presidential campaign says there’s “no chance” that the Texas Republican congressman will endorse Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson for president over presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney. (more)

Former President George W. Bush is budgeted to receive the most money from taxpayers of all the living ex-presidents. (more)

Cornell Law School professor William A. Jacobson, citing a genealogist, claimed Tuesday that Massachusetts Senate hopeful Elizabeth Warren's ancestry includes a great-great-great grandfather who helped round up Cherokees in the days leading to the Trail of Tears. (more)

Taxpayers spent $15,000 on former President Jimmy Carter's postage in 2010, according to a report released Tuesday about federal spending on ex-presidents. (more)