Alex Pappas

A Harvard Law School professor who defended Elizabeth Warren against charges she unfairly obtained her teaching position by falsely claiming a Native American minority heritage is a donor to her U.S. Senate campaign. (more)

The chief strategist for President Obama’s re-election campaign says “there’s a very clear distinction in this race” on the issue of gay marriage — despite the fact that Obama and presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney both agree it shouldn’t be legal. (more)

The chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party is asking Harvard University to investigate whether Democratic Senate hopeful Elizabeth Warren committed “academic fraud” in the 1990s and ‘80s by claiming to be a Native American minority. (more)

A former Alabama gubernatorial candidate has left his family in the United States because he is “obsessed” with being a sperm donor in New Zealand, his wife says. (more)

New Hampshire Speaker of the House William O'Brien told The Daily Caller that Mitt Romney would be “making a good selection” if he chose Sen. Kelly Ayotte as his running mate. (more)

Massachusetts Senate hopeful Elizabeth Warren is still scrambling to explain why she once claimed to be a Native American minority. (more)

It would not have been “appropriate” for Massachusetts Senate hopeful Elizabeth Warren to claim to be an American Indian minority if she did so solely to get a professional advantage, says a former U.S. senator who was once the only Native American in Congress. (more)

The political world has been abuzz this week with the revelation that Harvard once found it advantageous to consider Massachusetts Senate hopeful Elizabeth Warren a minority because of her distant Native American ancestry. (more)

A prominent Native American group says Massachusetts Senate hopeful Elizabeth Warren had “better be able to defend” her past claims of being an American Indian minority. (more)

A Tennessee man has developed an iPhone application that tells users if someone is a Republican or Democrat after scanning that person’s photo. (more)

An anecdote in a new behind-the-scenes book by author Robert Draper has outraged liberals, but the revelation isn't exactly news. (more)

A liberal organic farming business in Los Angeles says the corporation will mount an effort to run for mayor of the city, according to a spokeswoman for the company. (more)

Republican pollster Ed Goeas says the next thirty days are “going to be the most important thirty days of the framing” of President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign. (more)

It cost taxpayers nearly a half-million dollars for first lady Michelle Obama to travel to Spain in 2010, according to an analysis by Judicial Watch. (more)

Former Mississippi Gov. Haley’s Barbour said anyone already pontificating on whom Mitt Romney should choose as his running mate should just “shut up” because it’s too early. (more)

Talking Points Memo is hardly a fan of the tea party movement, but that didn’t stop a domain broker from making an odd inquiry into whether the left-leaning news organization would be interested in purchasing TeaParty.com. (more)

President Barack Obama says that Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart is "brilliant" and that the liberal comedian has more “credibility” than some established news organizations. (more)

The normally loquacious Senate Republican caucus is being uncharacteristically mum about whom they think presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney should pick to play Robin to his Batman. (more)

A Democratic lawmaker may have violated prohibitions against soliciting campaign contributions on government property while appearing on MSNBC on Monday night. (more)

Marco Rubio insists he’s not angling to be Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s running mate, but his schedule this week might indicate otherwise. (more)