Jersey Shore reality star Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi participated in ample political discussion at Monday’s Washington Auto Show. She said former President George W. Bush ‘was pretty cute for an old man,’ talked about her support for Ariz. Sen. John McCain, and even discussed how she’d handle being Commander in Chief. (more)
She may have dismissed Sen. Chuck Schumer on Monday and blown off Fox’s Bill O’Reilly last month, but “Jersey Shore” reality star Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi hasn’t totally ruled out the discussion of politics. (more)
It was with great fanfare and a measure of controversy that ABC News named Christiane Amanpour to anchor its Sunday morning show “This Week” after George Stephanopoulos moved on to host “Good Morning America.” (more)
DELAWARE, Ohio — A man accused of attempting to collect boys’ urine from a restroom at a fast food restaurant waived his right to a jury trial on Monday. (more)
In our Daily Caller column last week about immigration, we focused on policy and aggressively argued the case that America should import 100 million more immigrants of all types, including science PhDs and the working poor. Doing so would grow our economy, strengthen our position relative to China, and showcase America’s values. (more)
Sen. John McCain, namesake of a landmark campaign finance reform law, said he and Democrat Russ Feingold were worried about donations coming from undisclosed sources but said “it is what it is” with regard to the vast amounts of money spent on this election. (more)
Conservative Democratic Rep. Gene Taylor (Miss.) said over the weekend that voted against his own party when he went to the ballot box to vote for president in 2008. (more)
Former Republican presidential contender John McCain reunited with his onetime advisor Carly Fiorina on the campaign trail Saturday in San Diego, offering a blistering indictment of Barbara Boxer’s record on military issues and calling her the “most bitterly partisan, most anti-defense senator in the United States Senate today” — an assessment he said he’d made while having “the unpleasant experience” of serving with her. (more)
At 1:45 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon, in a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, President Obama awarded the Medal of Honor to its third recipient since the beginning of the War in Afghanistan. (more)
For the first time since the end of her father’s 2008 presidential bid, Meghan McCain, Sen. John McCain’s daughter, spoke out about Sarah Palin, writing in a new book that Palin brought “drama, stress, complications, panic and loads of uncertainty” to the losing campaign. (more)
John McCain may be in the political battle of his life to save his Senate seat in Arizona — but he’s a Twitter genius, according to a new report released Thursday. (more)
Will Republicans gain the net 40 seats they need for a majority in the House? Several factors will certainly help. (more)
When she was first given the gavel of the House ethics committee, Rep. Zoe Lofgren said she wasn’t looking forward to chairing the panel that nobody wants to hear from. (more)
WASHINGTON — Telling a Senate panel that he would not be a “hood ornament,” the Obama administration’s candidate to become national intelligence director pledged Tuesday that despite the job’s vague authority, he would try to bring an end to turf battles and bureaucratic bloat in America’s spy agencies. (more)
The Obama administration’s nominee to be the next director of national intelligence is expected to face questions from Congress on Tuesday about the expansion of top-secret agencies and contracts, after reports in The Washington Post showing that these efforts have become “so unwieldy and so secretive” that effective oversight is impossible. (more)
Does anyone think there might be something suspicious behind the timing of President Obama’s quick family vacation to Maine this past weekend? (more)
There’s not a single black Republican in Congress today, but Allen West could change that if he wins his election this November. The Sarah Palin-backed veteran running for Florida’s 22nd House district says, however, that this fact is not very important. (more)
Despite NASA Administrator Charles Bolden’s claim that President Obama told him it was NASA’s “foremost” mission to reach out to the Muslim world, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said today that this is not a NASA responsibility. (more)
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced Thursday the nomination of Marine Gen. James N. Mattis as commander of U.S. Central Command. If confirmed, Mattis would replace Gen. David Petraeus, who last week assumed command of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, and would be responsible for U.S. forces in the Middle East, North Africa and the Arabian Gulf, including Iraq and Afghanistan. (more)
Where’s the outrage over this headline? (more)
