Mark Z. Barabak

Picking up where their last debate left off, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich resumed battling Thursday night over personal integrity and the tenor of their respective campaigns, each accusing the...

Sharing a debate stage for the first time, Republicans Rick Perry and Mitt Romney sparred Wednesday night in a series of testy exchanges over jobs, Social Security and the proper...

Sarah Palin, who has kept herself at the center of political debate with a best-selling book, an appearance on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" and controversial Facebook postings, has signed on...

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg narrowly won a third term last week, but he also earned -- or, rather, very handsomely paid for -- a less-welcome distinction, becoming the...

Former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush have pulled out of a joint appearance scheduled for this winter in Los Angeles after growing unhappy with the way the event...

Republicans loved and loathed Edward Kennedy, a duality that surfaced in the mix of tributes and condemnations that flowed Wednesday from across the political aisle -- and underscored the difficulty...

Nevada Sen. John Ensign's wealthy parents paid his mistress and her family $96,000, the conservative lawmaker revealed Thursday, an admission that caused even allies to question his continued effectiveness as...

California is getting the attention, but there is a legislative body even more divided, more hapless and more dysfunctional than the one in Sacramento. For almost a month, ever since...

Faced with growing anger among gay supporters, President Barack Obama is expected Wednesday to extend health care and other benefits to the gay and lesbian partners of federal employees. His...

Could this be an episode of "Family Feud," New York style? The contestants are: Clintons, Kennedys and Cuomos, America's most famous Democratic dynasties. The prize they're sniffing around is a...