A loophole in Americans for Tax Reform’s anti-tax pledge may give the 235 House Republicans and 41 Senate Republicans who signed it a way to raise revenues without breaking the rules. Pledge author Grover Norquist told The Washington Post editorial board that allowing the Bush-era tax cuts to expire would…

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Less than six months after first appearing as an “interim host” on MSNBC, Cenk Uygur is explaining why he left the network. For the past week, Rev. Al Sharpton had been hosting in Uygur’s 6 p.m. timeslot. MSNBC said that the netowrk “decided to make a change at 6 p.m.”…

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Olivier Odom and Jennifer Tipton, a recently married lesbian couple from Tennessee, claim Dollywood’s Splash Country amusement park discriminated against them. When Odom arrived at the front gate, she was asked to take off her shirt, which read, “Marriage is so gay,” and turn it inside out. She was told…

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Piers Morgan, the former editor for Rupert Murdoch’s now-defunct News of the World, dedicated a segment of his CNN show Monday to defending the media mogul. Former New York Post reporter Vicky Ward, who is a personal friend of Murdoch’s, joined Morgan. “Piers, I just got a call an hour…

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A potential investigation of News Corp. by the British Serious Fraud Office (SFO) may be turn out to be more devastating to Rupert Murdoch than allegations of phone hacking and bribery. Former minister Tom Watson urged SFO to investigate, telling them that payments made to police officers were a “gross…

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An estimated crowd of 5,000 people gathered this morning to vie for a voucher for housing assistance in Dallas, Texas. Only 100 vouchers were available, and when an official told the massive crowd — containing some people who had been camped out since Wednesday — to line up, the chaos…

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Tea party favorite Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) Sunday dismissed calls for Congress to hold hearings to find out if Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. had broken U.S. law by hacking phones or bribing police. “We need to let law enforcement work here,” DeMint told NBC’s David Gregory. “Congress has got a…

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The man who was mayor of New York City during the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks is defending his longtime friend Rupert Murdoch against allegations that his company tried to hack the phones of 9/11 victims. “Sure,” former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani told CNN’s Candy Crowley Thursday. “I…

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Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said Thursday that the deadline for raising the debt ceiling could not be extended. “There is unanimity in [the debt negotiations] that we are a country that meets its obligations and pay our bills and we’ll act and do what’s necessary to make sure we can…

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Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) tripped up Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke during a hearing Wednesday when he asked why central banks hold stockades of gold and diamonds. Bernanke initially tried to explain that many people invest in gold futures because it can help hedge risks in other markets and acts…

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