Politics

While many Republicans have been rushing to distance themselves from Minnesota Congresswoman Rep. Michele Bachmann's recent campaign to root out what she believes are Islamic infiltrators in the U.S. government, one former presidential primary rival is coming to her aid. Former Speaker of the House Rep. Newt Gingrich (R-GA) said on Politico Live's Internet-only TV show "Driving the Day" that Bachmann's inquiry is being unfairly maligned for asking questions that he believes need to be answered.

Fox News host Bill O'Reilly on Monday blasted PBS host Bill Moyers who after a deadly shooting that left at least 12 dead in Colorado, accused the National Rifle Association (NRA) of turning the Second Amendment into a "cruel and deadly hoax."

The up-by-his-bootstraps businessman who stars in an ad for Republican hopeful Mitt Romney seems to have built his business through government-sponsored loans, putting a dent in the campaign's attack on President Barack Obama's saying to business owners, "you didn’t get there on your own."

Fox News host Brian Kilmeade on Tuesday offered definitive proof that President Barack Obama was wrong to say that government played a part in building businesses: a lemonade stand own by two 4- and 7-year-old girls.

The director of issues analysis of a conservative fundamentalist Christian organization on Monday blamed the massacre that left at least 12 dead in Aurora, Colorado on "the liberals' way" of teaching evolution in schools instead of prayer and the Ten Commandments.

After pausing Monday night to offer his sympathy to the community of Aurora, following Friday's multiple theater shooting, Stephen Colbert expressed regret on The Colbert Report - that he couldn't join in on the rampant partisan speculation around media circles.

Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) on Monday urged Congress to pass the Voter Empowerment Act, legislation that would make it easier to register to vote.

Three National Security Agency whistle blowers told Viewpoint host Eliot Spitzer on Monday that the agency was gathering information on every person in the United States.

Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA) said Monday that legislatures across the country were afraid of imposing stricter gun regulation because of the political power of the National Rifle Association.

The United States cannot push back a debate about gun control after the mass shooting in Colorado, according to Colin Goddard, who was shot four times during the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre.

Sarah Palin fans who are disappointed that the former vice presidential candidate won't be speaking at the GOP convention in Tampa next month won't be left hanging because her stripper look-alike will be entertaining hard-working Republicans at a local "gentleman's club."

Two Canadian doctors are telling on President Barack Obama and presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney that the war on drugs is actually making it harder to fight AIDS.

The Jim Henson Company announced on Friday that it was ending its relationship with the Christian restaurant chain, Chick-fil-A, and would no longer be offering The Muppets toys in kids' meals.