As best we can tell -- and you never really know about these things -- Barack and Michelle Obama have a pretty good marriage.

The best description I've ever seen of the United States Senate is as a group of 100 people, each armed with a nuclear weapon.

One year ago, the hopes were sky-high for Barack Obama.

Somewhere in the half-century fight for health-care reform, the public option became a liberal litmus test.

He may be one of Washington's hottest young journalists, but Garrett Graff spent enough time as a campaign flack to learn the art of the politically adept reply.

H e may be one of Washington's hottest young journalists, but Garrett Graff spent enough time as a campaign flack to learn the art of the politically adept reply.

From one side, Dick Cheney, whose last war didn't work out so well, is accusing President Obama of "dithering" on the conflict in Afghanistan.

From one side, Dick Cheney, whose last war didn't work out so well, is accusing President Obama of "dithering" on the conflict in Afghanistan.

The Foxified debate over whether the White House is being mean to a certain network is morphing into a broader argument about the politics of negativity.

Three years after Mel Gibson was arrested during a drunken, anti-Semitic tirade, Los Angeles authorities filed a search warrant seeking bank records attempting to trace cash from the Web site that broke the story: TMZ.