The Democrats' naked power grab  —  “Congress is broken,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday before holding a party-line vote that disposed of rules that have guided and protected the chamber since 1789.  —  If Congress wasn't broken before, it certainly is now.

Extended: Obamacare enrollment deadline for January 1 coverage  —  (CNN) - The Obama administration announced Friday that the Department of Health and Human Services will extend a key Obamacare deadline by one week.  —  Americans can now sign up through December 23 in order to have health coverage start …

‘FLASH PRESIDENT DEAD’: How News Of The JFK Assassination Broke In Real Time  —  To watch the coverage of the Kennedy assassination 50 years later is to see just how raw and unformed so many parts of the news media that we now take for granted were, and to marvel at the ways in which our technology …

EXCLUSIVE — MCCONNELL: TEA PARTY ‘BULLIES’ WHO NEED PUNCH IN NOSE  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said on a conference call organized by Karl Rove's Crossroads organization for large donors and their advisers on Oct. 30 that the Tea Party movement, in his view, is a …

Stewart Mills, GOP congressional candidate, hits a beer bong [PHOTOS]  —  In June, we broke the news that Stewart Mills is a Packers fan.  That being the case, perhaps nobody should be surprised to learn that dude knows how to party.  —  Photos obtained by City Pages show Mills …

Katie Couric Negotiating ABC News Exit (Exclusive)  —  UPDATED: Couric is set to exit her role as ABC News special correspondent early as she nears a deal for an interview show on Yahoo.  —  Less than three years after joining ABC in a lucrative and wide-ranging deal that included …

Rush Limbaugh uses rape analogy on filibuster  —  Rush Limbaugh on Friday used a rape analogy as he told listeners about the Senate's historic filibuster rule change, touching off an immediate and intense backlash to comments that were called “offensive” and “despicable.”

Instruct the FCC and FAA that cell phone use is not appropriate on flights  —  The FCC announced today that it is seeking clearance to allow passenger use of cell phones during flights.  On the tail of a wonderful move allowing electronics throughout the use of the flight, the FCC seeks to go TOO FAR in this instance.

How to Win the Obama-Walker Voters  —  If conservative principles are the problem, then why are so many Republicans in office who campaigned on them?  —  In the wake of the 2012 elections, Republicans are being warned once again that they need to compromise their principles to win at the ballot box.

Georgia GOP dusts off Jim Crow tactic: Changing election date  —  For years, Augusta, Georgia, has held its local elections in November, when turnout is high.  But last year, state Republicans changed the election date to July, when far fewer blacks make it to the polls.

The South's New Lost Cause  —  Before he was immortalized for saving the union, freeing the slaves and giving the best political speech in American history, Abraham Lincoln was just an unpopular new president handed a colossal crisis.  Elected with 39.7 percent of the vote, Lincoln told a big lie in his inaugural address of 1861.

Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: November 2013  —  The latest Kaiser Health Tracking Poll finds the public's views souring on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in November, with about half having an unfavorable view of the law and a third having a favorable view, a gap that was seen only once before …

Democrats call Issa's Obamacare road show a ‘destructive’ political act  —  (CNN) - The top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Friday accused the panel's chairman of engaging in a “destructive political exercise” by launching a series of hearings on the road meant …

Expanding Social Security  —  For many years there has been one overwhelming rule for people who wanted to be considered serious inside the Beltway.  It was this: You must declare your willingness to cut Social Security in the name of “entitlement reform.”  It wasn't really about the numbers …