On Wednesday, President Obama will be the featured speaker at a fundraiser for Organizing for Action, the purported "non-partisan" successor to his 2012 Obama for America presidential campaign committee. Donors at the fundraiser, many of whom contributed to President Obama's previous political campaigns, are paying $50,000 per person for the privilege of having yet another opportunity to hear the President.
13 Mar 2013
Earlier this month, several tech savvy young Republican consultants and policy strategists, all under the age of forty, announced the establishment of the Empower Action Group, a conservative counterpart to the left's successful New Organizing Institute.
Patrick Ruffini, the thirty-four year old head of Engage DC, a well respected new media firm, spearheaded efforts to launch the organization. Ruffini has a long track record of digital successes.
11 Mar 2013
The papal conclave that will select the next pope will begin on Tuesday. The procession of cardinals into the Vatican's Sistine Chapel will start at 4:30 pm. By 5:30 pm, the doors of the chapel will be closed, and all communication with the outside world will cease, save for the traditional twice daily streams of smoke that fly up the chapel's chimney indicating the progress the cardinals are making.
10 Mar 2013
A dozen Republican senators, including John McCain (R-AZ), Bob Corker (R-TN), Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Ron Johnson (R-WI), chose to dine with President Obama at a Washington hotel Wednesday evening rather than join Senator Rand Paul on the Senate floor to provide him brief ten-minute question breaks during his historic filibuster.
7 Mar 2013
Fresh off a victory over 32-oz soft drink containers, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg reportedly hopes to tell residents of the Big Apple how to use their earphones.
6 Mar 2013
Wednesday evening, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) gave filibustering Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) a brief break during a planned question period by reading #StandWithRand tweets that have dominated the Twittersphere today.
6 Mar 2013
Two of the largest airports in the United States have contradicted claims from the federal government that the minor spending cuts of the Budget Control Act's sequester have caused delays for passengers.
6 Mar 2013
On Tuesday, the American Conservative Union announced that Donald Trump will speak at its 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), which will be held in Washington, D.C. at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center from Thursday, March 14th to Saturday, March 16th.
5 Mar 2013
Though she is a fixture at University of Kentucky basketball games, Ms. Judd has lived in a different state for almost twenty years.
2 Mar 2013
Fred DeLuca, who founded the wildly successful Subway sandwich chain in 1965, told CNBC on Wednesday what every small businessman in America knows. Government regulations have become so great they have throttled the ability of entrepreneurs to create new businesses
1 Mar 2013