Towns Is Said to Decline to Run Again for Congress(NYT)Brooklyn Rep. Ed Towns, who was facing a vigorous primary challenge from Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries and Councilman Charles Barron, will not seek re-election. Two recent high-profile setbacks also... »
The more money donors gave to President Obama, the more likely they have been to land an invite – sometimes multiple invites – to the White House. Eleven Secret Service agents have been placed on leave due to what one expert called the biggest scandal ... »
President Obama a few days ago mocked Mitt Romney for calling Rep. Paul Ryan's budget plan "marvelous." "He said that he's 'very supportive' of this new budget, and he even called it 'marvelous,' which is a word you don't often... »
Wall Street’s top Democrats were out in force Thursday night at the $71,000-a-couple, 60-person fund-raising dinner with President Obama at Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s ABC Kitchen. »
President Barack Obama called Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke and expressed disappointment that her position on contraception coverage prompted Rush Limbaugh to deride her as a “slut” on his radio talk show. The Monty Python-reference question Cuom... »
Marilyn Monroe is selected as the icon of the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. New Google privacy policy may violate European law. Mitt Romney has a big night, but so does Barack Obama. Once film-focused, Netflix transitions to TV shows. Ben Simington on Wer... »
The Times says that a Congressional ethics committee should follow up on their reporting on Michael Grimm. Shelly Silver doesn't sound inclined to go along with Andrew Cuomo's pension reform. In a pre-emptive strike, Assembly Democrats are pushing thei... »
WASHINGTON — Republicans are ready to ram through the House an election-year, $3.5 trillion budget that showcases their deficit-cutting plan for revamping Medicare and slicing everything from food stamps to transportation. »
