Perry brags about Texas educational standards, but the Houston Chronicle shows how low they are. More ›

Conservative critics suspect Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan would vote in favor of gay marriage. But that claim remains open to debate. More ›

Accusations have arisen that Democratic South Carolina Senate candidate Alvin Greene was a GOP plant. The party has asked him to withdraw, but so far the unemployed 32-year-old has refused. Can the Dems kick him off the ballot anyway? More ›

Alvin Greene, the surprise Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in South Carolina, has a way with words. It’s the way, though, of Sarah Palin and George W. Bush—a tortured relationship with the English language that prevents him from making his points, and that says to voters he may not be up to the job. More ›

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proved that maybe he was cut out for politics. Now, his lame-duck status has everyone—including himself—wondering what he'll do next. More ›

The original stimulus bill from 2009 offered subsidies for laid-off workers to extend their health-insurance coverage under COBRA, which is normally quite expensive. The period in which laid-off workers are eligible for COBRA subsidies was extended several times, but not in the House or new Senate versions of the measure. More ›

Oops. GOP Senate candidate Carly Fiorina was caught on-camera dissing Sen. Barbara Boxer's hair, and questioning Meg Whitman's decision to go on Sean Hannity's show. More ›

It's hard to imagine that the immigration debate in Arizona could get more extreme, but it did this week when Arizona State Treasurer Dean Martin, a Republican candidate for governor, suggested Tuesday that the state could build tent cities to house what could be a vastly rising number of illegal immigrants arrested under the state's new immigration law. More ›

All 41 Republicans—and six Democrats—fail to stop the Environmental Protection Agency from cracking down on top polluters. More ›

As mandated by the laws of punditry, the day after a big election is usually spent trying to reduce the previous evening's results into one easily digestible narrative. But last night's results from California—and from the rest of the country—defy easy categorization. Maybe that's for the best. More ›