Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s sudden announcement Friday that she will resign at the end of July came as a complete shock to the Alaska political establishment. The choreography suggested that was by design.

Whatever other motivations she had, …

After U.S. troops moved out of Iraqi cities this past week, top administration and defense officials head to the Sunday talk shows to map out the next steps in the Middle East.

Vice President Joe Biden appears on …

[This award-winning column by Roger Simon was written on July 4, 1976, and has been reprinted every year since.]

I have done some pretty awful things in the name of journalism. I have rushed up to interview mothers …

In remarks on the Fourth of July holiday, President Barack Obama said Americans needed to "summon the same spirit that inhabited Independence Hall 233 years ago today," and tackle – not defer – the major problems facing the nation. …

Sarah Palin’s jaw-dropping announcement that she is quitting her job as Alaska governor before finishing even her first term has divided Republican ranks and the wider political community in a very familiar fashion.

Many establishment GOP operatives and …

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin plans to remain extremely visible and will give serious consideration to running for president in 2012, but has made no decision, a close friend said after her startling announcement Friday that she will resign her office. …

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announced Friday that she was resigning her office later this month, a stunning decision that could free her to run for president more easily but also raises questions about her political standing at home. …

After four days in Colorado for the Aspen Ideas Festival, it’s time to return back to the East Coast, where intellectual conferences aren’t fueled by, say, endless amounts of pomegranate juice. But before we go, time to catch you up …

Meeting with energy entrepreneurs Thursday afternoon, President Obama urged his guests to speak up on behalf of the American Clean Energy and Security bill that passed the House of Representatives last Friday.

"He asked all of us to get out and …

ALTON, Va. – Rep. Tom Perriello relishes an energy fight with Republicans – even here in the rural southside.

The freshman lawmaker understands the potential consequences that he and other vulnerable Democrats face for backing a sweeping climate-change …