MARY CLARE JALONICK / The Associated PressMay 2, 2019
The attorney general's absence escalates an already acrimonious battle between Democrats and the Justice Department. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
GARY FINEOUT / The Associated PressFeb 1, 2018
In a blistering decision, a federal judge declares that the prohibition must be quickly changed. The action could have reverberations on this year’s elections. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigOct 18, 2014
When current Florida Gov. Rick Scott initially refused to debate former Gov. Charlie Crist due to a "ball fan" placed beneath Crist's legs Wednesday night, the "Daily Show" host rediscovered the reason he got into the business of political satire in the first place. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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E.J. Dionne Jr. / TruthdigAug 28, 2014
The short-term future of politics in the nation's capital will be determined in large part by which party ends up in control of the Senate. But for a sense of the long-term future of politics in the country as a whole, watch the governors' races. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigNov 27, 2012
A look at the day's political happenings, including another legal challenge to President Obama's health care law and billionaire Warren Buffet discusses what Congress should do about taxing the wealthy. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 5, 2012
President Obama accepts his party's nomination, former GOP Florida Gov. Charlie Crist switches sides and Michelle Obama will not be talking to an empty chair. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
E.J. Dionne Jr. / TruthdigDec 16, 2010
The "No Labels" group that held its inaugural meeting this week in the name of the political center fills me with passionate ambivalence. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 10, 2010
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has pardoned the late Doors frontman Jim Morrison on a conviction of showing his penis to a Miami concert audience in 1969. Morrison's bandmates have long claimed that the singer may have been belligerent, drunk and obnoxious that night but kept his instrument in his pants. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 3, 2010
The tea party movement took a hit and made a big score, respectively, in the defeat of Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell in Delaware and Marco Rubio's Senate victory in Florida over Gov. Charlie Crist. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 29, 2010
Fearing a win by tea party wunderkind Marco Rubio, Bill Clinton asked his friend Kendrick Meek, the Democrat in the race, to drop out and endorse Republican Gov. Charlie Crist's independent bid. Meek almost agreed, but ultimately decided to stick it out, according to reports. (continued) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 15, 2010
Once more, with feeling: President Barack Obama paid yet another visit to the disaster-stricken Gulf Coast on Tuesday to survey the scene and to do a little damage control of his own. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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