Staff / TruthdigJun 8, 2016
The incumbent senator, who faces a tough re-election race this fall, called the rhetoric of the presumptive Republican presidential candidate “dead wrong” and “un-American.” Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Emma Niles / TruthdigMar 15, 2016
A Carson interview has caused speculation about whether the former presidential candidate was illegally promised an appointment in a Trump administration. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Eugene Robinson / TruthdigJan 22, 2016
Palin's endorsement of front-runner Donald Trump this week was a master class in surrealist poetry. Geniuses of the Dada movement would have been humbled by her obliteration of the bourgeois concept we call logic. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigMay 15, 2013
A look at the day's political happenings, including Stephen Colbert celebrates the IRS scandal and a Florida mayoral candidate touts an endorsement from Jesus. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 6, 2012
A look at the day's political happenings, including presidential endorsements by a former veep nominee and a "Simpsons" character, plus a bookmaker pays out on the White House race before Election Day. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigAug 31, 2012
A look at the day's political happenings, including the latest possible feud between Sarah Palin and Fox News and what was possibly the biggest lie in Paul Ryan's very misleading convention speech. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 15, 2012
George W. Bush announced his support for Mitt Romney on Tuesday in an unorthodox manner for a politician: He blurted it out from an elevator while the doors were closing. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 23, 2011
So, Lady Gaga struck a deal with Target to release a special version of her new album, "Born This Way," which rankled some of her core devotees, as the retail giant had made a supersized slip-up in the political arena with contributions to a political action committee . Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 14, 2011
In the world of advertising, celebrity always equals money, and anything that these luminaries -- whether from entertainment, sports or even politics -- touch (even by accident) is tantamount to tangible, profitable product placement, right? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 3, 2008
Nixon's former counsel has written a scathing review of conservative Republican politics and says the McCain-Palin ticket, which "scares the hell out of me," fits the mold. How's this for an endorsement?: "If Obama is rejected on November 4th for another authoritarian conservative like McCain, I must ask if Americans are sufficiently intelligent to competently govern themselves." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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