Monica Lewinsky Breaks Silence on Clinton Affair

Staff / Truthdig May 7, 2014 It is time to stop "tiptoeing around my past -- and other people's futures," she said, in a possible reference to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's expected White House run in 2016. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Imminent Return of the ‘Clinton Scandals’

Joe Conason / Truthdig Feb 15, 2014 Hillary Clinton may well run for president in 2016. Or she may not. But while the nation awaits her decision, both jittery Republican politicians and titillated political journalists -- often in concert -- will seize upon any excuse to recycle those old "Clinton scandals." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

GOP Hunts for Controversy in ‘The Hillary Papers’

Staff / Truthdig Feb 12, 2014 The GOP isn't taking any chances when it comes to Hillary Clinton's 2016 run for the White House, which seems all the more inevitable the more people call it inevitable. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Top 10 Reasons Rand Paul’s Lewinsky Gambit Can’t Obscure GOP War on Women

Juan Cole / Truthdig Feb 10, 2014 Sen. Rand Paul, in preparation for his run at the presidency in 2016, has been attempting to deflect the GOP disadvantage with women by bringing up the Bill Clinton/ Monica Lewinsky scandal. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

A Great American Tradition

John Darkow, Cagle Cartoons, Columbia Daily Tribune, Missouri Nov 8, 2013 Dig deeper

Plagiarizing Clinton

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Scandal Trolls Come Back for Hillary

Joe Conason / Truthdig Apr 4, 2013 By all accounts, Hillary Rodham Clinton has not yet decided whether to seek the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination. But the prospect of her candidacy, combined with her undeniable popularity, is agitating certain commentators so deeply that they simply cannot withhold their bile. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Romney’s Tax Discrepancy, Bachmann’s Election Troubles, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Sep 14, 2012 A look at the day's political happenings, including the 21st-century version of prohibition and Ohio Gov. John Kasich's comment about women that sounds like it's straight out of the 1950s. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Kenneth Starr’s New Gig

Staff / Truthdig Feb 16, 2010 Remember Kenneth Starr? You can bet anyone associated even peripherally with Bill Clinton's administration does. Starr, former United States solicitor general and the major driving force behind the public exposure and investigation of the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal, is leaving his position as dean at Pepperdine University Law School in Malibu to be president of Baylor University in Waco, Texas. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

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Linda Tripp Gets Literary

Staff / Truthdig Nov 14, 2008 Blast-from-the-past alert! The world has undoubtedly been waiting to hear the sage words of former Monica Lewinsky confidante Linda Tripp (channeled in this photo by John Goodman on "SNL") concerning the historic election of America's first black president, and luckily, she has delivered. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )