Russ Feingold endorses Occupy Wall Street: “This will make the Tea Party look like ... a tea party.”  —  “I'm really encouraged by what I'm seeing.  People around the country are finally organizing to stand up to the huge influence of corporations on government and our lives.

Roger Ailes: I Hired Sarah Palin Because She Was ‘Hot And Got Ratings’ … Fox News , Sarah Palin , Roger Ailes , Cable News , Fox News 15th Anniversary , Fox News Anniversary , Roger Ailes Sarah Palin , Roger Ailes Wolf Blitzer , Media News  —  NEW YORK — As the most powerful man in the universe …

With Christie Out, Romney Is Back On Top Of Gop Pack, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Perry Fades As Cain Surges  —  With New Jersey Gov. Christopher Christie out of the Republican presidential race, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney jumps to a 22 percent lead …

Senate Democrats rewrite Obama's jobs bill  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are scrambling to rewrite portions of President Barack Obama's jobs bill, even as Obama tries to blame Republicans for Congress' failure to act.  —  Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell moved to call …

Poll sees a new low in Americans' approval of Congress  —  View Photo Gallery —  New polling shows congressional popularity is at an all-time low of 14 percent.  You'd be surprised at some of the things in history that have been more popular than the current Congress.

Official: Obama to embark on bus tour of NC, Va.  —  WASHINGTON—A White House official says President Barack Obama is planning a bus tour through the politically important states of North Carolina and Virginia later this month to push for his jobs plan.  —  The trip is scheduled for Oct. 17-19 …

Q&A with Palin Advisor-Turned-Novelist Nicolle Wallace  —  Nicolle Wallace knows her politics.  She served as White House communications chief under George W. Bush and also worked as a senior advisor on the McCain-Palin 2008 campaign.  Her second novel, It's Classified …

Wisconsin Judge Rules No Right to Own a Cow or Drink Its Milk  —  WI Judge to Zinniker, FTCLDF: No “Fundamental Right to Own a Cow, or Consume Its Milk... Am I Making Myself Clear?”  —  ~ David Gumpert  —  FTCLDF  —  In a decision denying basic property rights and even exceeding …

Washington Wants a Say Over Your Minister  —  The Supreme Court weighs whether the feds can decide which church employees are clergy and which aren't.  —  Today, the Obama administration will invite the Supreme Court to open a new front in the culture wars.

Rep. Steve King Daydreams About The Good Ol' Days When Only Property Owners Voted  —  In a Judiciary Committee hearing on a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) used his allotted time to daydream out loud about an era of American history when only male property owners were allowed to vote.

West to Jackson: ‘Take two!’  —  Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) has just one piece of advice for Samuel L. Jackson - focus on your film career and stop talking about politics.  —  “I think Samuel Jackson needs to pay more attention to the upcoming release of the movie ‘Avengers’ next summer and not …

Getting It Right: Dean of George Mason Law Sets Excellent Example  —  All too often here at FIRE, we find ourselves up to our necks in campus censorship.  For example, in just the last few weeks, we've seen a professor threatened by campus police for posting a sci-fi quote and a coalition …

Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth, an Elder Statesman for Civil Rights, Dies at 89  —  The Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth, a storied civil rights leader who survived beatings and bombings in Alabama more than four decades ago as he fought against racial injustice alongside the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. …

Hungry Muppet to appear on “Sesame Street”  —  (Reuters) - A new poverty-stricken Muppet will highlight the issue of hunger struggles on an episode of “Sesame Street”, the show said in a statement on Tuesday.  —  Pink-faced Muppet Lily, whose family deals with food insecurity, will join Big Bird …