Tea party goes after Occupy Wall Street  —  The tea party isn't about to make room for the new protesters on the block.  —  Big tea party groups have launched an attack against the Occupy Wall Street protests, challenging the line that the anti-corporate uprising is the “the tea party of the left.”

Republicans increasingly see Mitt Romney as the ‘inevitable candidate’  —  NASHUA, N.H. — Buoyed by a series of strong debate performances, Mitt Romney is suddenly attracting new support from major donors and elected officials, some of whom had resisted his previous entreaties …

Obama campaign reports raising $70 million in third quarter  —  President Obama's reelection campaign and the Democratic National Committee reported Thursday raising $70 million in the third quarter.  —  The campaign and the DNC reported that, combined, 606,027 people donated to the campaign …

Jackson, Jr: Obama should ‘declare a national emergency,’ add jobs with ‘extra-constitutional’ action  —  Illinois Democratic Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. told The Daily Caller on Wednesday that congressional opposition to the American Jobs Act is akin to the Confederate “states in rebellion.”

Reid: Republican senators only care about their own jobs  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) took a swing at Senate Republicans Thursday morning, saying their rejection of President Obama's jobs package on Tuesday proves they only care about preserving their own jobs.

Scott Brown web message mirrors 2002 Elizabeth Dole speech  —  WASHINGTON - A Democratic group has unearthed a bit of inspirational autobiography on Senator Scott Brown's official website that was lifted verbatim from a 2002 campaign speech by Elizabeth Dole.

Denied Veterans Benefits Over Same-Sex Marriage, Ex-Sailor Challenges Law  —  In what experts say is the first case of its kind, a disabled Navy veteran from Connecticut is challenging the constitutionality of two federal laws that define marriage as being between opposite-sex partners …

How to Turn Republicans and Democrats Into Americans  —  An insider's six-step plan to fix Congress  —  ANGRY AND FRUSTRATED, American voters went to the polls in November 2010 to “take back” their country.  Just as they had done in 2008.  And 2006.  And repeatedly for decades …

We fabricated drug charges against innocent people to meet arrest quotas, former detective testifies  —  A former NYPD narcotics detective snared in a corruption scandal testified it was common practice to fabricate drug charges against innocent people to meet arrest quotas.

Obama gets win as Congress passes free-trade agreements  —  Congress resoundingly approved long-stalled trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama late Wednesday, authorizing the most significant expansion of trade relations in nearly two decades.

Five questions for Rick Perry  —  Perry spoke to a large crowd at the Des Moines Register Soapbox at the Iowa State Fair last month.  (Justin Hayworth/The Des Moines Register)  —  1. You've been criticized over the racial slur that a rock once bore outside the hunting camp you leased …

New tax bill to watch - Splitsville for Yahoo, U.S. Chamber - Fed jobs site revamp gets panned - CTIA dispatch: USF, spectrum and more from San Diego - Barton, Frank team up on online gambling  —  With help from Michelle Quinn, Kim Hart, David Saleh Rauf and Eliza Krigman

I Am Not Your Mirror Image  —  Russ Roberts tries to debunk my explanation of the reasons to believe in a broadly Keynesian view of the world — and reveals more than he intended.  —  First, a few points.  Roberts treats my statement that we have a lot of evidence on the effects of monetary policy …

Banks turn to demolition of foreclosed properties to ease housing-market pressures  —  View Photo Gallery — Demolition: Four years into this city's housing crisis, it has often become cheaper for banks to give away a home and pay to demolish it than continue to hold on.

9-9-9 Plan Would Almost Double Taxes on Middle Class  —  Herman Cain is running on three numbers: 9-9-9.  —  “Nine percent corporate business flat tax, nine percent income flat tax and a nine percent national sales tax,” he said, explaining the plan once again during Tuesday night's Republican presidential debate.