In Memoriam: Andrew Breitbart (1969-2012)  —  With a terrible feeling of pain and loss we announce the passing of Andrew Breitbart.  —  Andrew passed away unexpectedly from natural causes shortly after midnight this morning in Los Angeles.  —  We have lost a husband, a father, a son …

Chief U.S. District Judge sends racially charged email about president  —  HELENA — Chief U.S. District Judge Richard Cebull on Wednesday admitted to sending a racially charged email about President Barack Obama from his courthouse chambers.  —  Cebull, of Billings, was nominated …

Did lawsuit factor in Olympia Snowe's departure?  —  Last August, while Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, was in the midst of an intensive round of fundraising for her 2012 reelection bid, a four-year-old civil lawsuit alleging fraud by an education company in which she and her husband are heavily invested became public.

First Thoughts: Both parties licking their chops over Blunt amendment  —  Both parties licking their political chops over today's Blunt amendment vote... But the issue became a headache for Romney... Team Romney springs into action to repair the damage, but has Romney ever followed a win with a good news day? …

Keystone Oil Pipeline May Raise U.S. Gas Prices  —  TransCanada Corp. (TRP)'s Keystone XL oil pipeline, a project backers including Republican Presidential candidate Rick Santorum say will create cheaper U.S. gasoline, instead risks raising prices as much as 20 cents a gallon in the Midwest, Great Plains and Rocky Mountains.

Limbaugh Calls Student Denied Spot At Contraception Hearing A ‘Slut’  —  Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh called Sandra Fluke, the Georgetown student whom House Republicans wouldn't let testify at a contraception hearing last week, a “slut” and a “prostitute” today, because …

Reports of the Republican Nominee's Doom Are Greatly Exaggerated  —  In the last few weeks, the GOP has succumbed to despair about beating Obama.  Here are seven reasons he's still vulnerable.  —  Political journalists like to imagine ourselves as wise, discerning observers of the landscape.

With Romney on the horizon, Obama turns up his blue collar  —  President Obama is increasingly playing up his working-class roots in a bid to appeal to blue-collar voters, particularly in the swing-state-heavy Midwest.  —  Republicans say the casting call is a stretch for the Harvard-educated Obama …

Gunmen kill NATO forces in southern Afghanistan  —  (CNN) — A gunman in an Afghan National Army uniform and another man shot and killed two service members with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, authorities said.

B.S. Report Transcript: Barack Obama  —  Bill Simmons: Welcome to the White House.  Very proud to have the President of the United States of America, Barack Obama, on the B.S. Report.  This is your first podcast?  —  President Barack Obama: This is — well, I used to have my own podcast.

Does the Romney-Ron Paul Pact Make Paul a Sellout?  —  The proudly incorruptible libertarian's all-but-open collusion with Mitt Romney, the establishment candidate, should infuriate his fans.  And yet somehow it doesn't.  —  Ron Paul is helping Mitt Romney.  It's been obvious for months.

Kim Dotcom's first TV interview: 'I'm no piracy king' … Campbell Live has spoken exclusively with Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom in his first TV interview since being arrested.  —  Dotcom faces a barrage of FBI charges relating to the operation of his file sharing company Megaupload.

Poll: Most N.J. voters support gay marriage, believe issue should be put to referendum  —  TRENTON —Most New Jerseyans support gay marriage, but they also believe the issue should be put to a referendum, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.