Talking Points Memo

During her interview with Sean Hannity that aired last night, Sarah Palin made an interesting declaration: That we need to prevent a nuclear Iran by cracking down on "Iraq."

A new study by researchers at George Washington University finds that the abortion-restricting Stupak amendment will have dramatic, far-reaching consequences for all women.

Senate health care bill comes with little new spending, and saves billions over time.

A lot of people -- mainly but by no means exclusively Republicans -- were on the Sunday shows yesterday denouncing the administration's decision to jail and try KSM and four accused 9/11 plotters in New York City. And most of...

The local Tea Party organization in Danville, Virginia, is taking their opposition to freshman Democratic Rep. Tom Perriello to a whole new level -- announcing that they will burn him in effigy, along with a similar image of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, at a rally called "Fired Up For Freedom."

At a press conference this morning, Attorney General Eric Holder said he hoped Washington would "leave the politics out of it" when considering his decision to transfer five suspected 9/11 conspirators from the detention center in Guantanamo Bay to New...

Republican Party chairman Michael Steele strikes coverage for elective abortions from RNC's health insurance benefits package.

After Sean Hannity apologized to Jon Stewart on air for using misleading footage to beef up attendance numbers at Rep. Michele Bachmann's Capitol Hill tea party, Stewart played footage of himself watching the apology.

It's official: The Washington Times has announced the resignation of Executive Editor John Solomon -- effective six days ago. Here's the one-line statement that Don Meyer, a spokesman for the Washington Times and a partner at Rubin Meyer Communications, emailed...

Schultheis is now defending the language -- and saying he didn't intend to make a reference to that particular flight.

An affidavit from conspiracy theorist Lucas Smith filed in a now-dismissed Birther lawsuit details charges that attorney Orly Taitz, among many other things, asked Smith to perjure himself. The federal ...

Fox News' Sean Hannity has apologized for using footage of a much bigger 9/12 rally during a segment about Rep. Michele Bachmann's tea party rally at the Capitol last week -- apparently in an attempt to ...

Hyun-jin Preston Moon, the son of Unification Church leader Rev. Sun Myung Moon who controls the Washington Times, acted without his father's blessing in firing the top leadership of the newspaper over the weekend, a Unificationist who is in contact with high church officials tells TPM. ...

Condoleezza Rice and Stephen Hadley appear set to launch a new strategic consulting firm.