I have to admit that I had a hard time finding the motivation to do this year’s comment roundup (and likely wouldn’t have without Drewbert’s encouragement). This may have something to do with why a ...

A man showed up to a Penfield School Board meeting in a gorilla suit Tuesday, and some people are calling it an act of racism ...

It takes a small army to pull off a nearly four-hour live awards telecast, full of spectacle, music legends and perhaps a ...

What else is there to talk about but the (GOP) elephant in the room? On Monday, Donald Trump became the 47th President of the United States.

The Oregon Zoo in Portland has welcomed a new baby elephant. Thirty-year-old Asian elephant Rose-Tu gave birth at the zoo ...

The House GOP majority was already tiny. As a Florida Republican resigns to join Team Trump, the party's troubles just got a little worse. By Steve Benen After Donald Trump’s presidential ...

(Saul Loeb/Pool photo via AP) Melania's hat stops Donald Trump kissing her at inauguration ceremony The scrutiny was indeed unparalleled. As the spouse of one of the most polarizing political ...

Support free and local independent journalism. I desperately wanted to win the raffle at the Durham GOP open house on Tuesday night. In the party’s new headquarters in a refurbished garage on ...

Raffle prizes at the opening of a new Durham GOP headquarters on January 21 ... cheekily offered me a MAGA hat from the table. “Oh I shouldn’t, thank you.” I said, not wanting to overturn ...

They say that, too, resonates strongly with voters. “It carries so much more emotional weight,” said Republican state Rep. Ron Bryce, a doctor from southeastern Kansas. “We’re talking ...

GOP Senate Whip John Barrasso, R-Wyo., said: "Party unity is the consensus on the reconciliation strategy." The disagreement leaves the future murky for Trump's campaign promises, even as he moves ...