Hillary Clinton

New York Mayor Weiner? Most women say no thanks, poll finds

2013-05-22 12:44:00

NEW YORK -- Former Rep. Anthony Weiner, who enjoyed online relationships with several women before he resigned his congressional seat amid a sexting scandal, might have a harder time winning female fans in his run to be New York City's next mayor. Hours...

Anthony Weiner in N.Y. mayor race 2 years after 'sexting' scandal

2013-05-22 06:23:00

NEW YORK — Former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, whose once-shining political career collapsed after lewd online relationships with women forced him to resign from Congress two years ago, entered New York's mayoral race Wednesday with promises to make...

Disgraced ex-congressman Anthony Weiner running for New York mayor

2013-05-22 00:18:00

NEW YORK — Former Rep. Anthony Weiner, �whose career imploded in a rash of raunchy tweets two years ago, announced in a YouTube video late Tuesday that he is running for mayor of New York. “I made some big mistakes and I know I let a lot...

McManus: The second-term scandal plague

2013-05-18 06:52:00

What is it about presidents' second terms that makes them seem so scandal-ridden? Simple: The iron law of longevity. All governments make mistakes, and all governments try to hide those mistakes. But the longer an administration is in office, the more...

Clinton plays down politics at event in Beverly Hills

2013-05-08 22:58:00

Hours after Republican members of Congress sharply questioned Hillary Rodham Clinton and the State Department's handling of the terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, the former secretary of State did not explicitly mention the controversy in an...

Nobody died at Watergate, but it was a bigger scandal than Benghazi

2013-05-08 17:49:00

Before Wednesday's hearing into last September’s attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) said: “If you link Watergate and Iran-Contra together and multiply it maybe by 10 or so, you’re going to...

Partisan political bubbles distort Benghazi facts

2013-05-14 05:00:00

How you feel about Benghazi very likely has everything to do with your political leanings. If you think the Obama administration is covering up a scandal bigger than Watergate, you are almost certainly a Republican. If you think Republicans in Congress...

Obama dismisses Benghazi criticism as 'sideshow'

2013-05-13 19:20:00

WASHINGTON — A defiant President Obama dismissed as a "sideshow" the controversy over his administration's handling of last year's armed assault in Benghazi, Libya, accusing critics of trying to make political hay from the deaths of four Americans....

L.A. police union backs Greuel candidacy with another $850,000

2013-05-08 23:00:00

The Los Angeles Police Department's rank-and-file union dropped another $850,000 into the effort to elect mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel, the biggest single contribution over the two-year campaign, according to reports filed Wednesday. The Police...

Ridiculous Republican rhetoric undermines Benghazi probe

2013-05-10 05:00:00

Republicans could make an easy hit on the Obama administration by highlighting the State Department’s apparent bureaucratic blundering during and after the deadly terrorist attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya, last fall, but they...

McCain again calls for special congressional panel on Benghazi

2013-05-12 11:27:00

WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) pressed Sunday for a special congressional committee to investigate the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, last year, insisting that questions about former Secretary of State...

Mark Sanford and the end of the GOP culture wars

2013-05-08 12:05:00

In April 1861, South Carolina fired the first shots of the Civil War. Almost exactly 152 years later, it may have fired the final shots of the Republican Party’s culture war. South Carolinians on Tuesday elected former Gov. Mark Sanford to the...

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky speaking at the Iowa GOP Lincoln Dinner in Cedar Rapids, said Hillary Rodham Clinton's handling of Libya amounted to "dereliction of duty."

2013-05-10 00:00:00

"We truly, still today -- despite all of our partisan wrangling, and the gridlock that sometimes seems to take hold -- we stand up for the rights and opportunities of all people," former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said in her speech Wednesday night.

2013-05-08 00:00:00

(Left to right) First lady Michelle Obama, former first lady Laura Bush, former first lady Hillary Clinton, former first lady Barbara Bush and former first lady Rosalynn Carter attend the opening ceremony of the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, Texas.

2013-04-25 00:00:00