Sen. Mary Landrieu's (D-LA) re-election campaign said that it still "has a lot of juice" even after news broke on Thursday that the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee had cancelled planned ad buys to support Landrieu in the runoff election between her and Rep. Bill Cassidy (R-LA).

The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld gay marriage bans in four states on Thursday, a pivotal point in the legal battle for marriage equality that makes the Supreme Court likelier to step in and settle the issue.

Former Obama Press Secretary Jay Carney said in an interview published Thursday he doubted anyone at the White House ever even thinks about Fox News psychiatrist Keith Ablow.

With a meaty profile on a former securities lawyer for JPMorgan Chase, journalist Matt Taibbi marked his return to the magazine that employed him for more than 15 years.

A federal appeals court on Thursday reversed rulings in Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, and Kentucky that declared gay marriage bans unconstitutional, therefore upholding the bans in those states.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats' campaign committee on Thursday began canceling plans for television ads in Louisiana's major markets to help Sen. Mary Landrieu's runoff campaign against Republican Bill Cassidy, making her re-election bid an even steeper challenge.

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee initially had reserved $1.8 million in television advertising for after Tuesday's first round of voting. On Thursday, the DSCC dumped the bookings in the state's big cities. A spokesman for the debt-laden committee said officials still back Landrieu, who has twice before prevailed during runoff elections, and would keep an eye on the race.

Now that Republicans have control of the Senate, some conservatives are incredibly concerned that the GOP is going to play it too nice.

Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh reminded Republicans that they were not elected to do their job so much as to prevent other people from getting anything done.

Artie Lange, a comedian formerly associated with Howard Stern, found himself facing criticism and cancelations this week after posting a series of tweets describing a racist sexual fantasy about ESPN host Cari Champion.

Lange posted the tweets on Tuesday and was met with swift reaction. In some of the posts, Lange, who is white, wrote as if he was Thomas Jefferson, and Champion, who is black and the host of "First Take," was one of his slaves.

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In their victory lap after taking over the Senate on Tuesday, Republicans are poking some fun at Democrats for their candidates' laborious efforts to distance themselves from President Barack Obama: Thanks a lot, guys!

National Republican Senatorial Committee executive director Rob Collins needled his opponents on Thursday, saying that Democrats had "sidelined their best messenger" by avoiding Obama.