Picture of the Day: The Moment Obama Heard About the Newtown Shooting
Photographer Pete Souza captured the scene in the Oval Office on what Obama has called the worst day of his presidency. More »
David Graham is an associate editor at The Atlantic, where he writes and edits for the Politics Channel. He previously reported for Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, and The National.
Photographer Pete Souza captured the scene in the Oval Office on what Obama has called the worst day of his presidency. More »
The Hawaii lieutenant governor has been appointed to replace long-serving Senator Daniel Inouye. More »
Meanwhile, Massachusetts faces electoral ennui: The Bay State is on track to hold five U.S. Senate elections in six years. More »
The late Hawaii legislator and World War II hero is accorded a rare honor. More »
Let us be clear: The phrase is as inextricably associated with the president as lip-biting is with Bill Clinton and jelly beans are with Ronald Reagan. More »
The magazine's venerable feature is a smart idea, but there's no excuse for the media pretending it's news and turning themselves into free PR for Time Inc. More »
With the passing of World War II veteran Daniel Inouye, the new senior senator is a Deadhead and occasional Batman bit-part actor. More »
The senator, who represented his state from its very first day in the union, died from respiratory complications in Washington. More »
The GOP does a delicate dance on race, the state's delegation closes ranks around Lindsey Graham, and Jim DeMint tries to consolidate a legacy. More »
The president says the government has bigger fish to fry than small-time dealers, but that doesn't mean it's safe to get baked. More »
An application for tax-exempt status shows the advocacy group downplaying its political work -- even though it spent $70 million on the 2012 election. More »
Forget falling off the fiscal cliff -- one professor has to watch out for falling pieces of scenery. More »
At a Washington holiday celebration Sunday night, he shook hands with the "Gangnam Style" rapper. Was that a mistake? More »
The comedian could shake up the Palmetto State primary, The Atlantic reported five years ago. Why not the Senate? More »
With the South Carolina stalwart leaving to head the Heritage Foundation, the GOP could have its first Southern black senator since Reconstruction. More »
The wacky Texan cast the only vote against a bill stripping the outdated term from federal books. More »
He reinvented jazz rhythms while also remaining true to tradition. More »
The Florida senator and presidential hopeful puts a flap over the age of the earth to rest, but stokes controversy with comments about homosexuality. More »
Why is the former Wyoming senator dancing to the viral sensation? Excellent question. More »
Speeches by Marco Rubio and Paul Ryan Tuesday night might augur a shift in the GOP orthodoxy. More »
