Mike Baumgartner, a state senator in Washington running against Democratic incumbent Maria Cantwell for the U.S. Senate, grew frustrated with Seattle blogger Josh Feit's questions about Akin and the related issue of abortion.

A quick look at the voting records of their two running mates, Joe Biden and Paul Ryan, illustrates that the two parties aren't always very different.

Homebrewers can proudly count among their ranks the world's most powerful man. But while President Barack Obama brews his White House Honey Ale in the White House, using honey from wife Michelle's beehive in the White House garden, there's just one problem for enthusiasts: Obama's mum on the recipe.

CNN host Piers Morgan wasn't happy with Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO), the candidate for U.S. Senate whose "legitimate rape" comment ignited a firestorm of controversy, after Akin skipped an interview on Morgan's show.

Senate candidate Todd Akin, currently a representative from Missouri, told a news station Sunday that "legitimate rapes" aren't likely to result in pregnancy.

Russia's riot grrl punk band Pussy Riot was sentenced to two years in jail Friday for "hooliganism" in a trial that has electrified sentiment against Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Indiana: boring. Maine: boring. Georgia: hot, racist, and boring. Oregon: liberal, weird, rainy, and boring. Ohio: boring, but important in the primaries.

You’ve heard them on television and read them on POLITICO — cheerful, defiant statements from Republican political professionals about Mitt Romney’s bold masterstroke in tapping Paul Ryan as his running mate, and turning the 2012 presidential race into a serious, far-reaching debate about budgets and the nation’s future.

JANESVILLE, Wis.— Mitt Romney has made his first presidential-level decision, picking Paul Ryan, the 42-year-old, seven-term Congressman from southern Wisconsin, as his running mate.

Consider these scenarios. A popular college student leaves his fraternity house one day, stark naked. He walks three blocks to a stranger’s house, enters, turns on the TV and falls asleep. %u2028Moments later, the owner of the house finds him, takes aim with his Glock and kills the young man before he ever wakes up.