Politics

Celebrity psychic Sylvia Browne has predicted Mitt Romney will bounce back from his 2012 presidential loss and win in 2016.

Romney will defeat Secretary of State John Kerry, who will become the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee after top contender Hillary Clinton retires from politics, Browne said.... Read More →

Toronto mayor Rob Ford has refuted allegations he was caught on tape smoking crack cocaine by claiming he has an identical twin brother.

In an interview this morning with Sun News, the embattled politician affirmed that the video was authentic but insisted that the man doing crack wasn't him.... Read More →

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced it will enact a series of reforms in its attempts to stem the controversy that it targeted anti-tax conservative groups for extra scrutiny.

The agency has come under fire after a Treasury Department report found that IRS personnel singled out small Tea Party-aligned conservative groups, as well as a few Democratic-leaning groups, for extra scrutiny when reviewing their applications for tax exemption, delaying their approval for several months.... Read More →

State legislators in North Carolina proposed a ban on teenagers using condoms, arguing their widespread use encourages "immoral behavior."

The bill, introduced by Republican leaders in the House of Representatives, would make the purchase or use of condoms by anyone under 18 years of age a crime punishable by six months in prison and 90 days of Christian missionary work.... Read More →

Congresswoman Michele Bachmann threatened to leave Minnesota today if the state goes ahead with its plans to legalize gay marriage.

In an interview with a local television station, the conservative firebrand said she believes God will destroy Minneapolis once the legislation is enacted, and wants to be far away when the reckoning happens.... Read More →

Singer Chris Brown joined the Republican Party today, citing its stances on homosexuality and women's rights as motivation.

In an interview with E! news in New York, the controversial recording artist explained that he's become more politically aware in the past few months and was amazed to discover how much he and Republicans have in common.... Read More →

Former Congressman Mark Sanford has gone missing just one day before the election which would catapult him back into Congress.

According to a spokesperson, Sanford told aides he would be spending the weekend "diving the Charleston Harbor," but hasn't actually been seen since late Friday afternoon.... Read More →

Deceased Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez voted in last month’s controversial election to replace him, an audit of the results has revealed.

According to reports, the absentee ballot cast before his death was marked for opposition candidate Henrique Capriles.... Read More →

Just days after promising to close the controversial military prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, President Barack Obama said he will instead backtrack and do nothing.

Obama said Tuesday that he wanted to fulfill a broken campaign promise to close the prison, where about 100 of the 166 inmates are now on a hunger strike in protest of them being detained there without charges. Obama said the prison – which costs $150 million a year to operate – is inefficient, expensive and harmful to U.S. interests, and that he did not want any of the striking inmates to die of starvation.... Read More →

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg was denied a second slice of pizza today at an Italian eatery in Brooklyn.

The owners of Collegno's Pizzeria say they refused to serve him more than one piece to protest Bloomberg's proposed soda ban, which would limit the portions of soda sold in the city.... Read More →

Former Senator Rick Santorum has reportedly pulled one of his sons out of a junior high basketball league in response to NBA center Jason Collins' coming out as gay.

According to local news reports, 14-year-old Carlos Santorum was told to pack up and go home in the middle of practice today hours after Collins became the first openly gay active player in U.S. professional sports.... Read More →

Republican lawmakers in the House of Representatives introduced a bill today requiring that all illegal immigrants in the United States "Americanize" their names.

According the legislation drafted by Rep. Steve King (R - Iowa) only immigrants who agree to take English surnames like "Smith" and "Anderson" will be allowed to apply for citizenship under any future comprehensive immigration reform.... Read More →