In one of the best interviews in recent memory, Congressman Ron Paul was interviewed for over 18 minutes today by Glenn Beck on his radio show. He was the lead-in interview for the show. Beck normally will always mention the caveat that he disagrees with Ron Paul on foreign policy. He didn’t do that this time.

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Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican in the U.S. Senate and one of the chamber’s most powerful members, was indicted Tuesday in Washington, a result of a year-long investigation into corruption in Alaska politics.

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The federal budget deficit will grow to a record $482 billion in the fiscal year that begins in October, the White House said yesterday, driven by war costs, tax rebates and a slowing economy that will leave the next president little room to fulfill costly campaign promises.

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The House Judiciary Committee has just voted to hold Karl Rove in contempt for failing to respond to a subpoena to the committee.

The final vote was 20 ayes and 14 nays. With Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) voting “absolutely, 100% aye.”

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Your share of the debt is about to climb another $1,300. And that
’s on top of the more than $31,000 you already owe! Congress is dealing with the housing debt crisis by bailing out two private lenders known as Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. The bill - and that’s exactly what it is - is a bill you are going to be expected to pay, is $400,000,000!

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Rep. Dennis Kucinich, who has introduced measures to impeach George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, said Thursday that oil executives who secretly met with the vice president in 2001 should be held criminally liable for pushing an illegal war.

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The whistleblower at the heart of a lawsuit against AT&T for illegal eavesdropping says Congress is set to stage a ‘coup against the Constitution’ as it nears passage of a new spying bill. Former AT&T technician Mark Klein provided internal company documents that he claims show that AT&T spied on the internet inside the United States.

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McCain in 2004: “I think it’s wonderful that Howard Dean was able to use the Internet…That’s what we want it to be all about. We want average citizens to contribute small amounts of money, and that’s a commitment to a campaign. So I’m for that. I think it’s a great thing. I think the Internet is going to change American politics for the better.”

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However, “if the president thought John McCain was going to be the next president, he would think it more appropriate to let the next president make that decision than do it on his way out,” Kristol said, reinforcing the fact that McCain is offering a third Bush term on Iran.

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A federal judge says a White House office that has records about millions of possibly missing e-mails does not have to make them public.

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