How Clarence Thomas has provided a list of legal targets to ultra-right groups
The US supreme court justice has set out course of action by signaling ‘in an appropriate case’ in concurring opinions
October 2013
US government shutdown - in pictures
The US government was officially shut down at midnight for the first time in more than 17 years, after the Senate and the House of the Representatives failed to pass a federal spending bill to keep the government running despite agreeing to delay Obamacare
July 2012
Florida at the forefront as states plan fresh assault on voting rights
Rights groups cry foul as Florida and others impose severe restrictions that target poor and black voters disproportionately
December 2011
Ana Marie Cox column
In other news: cheesecake, please!
Ana Marie Cox: A recipe without vanilla, preferably. Fortunately, there's nothing vanilla about Newt Gingrich
September 2011
Ana Marie Cox column
Barack Obama's rolling cadences pose a challenge to his rivals
Ana Marie Cox
Ana Marie Cox: Obama's ace performance at the Congressional Black Caucus at the weekend sets a high bar for the Republican nominee
April 2011
Michael Tomasky's blog
Did the GOP get hosed?
These spending cuts aren't really very deep. Will today's resolution even pass?
October 2009
Saturday interview
Mad about the boy
When Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol became pregnant during last year's White House race, her then boyfriend Levi Johnston shot to fame. Now he is trading insults with her mother and about to strip off for a magazine
May 2009
Deadline USA
Gun rights advocates honour Palin with a custom made
The gunsmith who made the weapon praised Palin's dedication to the second amendment, the part of the US constitution that the gun lobby says guarantees individuals the right to pack heat.
March 2009
US man pleads guilty to making Molotov cocktails during Republican convention
David Guy McKay, 23, dropped a claim of entrapment on the part of US investigators
November 2008
Deadline USA
Test your obscure '08 election knowledge: The counties quiz
