In wake of scandal, New Jersey Senate President Stephen Sweeney (D) disavowing 2013 fist bump with Christie.

It’s that time of year, when members of Congress announce they just can’t muster another election season. We’re keeping track of who’s retiring here, and we’ll keep it updated.

London thieves try to steal Sigmund Freud’s ashes.

The Daily Show reveals that Fox’s ‘The Five’ is really an epic love story. Watch.

NIH-funded scientist Carlos S. Moreno: “The sequester cuts have taken a terrible toll on NIH-funded biomedical research, with 3,100 fewer research grants funded in 2013 than at the Institutes’ 2004 peak.”

Chris Christie bridge fiasco parodied by his idol … Bruuuuuce.

We have the latest development in the national joke known as “Stand Your Ground” gun laws. The murderous jerk who killed a man in a Tampa theater yesterday because he wouldn’t stop texting may be planning to use a “stand your ground” defense.

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US District Judge Terence Kern rules that Oklahoma’s ban on same-sex marriages violates the 14th Amendment.

Just look at the fight over unemployment insurance in the Senate.

North Carolina Senate candidate says food stamps “enslave” recipients.