Jon Stewart last night did was he does best: poke fun at the media. He premiered a new segment, an assault on puns in cable news, aptly titled "You're Not Punny."

"They're not just painful and unpleasant, they take us out of the newscast," Stewart said. "It's like in the movies, when people start phone numbers with '555.' It's completely unnecessary."

Republicans didn't just win the House in the midterm elections earlier this month, their use of Twitter is also more influential than Democrats', according to a new study.

Sometimes actions speak louder than words. Like when Vice President Joe Biden simply couldn't control his laughter over the thought of Sarah Palin winning against President Barack Obama in 2012.

Palin told Barbara Walters in an interview set to air in full on December 9 that she thinks she could win.

Appearing first on Larry King Live last night, then Morning Joe today, Biden offered a few carefully chosen remarks about a potential Obama-Palin matchup.

Stephen Colbert last night had a bit of breaking news, declaring "tea party favorite and groomed yeti" Republican Joe Miller the winner in the Alaska Senate race.

The AP has already declared write-in candidate and incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski the winner, and the Alaska GOP has urged Miller to concede gracefully. But that didn't stop Colbert from celebrating.

Jon Stewart last night put on his Glenn Beck glasses, sipped a juice box and rolled out his chalkboard to dig a little deeper into Beck's extensive investigation into George Soros.

Former President George W. Bush and members of his administration broke ground on the new George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas earlier this week, but at least one question about the decor remains unanswered: will the infamous "Mission Accomplished" banner be put on display?

Recount? What recount?

Democrat Mark Dayton is making it clear that he's going to be ready if he is declared the next governor of Minnesota, launching his transition site, daytontransition.org -- recount or no.

The site leads with a welcome message from Dayton and his running mate, Yvonne Prettner Solon, saying that while election officials sort out who the official winner is, "the challenges facing us and our State simply cannot wait."

Fox News President Roger Ailes apologized today to Abe Foxman, head of the Anti-Defamation League, for his incendiary remarks about NPR having a "Nazi kind of attitude."

The second part of The Daily Beast's interview with Fox News president Roger Ailes is out today, and Ailes' encore doesn't disappoint.

He responded harshly to Jon Stewart's pervasive criticism of cable news and had some tough, tough words for NPR.

Failed Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle -- who fell short in her bid to unseat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) -- is making headlines again, this time for having said "sometimes dictators have good ideas."

Jon Ralston at the Las Vegas Sun reports that Angle made the comments at a private meet and greet late in the campaign season.