Will Self marvels as the controversial columnist condemns himself over 200 pages I must declare an interest: Rod Liddle gave me a job about 15 years ago. It was when he was editing Radio 4's Today programme, and he engaged me and Freddie Forsyth to deliver short, pithy diatribes on alternating Saturday mornings. Rod's reasoning was that Freddie was the rightwing maverick and I the lefty one. I enjoyed...
The craft of opposition research—finding information that might put an opponent in a negative light—has long been a staple of political campaigns. This year, independent groups are taking a leading role....
Cynthia Quarterman, a top U.S. safety regulator tasked with handling the U.S. government's response to a string of oil-train crashes in recent years, is stepping down....
The Los Angeles City Council has approved one of the nation's highest minimum wages for workers at the city's large hotels....
The U.S. government will pay the Navajo Nation $554 million to settle long-standing claims that it mismanaged funds and natural resources on the tribe's reservation for years....
Connecticut gubernatorial candidate Joe Visconti opposes the state's new gun restrictions, and he has an online commercial that shows him riding in a 1974 Pontiac convertible with rifles fixed to the rear fenders. ...
The U.S. and Arab allies launched a second major wave of airstrikes in Syria targeting mobile oil refineries controlled by Islamic State, the Pentagon said....