The Lib Dems' EU election trouncing shows they would have been better off leaving the Tories in minority government The Liberal Democrat party is looking this week like the Glasgow school of art. Ruined by fire, its charred remains are picked over by firefighters while onlookers weep in despair. Could any of the great Victorian masterpiece be salvaged? And who is that, staggering from the smoking ruins?...
Nick Clegg is paying the price for being king of compromise Simon Jenkins
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....