Ireland's election race kicked into first gear Monday as the governing Fianna Fail party unveiled its new leadership team - and Prime Minister Brian Cowen confirmed he won't seek re-election to parliament. See more »

President Obama has already expressed support for the protesters opposing Hosni Mubarak's authoritarian regime in Egypt. See more »

The Republican National Committee has about $23 million in debt as it prepares for the 2012 election cycle, new Chairman Reince Priebus announced Monday. See more »

Egypt's military promised Monday not to fire on any peaceful protests and recognized "the legitimacy of the people's demands," a sign army support for President Hosni Mubarak may be unraveling. See more »

Egypt's military promised Monday not to fire on any peaceful protests and recognized "the legitimacy of the people's demands," a sign army support for President Hosni Mubarak may be unraveling. See more »

Posted at 4:15 PM ET, 01/31/2011 What to watch for: Year-end FEC reports By Aaron Blake Midnight is the deadline for year-end financial reports from candidates, campaign committees and political action committees. See more »

So Jon Huntsman Jr. may be planning to resign his ambassadorship to China in order to begin running for president later this year. See more »

President Ronald Reagan, whose 100th birthday is on Feb. 6, had a particular fondness for his ranch, his elder son, Michael, recalls with relish. See more »

Today , while Governor Palin is creating what has been called "electrifying excitement" with her speechA at the hunting and fishing convention ofA the Safari Club ,A Rev. See more »

This Sunday's political programming will take a look at what's in store for Congress this session with House Speaker John Boehner , who will sit down with Chris Wallace on "FOX News Sunday." In his first Sunday interview since being elected Speaker, Boehner will discuss some of the Republican ideas for cutting government spending and creating jobs, ... See more »

"Hannity" : Buddy Cianci, former mayor of Providence, Rhode Island; Caroline Heldman, an associate professor at Occidental College who specializes in the presidency, media, gender and race in the American context; Matt Schlapp, White House political director under George W. Bush; Brigitte Gabriel and Michael Ghouse "On the Record with Greta van ... See more »

Former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele isn't ready to weigh in on who he'll back for his party's 2012 presidential nomination, but he does admit there is one matchup he'd like to see. See more »

Jan. 28, 2011 11:46 a.m. Some years ago, after already having met some heavyweight political leaders in the U.S., I had a private audience with Willy Brandt, then Chancellor of West Germany. See more »

Make what you will of this, but National Journal's Reid Wilson is reporting that Mitt Romney and his team are thinking about sitting out next year's Iowa caucuses: Though there is no official campaign, and no strategy decisions have been finalized, Romney's team has considered running a very different race from the last one. See more »

If you like rooting for underdogs, take note of Michael Adkins. Angered by the direction of the country and passionate about the need for change, the York County father is taking action. See more »

Washington once again admired the peaks and valleys of its own navel when the man behind "O" was unmasked. See more »

If you like rooting for underdogs, take note of Michael Adkins. Angered by the direction of the country and passionate about the need for change, the York County father is taking action. See more »

President Obama's State of the Union address was nothing more than a repackaging of the tried and true Washington-knows-better-than-you liberalism he has tried to force on the American public for the first half of his term. See more »

Sarah Palin still has a magic touch, despite critics of her campaign tactics and reality TV show. See more »