At Derby Day With Murdoch, Rand Paul Goes Through His Paces

For Rand Paul, the would-be presidential candidate, and Rupert Murdoch, one of the most powerful Republican brokers, Saturday marked a potential turn in the 2016 campaign.



Conservative Group Counters Criticism of Ad Against Health Law

Americans for Prosperity is unveiling a new ad after being challenged by a Michigan Democratic lawmaker who demanded verification of the claims of a woman in the initial commercial who said she had lost her preferred health plan.

    

Republicans Spar on Leaks and Surveillance, Underscoring Partisan Shake-up

House Republicans on Tuesday offered sharply divergent views about secret government surveillance programs and the leaks that made them public, underscoring the unsettled nature of a political debate that has scrambled the usual partisan lines.

    



Cruz’s 21-Hour Speech Fueled a Ratings Jump at C-Span2

C-Span2’s average daily rating shot up during Senator Ted Cruz’s speech to protest President Obama’s health care law and C-Span’s audience more than tripled on the eve of the government shutdown, data show.

    



Ad Campaigns Compete as Health Law Rollout Looms

As the Obama administration prepares to put the health care law in place, it faces an aggressive Republican campaign to prevent its success.

    



PAC Backed by Billionaire to Broadcast Ads for Lhota

The political action committee supported by the industrialist David H. Koch will broadcast television commercials this week promoting Joseph J. Lhota.

    



Gingrich Will Be Back in the ‘Crossfire’ on CNN

As a host of CNN’s revived “Crossfire,” Newt Gingrich will become a member of the news media that he once criticized. “And I hope to move it to the right,” he said.

    



Conservatives as Defenders of the Media

A Justice Department inquiry of a Fox News reporter has spurred outrage from some reliable critics of the press.

    

On Sunday Talk Shows, a Familiar Cast of Characters

Politicians like Senators John McCain, Lindsey Graham and Richard J. Durbin are perennial guests on the networks’ political news programs.

    

Conservatives See a Turning Tide on Immigration

Opponents of an overhaul plan are trying to harness the airwaves the way they did in 2007, when talk radio hosts helped whip up outrage that doomed a similar bill.