Jesse Jackson Jr.

Feds File Charges Against Jacksons, Husband And Wife

Eric Lach | February 15, 2013, 5:49PM

In this Aug. 5, 2010 file photo, then-Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., right, and his wife, then-Chicago Alderman Sandi Jackson, applaud as President Barack Obama is introduced at the Ford Motor Company Chicago Assembly Plant.

After months of rumors and reports, the federal charges against former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) and his wife, former Chicago Ald. Sandi Jackson, became official on Friday.

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Leland Yee

California Lawmaker Pushing Gun Control Got Death Threat

Eric Lach | February 15, 2013, 3:34PM

California State Sen. Leland Yee (D) speaks at a news conference in San Francisco, June 27, 2011.

Four weeks ago, California state Sen. Leland Yee (D) got a death threat "unlike any other" he has ever received.

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Steve Cohen

Congressman's Wayward Tweets Reveal Daughter, Not Lover

Eric Lach | February 15, 2013, 10:13AM

Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) during the reception at the Marijuana Policy Projects 15th annual gala on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010, in Washington.

When Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) tweeted, and then deleted, several effusive messages to a young blonde woman during the State of the Union address earlier this week, some people got Anthony Weiner flashbacks.

But Cohen has now come forward with an unusual explanation for the tweets: the young woman is his daughter, who the Congressman only found out about three years ago.

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NRA

LaPierre Accuses Obama Of Fraud In Defiant NRA Speech

Eric Lach | February 14, 2013, 6:12PM

National Rifle Association chief Wayne LaPierre responds to President Obama's State of the Union address in a Feb. 14, 2013 webcast.

In a speech billed as his official response to President Obama's State of the Union address, National Rifle Association chief Wayne LaPierre on Thursday accused the President of only pretending to care about school safety in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., mass shooting in December.

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501(c)4s

Arizona Dark Money Group Hit With Lawsuit Over Robocalls

Eric Lach | February 14, 2013, 6:05AM

Kirk Adams, former Arizona Speaker of the House, speaks at a campaign rally during his run for Congress in August. Adams is now a part of the dark money group Americans for Responsible Leadership.

Americans for Responsible Leadership, the Arizona dark money group that tangled with California's campaign finance watchdog agency last fall, has been slapped with a lawsuit in Colorado, where a woman claims she received robocalls from the group in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

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David Prosser

Justice Details 'History Of Abusive Behavior' At Wisconsin Supreme Court

Eric Lach | February 13, 2013, 6:26PM

Wisconsin State Supreme Court Justice David Prosser

Wisconsin State Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley has decided to have her say.

She's been publicly silent since the incident on June 13, 2011, in which fellow Justice David Prosser allegedly put his hands around her neck during a heated exchange in the presence of other justices in her judicial chambers. The justices were ostensibly arguing about the court's decision upholding Gov. Scott Walker's anti-public employee union legislation.

But in a document filed Wednesday, in which she recused herself from the judicial misconduct case brought against Prosser as a result of the altercation, Bradley offered details about what she called "a history of abusive behavior in our workplace that has escalated from tantrums and rages, to threats, and now to physical contact."

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Peter Williams

The Shadowy Tipster Involved In The Menendez Case

Eric Lach | February 12, 2013, 6:10AM

Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ)

The first email arrived last spring, shortly after 1 p.m. on April 9.

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