NEWS/POLITICS

AOL is more than doubling down on its bet on news, as it has purchased news site The Huffington Post. The announcement came just after midnight on Monday morning. AOL will pay $315 million for the HuffPo, $30...

Check out this historic speech live below! ...

Who said here at HHD we only leak music, lol. We have obtained a copy of the full text of the president's State of the Union address, which has been kept under wraps even hours before the address is to begi...

The Illinois Supreme Court has ordered Rahm Emanuel's name back on the Chicago mayoral ballot pending a possible hearing of an appeals court ruling, the Chicago Sun-Times reports, quoting Emanuel's attorneys....

Rahm Emanuel, who left Chicago to join the Obama administration as White House chief of staff, should not appear on the Feb. 22 mayoral ballot in the city because he does not meet the residency standard, accor...

US Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was shot in the head Saturday when an assailant opened fire outside a grocery store during a meeting with constituents, killing at least five people and wounding sever...

 Looks like WikiLeaks has Bank of America's PR department working overtime. They're buying up negative domain names in anticipation of an unconfirmed but hotly rumored release. According to Domain Name Wire, t...

Ordered all federal agencies to undertake a study and make recommendations for ways to cut spendingOrdered a review of all federal operations to identify and cut wasteful spending and practicesInstituted enforc...

 1. The Outcome in IraqSecretary of State Colin Powell cautioned President George W. Bush against invading Iraq on the basis of the Pottery Barn rule: "You break it, you own it." But things worked out diffe...