"Politics has no place -- no place -- in the impartial and effective administration of justice. Decisions about how, where, and when to prosecute must be made by prosecutors, not politicians and this is true for every case," Attorney General Eric Holder told the American Constitution Society (ACS). Holder's proof? "This is true for every case,"

According to a statement the White House released earlier, President Obama and Speaker Boehner not only won the game of golf but also a $2 bet from their opponents, Vice President Biden and Gov. John Kasich (R-OH). "He enjoyed

Rep. Ron Paul, running for GOP nomination in 2012: "I want to legalize freedom. What's so bad about that?" Paul responded, rejecting the way his ideas are portrayed. "What's wrong with legalizing the Constitution. [...] Why turn around and say everything he's doing is nuts?" Paul says the U.S. "shouldn't be warmongers. We shouldn't be the police

"We have reinvigorated the important work of our Civil Rights Division. Not only is this office once again open for business, it has never been stronger," Attorney General Eric Holder said at a speech to the American Constitution Society. "Now, some of you know during this administration's fi

Katrina Vanden Heuvel says the recent "isolation" streak in the Republican 2012 field only benefits President Obama. "I see a real opening here for President Obama to find a way to say to his generals: 'No. Enough. We need to find ways out of these wars which are looting our treasury, taking lives we can't accord to give anymore and find a diffe

Joe Kernen, CNBC host: "You wouldn't change anything that has happened so far? You have seen, I guess both sides, when the president said 'I've been demagogued a little bit too. I'm known as the job-killing person who wasn't born here.' So both sides get really nasty and you don't take a step back for a second?" Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.): "Well ac

Fareed Zakaria talks to David Stockman and Robert Reich about how to fix the economy.