AOL News has a new home! The Huffington Post.
Click here to visit the new home of Politics Daily!Hot on HuffPost:
Controversial Book On Obama Appears To Have Lifted Key Quote
Walker Recall Effort Struggles To Gain Momentum
threats
Threats Against Members of Congress on the Rise
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyThreats against members of Congress have increased so dramatically in 2010 that Capitol Police have increased security efforts, raised the number of shifts officers work, and asked for a bigger budget, Politico reported Tuesday. So far this year there has been a 300 percent increase in the number of threats against lawmakers and their families, according to FBI documents requested by Politico under the Freedom of Information Act. During the contentious debate over the economic stimulus bill, Rep. Heath Schuler (D-N.C.) received a voice mail from a man who said he had voted for him. "If ...
Members of Congress Receiving Death Threats; Congresswoman Blames Sarah Palin's 'Rhetoric'
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyHouse Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Wednesday that at least 10 members of Congress have received threats since the health care reform bill passed Sunday night and that the FBI is investigating. "We've had very serious incidents that have occurred in the last 48 or 72 hours," Hoyer said. "The incidents of threats, whether in person or through telephones or through other communication devices, have given great concern to members for the safety of themselves and their families." Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) said Wednesday that she had reported two "alarming" incidents to the FBI since ...
Climate Change About More Than Hugging Trees
By Andrea Stone - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Nov. 12) -- The United States is in "a defensive crouch" on climate change that threatens its national security and must go on the offense by signing an agreement to combat global warming at an international conference in Copenhagen next month, reporters were told here. "Climate change would act as a threat multiplier for instability in some of the most volatile regions in the world," retired Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn said. "Climate change, energy and national security are inextricably linked." McGinn, a former deputy chief of naval operations, made his pitch sitting beside ...
Secret Service Investigates Facebook Poll on Obama Assassination
By David Sessions - Politics DailyThe U.S. Secret Service is investigating a user-generated Facebook poll Monday after a blogger took screen shots of it and encouraged readers to report it. The poll asked if "Obama should be killed" and offered several responses, including "if he cuts my health care." After hearing from the Secret Service, Facebook disabled the "Polls" application, an add-on created by a third-party developer. The developer responded to the blogger who reported the incident, saying he deletes hateful polls as quickly as possible. US Secret Service Investigates Facebook Poll [The Guardian] ...
Follow Politics Daily
POPULAR
- Nancy Pelosi Confirms House May Skip Up or Down Vote on Senate Health Bill
- Debrahlee Lorenzana: A Double Take on Those Double D's
- Palin Earnings Estimated at $12 Million
- Campbell Brown Quits CNN With Shockingly Frank Farewell
- The Five Most Racist Obama Cartoons?
- Soraya M., Stoned to Death for Being an "Inconvenient Wife''
- Jimmy Carter Leaves Church Over Treatment of Women
- No posts are available.
News From Our Partners
- Dragon arrives at space station in historic 1st
- Picking new leader, Egyptians search for superman
- Egyptians vote in first free presidential vote
- Moon chips from Vegas casino mogul sent to NASA
- Egyptians vote to rid nation of autocratic rule
- More Stories »
- Romneys Love Fancy World of Dressage Riding
- Rudy Giuliani: Mitt's Great. I'm Just Better
- 'Masters of the Universe' Sure Have Fragile Egos
- Romney: My Mistakes 'Haunt Me'
- Newt Lauds Romney: He's Like Eisenhower
- More Stories »
- The 7 Best Moments from Sunday Talk
- Know Your Enemy
- Cannes’s Mischief Maker
- Cut It Out, Internet Bullies!
- Cut It Out, Internet Bullies!
- More Stories »
- Ambition Counteracting Ambition
- Robert Blagojevich Speaks Out
- In Iowa, Obama Calls Romney's Words 'A Cow Pie of Distortion'
- In Iowa, Obama Calls On Congress to Act on Clean Energy Tax Credits
- Romney Has Interesting Morning in Inner-City Philly
- More Stories »
Top News
More News
More on Aol
Local News
More Blog/Sites
Sites and Services
HuffPost Politics