The exclusive Beverly Hilton served as the site of a fateful meeting between disgraced pol John Edward and his mistress in 2008. The Democratic presidential hopeful was spotted sneaking into the hotel on Wilshire Blvd. in July, helping to blow open the s

This week’s bookbencher is Gloria De Piero, the Labour MP for Ashfield. She has a soft spot for Wuthering Heights and Karl Marx’s Das Kapital. Which book's on your bedside table at the moment? Race of a Lifetime. I'm half way through it. It's a behind th

Rick Perry is planning to drop out of the South Carolina primary on Thursday and endorse Newt Gingrich (Hat Tip: Memeorandum), a move that is likely to make Gingrich the man to beat for the anti-Romney candidacy in the Republican party, notwithstanding T

A John Edwards heart condition has stalled the former Democratic Senator and Presidential candidate's criminal trial, a court heard on Friday. John Edwards, 58, is facing trial in North Carolina for allegedly abusing $1 million of campaign finances, as p

JAE C. HONG ASSOCIATED PRESS After addressing the jubilant throng at a Chicago election-night rally in 2008, Barack and Michelle Obama embrace. "You actually pulled this off," she murmured to him, according to the new book "The Obamas." When Barack Obam

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Ex-presidential candidate John Edwards has a serious heart condition that will require a medical procedure next month and his illness limits his travel including for an upcoming court case over possible campaign violations, his doctor

Ann Romney has been through a presidential campaign before. That experience has given her some perspective on the current tumultuous race. In a phone interview on the day before the Iowa caucuses, she seemed remarkably calm. She told me, “I’m at peace.”

IT’S not often that a political wife presents herself as The Decider. There’s too much danger of straying into Lady Macbeth territory, as Nancy Reagan and Hillary Clinton discovered when some sniped that they were wearing the pants. But as Iowa reaches a

The story I’d really like to see out of that book, actually, is the one about John and Elizabeth Edwards, Rielle Hunter, and the fact that he went ahead with the 2008 campaign despite the mess in his personal life. Hubris and denial aren’t emotions that

There’s a lot of talk about the quality of Julianne Moore’s Sarah Palin impersonation in the trailer for Game Change, the adaptation of the juicy-if-thinly-sourced 2008 campaign chronicle (my take: she’s fine, if no Tina Fey). But I think the real questi

By Frank Bruni The New York Times Before we travel any further down the 2012 campaign trail and hear any more about what a rosy and essential mirror of the candidate his (or her) spouse provides, let’s brush up on history. We need go back only four years

Before we travel any further down the 2012 campaign trail and hear any more about what a rosy and essential mirror of the candidate his (or her) spouse provides, let’s brush up on history. We need go back only four years, to John and Elizabeth Edwards. H

Michelle Obama, Sandra Bullock, Elizabeth Edwards, teen activist Constance McMillen, Chef April Bloomfield, and community member Brett Blumenthal are just a few of the amazing women who have worn a crown as one of Shine's women of the year. While our edi

Disgraced politician John Edwards has asked his mistress Rielle Hunter to move into his North Carolina home, The National Enquirer has hilariously reported. John, whose wife Elizabeth Edwards died nearly a year ago, lives with his children Emma Claire, 1

“She wants what’s best for their daughter Quinn and John’s other young children. If all of them living under one roof will help the kids, it’s something Rielle will do.” The disgraced ex-senator, who was once a presidential candidate, has asked the blond

As Buzzfeed has noted, she "told [the photographer] she didn't know anything about the shirt, but that her sister gave it to her when they headed out this morning." Known for carrying placards reading "God hates fags," "God hates Jews" and "God hates Am

By Elizabeth Williamson MANCHESTER, N.H.—The battle between Republican presidential primary front-runners Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich is moving to the domestic front. Mr. Gingrich wasn't mentioned in a new Romney campaign video this week or in Ann Romn

Jennifer Palmieri, a veteran Democratic operative, has been tapped to join the White House as deputy communications director, an administration official said Monday. Palmieri spent eight years in the Clinton White House, including three years as deputy p

Jennifer Palmieri, a veteran Democratic operative, has been tapped to join the White House as deputy communications director, an administration official said Monday. Palmieri spent eight years in the Clinton White House, including three years as deputy p