Facts and figures from Barack Obama’s State of the Union address.

Barack Obama’s failed transparency promises.

Italy’s former intelligence chief was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for his involvement in a secret CIA rendition case.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is going rogue as new elections loom.

A former erotic movie star who fans call “The Divine Bosom” has launched herself into Chinese politics.

France’s communist party has dropped the hammer and sickle in favor of a five-pointed star.

Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn does the unthinkable for a national politician. He grows a beard.

Joe Biden’s glasses stir more interest than Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech.

Ted Nugent and Texas  Rep. Sheila Jackson, two political opposites, gave each other a hug and exchanged smiles after the President’s State of the Union Speech.

Georgia Rep. Paul Broun is taking pride in claiming to be the first to call Barack Obama a socialist.

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio opposes raising the minimum wage because he wants people to make more than that.

Republican Senators are ready to conduct a filibuster against Chuck Hagel’s nomination as Defense Secretary, but they don’t want to call it that.

John Morse, Colorado Senate President: Do you smell marijuana in here, or is it just me?

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia criticized the annual State of the Union ritual, calling the presidential speech something worth skipping because it is a “rather silly affair.”

An Arizona appeals court has issued a ruling that upholds the right of authorities to prosecute pot smokers for driving under the influence even when there is no evidence that they are actually high.