In the summer of 2010 as a lowly intern on Capitol Hill, I became painfully aware that our government was in some state of shambles. As interns, we were encouraged to attend assemblies where congressmen and women had agreed to speak to the hundreds of interns who flock to our nation’s capitol every year to see first-hand the people who govern the greatest country on earth.

In almost every political argument, there comes a point where it devolves into a common theme: "If you'd just read the Federalist Papers, you'd agree with my position..." I've heard this dozens of times, but what I haven't heard is someone directing attention to the collection of works known as the Antifederalist writings.

Millennials are leading the growing trend of voters who have no party affiliation. A report by Reason-Rupe revealed a majority of Millennials see themselves as independent of political parties.

According to the report, "When first asked, a majority of Millennials (52%) says they are politically independent of either the two major political parties."

It has become the biggest legal battle in the 2014 elections and it seems to be heating up every day. I am talking about the U.S. Senate race in Kansas, where Democrat Chad Taylor is trying to get off the ballot while Republican Secretary of State Kris Kobach is fighting to keep him on.

Never let it be said that Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz) doesn’t know how to make an entrance — or exit.

The onetime Republican presidential candidate arrived late to a homeland security committee hearing on cybersecurity threats in the Dirksen Senate office building slated to begin 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday. The Arizona senior senator slipped in from behind the dais as senior intelligence officials read their testimony to lawmakers and took his seat near Chairman Sen. Thomas Carper (D-Del.)

Americans are war weary. The nation has been at war since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. We have been involved in Afghanistan, Iraq, and even Libya during its uprising. For the past couple of years, we have even been “secretly” shipping arms to rebels in Syria.

Seth Moulton, in a surprising upset, defeated 9-term incumbent John Tierney in the Democratic primary for the U.S. House seat in Massachusetts Congressional District 6. The primary campaign included 5 Democratic contenders in the district north of Boston.

On Wednesday evening, President Barack Obama will address the nation and lay out his administration's plan to deal with the Islamic State in Iraq and the surrounding region. He is also expected to address growing concerns that ISIL (the acronym the government is sticking with to refer to the militant group) is a serious threat to the United States.

How did the San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) obtain an armored vehicle? Through the Department of Defense's Excess Property Program. The program donates unused equipment to state and local law enforcement agencies who submit requests. SDUSD did not have to purchase the vehicle, but had to pay a $5,000 shipping fee to deliver it to San Diego.

When the subject of Cuba arises, the immediate associations are communism, missile crisis, and embargo. Obviously, Cuban history goes much farther back than 1959, but so does its relationship with the United States.