political news

Project Vote Smart - run by a bipartisan group of interns and volunteers, Project Vote Smart publishes the biographies, voting records, and other details about all presidential, congressional, gubernatorial and state legislative candidates.
Poltical News Daily - political news updated daily from the NY Times, Washington Post, AP, and Reuters.
North Carolina Politics - at stateline.org
CNN - Politics - news, opinion and analysis of American and global politics.
ABC News Politics
National Journal - provides nonpartisan coverage and analysis of the people, issues and trends that drive the policy-making process in Washington
Washington Post Politics - information on Democrats, Republicans, political cartoons, opinions, government policies, political analysis and reports.
Campaigns & Elections
FedSpending - gives you easy ways to see exactly where, and on what, your federal tax dollars are being spent.
OpenCongress - brings together official government data with news and blog coverage to give you the real story behind each bill
OpenSecrets - presenting political news, and the actual political positions of the parties and candidates, as well as disclosing how much campaign money they have raised and where it came from