Government:
Searching for members of Congress who represent you and information about them?
Sites for Congress:
House.gov
Senate.gov
Open Congress
This site allows you to find information about members of Congess, an issue area or bill number to. Discover who represents you, find relevant legislation and learn how to take action.
Fact checking sites:
Politifact
Factcheck.org
Washington Post Fact Checker
Government Information
Jobs report
Federal budget breakdown
National debt
Other helpful sites:
ISideWith.com
Helps you to match you up compared with candidates based upon where they stand on the issues.
One of the largest political newspapers in the country, focusing specifically on DC news. Many columnists with varying political viewpoints.
RealclearpoliticsThe latest polls with good averages, lists of top articles on politics around the web, overall aggregate information site.
TheHill.com
Breakdown of what is going on in Congress. They have special access to both chambers of Congress.
Politico.com
National politics covering a wide range of topics
FiveThirtyEight.com
Nate Silver's website that uses statistical data to run probability outcomes for elections. If you love statistics this is the political site for your nerdy brain.
Wall Street Journal Politics
One of the leading business and economic newspapers in the country, their politics section covers most topics from an economic viewpoint.
Political commentary sites with political leaning:
Right leaning sites:
NationalReview.com
Dailysignal.com/
Townhall.com
Truthdig.com
Hotair.com
Theblaze.com
Foxnews.com
FreeBeacon.com
Dailycaller.com
Americanthinker.com
Drudge.com
YoungCons.com
RedState.com
RightWingNews.com
Breitbart.com
WashingtonTimes.com
TheFederalist.com
HumanEvents.com
MichelleMalkin.com
PatriotPost.us
Left leaning sites:
MSNBC.com
MotherJones.com
Robertreich.org
OccupyDemocrats.com/
ThinkProgress.org
MoveOn.org
TheDailyBeast.com
Libertarian
Cato.org
Robertreich.org
OccupyDemocrats.com/
ThinkProgress.org
MoveOn.org
TheDailyBeast.com
Libertarian
Cato.org