By Steve Huff 12/06/12 3:33pm

Celebrity Arrests

Stephen Baldwin

Stephen Baldwin Arrested for Alleged Tax Evasion

Stephen Baldwin was arrested on Thursday for alleged repeated failures to file his New York state personal income tax. Mr. Baldwin, an actor, conservative Christian and younger brother to 30 Rock star Alec Baldwin, allegedly failed to file taxes for three years–2008 through 2010–and he may owe the state over $350,000.

CBS New York quoted a statement from Rockland County, N.Y., D.A. Thomas Zugibe, who said Mr. Baldwin’s “repetitive failure to file returns and pay taxes over a period of several years” was just another element contributing to “the sweeping cutbacks and closures in local government and schools.” Read More

By Steve Kornacki 7/03/07 3:26pm

The Also-Ran Dead Pool

Talk is swirling that John McCain, forced by a second straight quarter of anemic fundraising to purge his campaign of perhaps 90 staffers, is not long for the presidential race.

But even if the proud Arizonan, whose support in national and key early state polls is plummeting into single digits, does come to see Read More

By Andrew Rice 6/29/07 3:47pm

Howard’s End

We were anticipating an easy morning over here at the Politicker, a veritable Katyusha barrage of posts out of last night’s Democratic debate at Howard University. Would the crowd be with Obama? Would Edwards go after Hillary again? Would Mike Gravel hurl a boulder at Tavis Smiley?

Well… we went, we Read More