Amid arguments during Wednesday night's presidential debate over how best to cut the nation's deficit, Mitt Romney put Big Bird on notice. Responding to a question from debate host and PBS anchor Jim ...

On Wednesday, the star of PBS’ Sesame Street got a social-media boost no one expected after Mitt Romney dismissed the channel and Big Bird as frivolous. “I’m not going to keep on spending money on ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Saturday Night Live's Seth Meyers scored the week's biggest exclusive by getting Big Bird to to stay up way past his usual bed time to comment on being the center of attention in Wednesday night's ...

Were Waylon Jennings still alive, he might be penning a song in response to Mitt Romney’s remark last night about stopping the subsidy to PBS. See, PBS is home to Big Bird, and Jennings and Big Bird ...

Republican presidential candidate Gov. Mitt Romney’s recent comment on cutting or eliminating funding for programs, including public television, has reignited one columnist‘s concerns over federal ...

People are still talking about Wednesday night's presidential debate, but regular joes and political pundits standing around the water cooler aren't the only ones putting in their two cents. Even ...

As both presidential candidates stump in Ohio, Mitt Romney made an apparent shift on abortion, which was pounced upon by President Obama's campaign. Meanwhile, the tug of war over Big Bird has ruffled ...

NEW YORK - Big Bird is flying high in the 2012 presidential campaign. President Obama's campaign deployed the beloved "Sesame Street" icon in a new TV ad Tuesday, mocking Mitt Romney for saying he ...