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There, in the crowd at President Donald Trump’s rally in Duluth, Minn., was NBA legend Kevin McHale.

There was insult aplenty at Saturday night's White House Correspondents' Dinner thanks to headlining comedian Joel McHale. Spurring a mixture of laughter and groans from his audience, McHale succeeded in creating an awkward mood. Here is a mix of his jokes that brought scattered laughter and plenty of jeers. To Obama: Good evening, Mr. President — or as Paul Ryan refers to you, yet another inner-city minority relying on the federal government to feed and house your family. I’m a big fan of President Obama. I think he’s one of the all-time great presidents — definitely in the top 50....

MINNEAPOLIS—Mitt Romney is counting another former Celtics great among his supporters. more stories like this Kevin McHale was among those attending a fundraiser for the Republican presidential contender on Saturday night in Minneapolis. He joins Danny Ainge, who has already maxed out as a Romney contributor. Ainge and McHale were teammates on Boston Celtics teams that won two world championships during the 1980s. Ainge remains with the Celtics as the team's executive director of basketball operations, while McHale is vice president of basketball operations for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Romney was in Minnesota raising money and addressing a rally before the...

Former Clinton political hitman James Carville, who recently touted New York Sen. Hillary Clinton for a 2008 presidential run, is reportedly behind an advertising campaign attacking President Bush for his 1990 sale of Harken Energy stock as well as his ties to the oil industry in general. American Family Voices, a group described by the New York Times as "secretive," has paid to run a 30-second commercial on cable news programs in Washington, D.C., and in New York through Thursday. The ad blasts President Bush as "sly like a fox" for talking down his dealings with Harken Energy, which Democrats...

WASHINGTON, March 13, 2006 – The Defense Department acted as rapidly as law would allow in providing assistance to civil authorities coping with Hurricane Katrina, which hit the Gulf Coast late last August, a senior DoD official told a Senate Armed Services subcommittee March 10. Army Sgt. Daniel Loeffler, a team leader with Company C, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, and his team tread their way through the flooded streets of New Orleans Sept. 9 during a patrol of the French Quarter. Photo by Sgt. Michael J. Carden, USA    "Our department provides military support...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, 2006 – Reinforced defenses within the United States, coupled with extensive antiterrorism operations overseas, have hampered terrorists' ambitions to launch a follow-up attack against the country since Sept. 11, 2001, according to the Pentagon's homeland defense chief. Paul McHale, the Defense Department's first assistant secretary for homeland security, acknowledged to civilian leaders visiting the Pentagon recently that he's surprised terrorists haven't attempted such an attack. But luck has nothing to do with it, he said. "Our power projection overseas to attack and degrade the capabilities of al Qaeda, combined with domestic security measures we have put in...