Sources: Former House Speaker Will form 2012 Exploratory Comm. WASHINGTON, March 1, 2011— -- Newt Gingrich, his advisors say, will make his first step toward a presidential run this week.

Newt Gingrich gave a thumbs up Thursday to House Republicans’ new “Pledge to America” – but also to a competing “Contract from America” released by tea party groups earlier this year ...

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich threw his hat into the presidential ring recently ... that I worked too hard and things happened in my life that were not appropriate." If Republicans nominate ...

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who rose through the House ... “Unless you’ve been out there organizing for a long time, it’s hard to beat somebody who has been counting votes for ...

WASHINGTON – Former GOP presidential contender Newt Gingrich on Sunday fended off hard-line conservatives who slammed him for praising the late Nelson Mandela. “Everybody says they love ...

It’s sort of fascinating watching the Republican establishment finally go nuclear on Newt Gingrich. As near as I can tell, pretty much everyone who actually served with or alongside Newt in the ...

Here's what I learned when Mike Allen interviewed Newt Gingrich at the Politico Hub: Newt Gingrich loves zoos because he loves animals, and many zoos are private-public partnerships. Also ...

Ron Paul's presidential campaign strikes what looks to be the hardest blow yet on the surging Newt Gingrich in a new ... the kind of ad that would be very hard for Mitt Romney to pull off.

As the conservative base contemplates Newt Gingrich again – for the first time! – all manner of Newtian heresies are cropping back up. The other day, I got a call from someone who worked to su ...

Newt Gingrich has finally found a politician ... Obama? "You'd have a very hard choice at that point." Gingrich's fencing with Mitt Romney seems like an afternoon at a gentleman's club compared ...