Former Gov. Sarah Palin

New 'Game Change' trailer has more of Moore as Palin

A new trailer for the upcoming HBO film "Game Change," based on the book about the 2008 presidential campaign, features a lot more of Julianne Moore playing the Sarah Palin role. She's a ringer for Palin, says Yahoo! TV's critic. Judging from the trailer, the movie won't give a flattering portrayal of Palin, says ABC News. The film is set to debut in early March.

Donations to Palin PAC drop in second half of 2011

Contributions to former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's political action committee dropped by more than half in the second half of 2011. Palin announced in October that she would not seek the GOP nomination for the presidency.

Tennessee sentence upheld in Palin email hacking

A federal appeals court panel has upheld the conviction and sentence in the hacking of Sarah Palin's email by a Tennessee student in the 2008 election year.

Battling over Newt: A tea party tempest on Palin's Facebook page

Sarah Palin is telling Florida voters to choose Newt Gingrich over Mitt Romney in this week's primary. But she's not really endorsing Gingrich. "Annoy a liberal. Vote Newt. Keep this vetting process going, keep the debate going," she said Sunday on Fox News. She has also posted a lengthy Facebook attack on the GOP establishment's treatment of Gingrich. But besides the possibility that liberals would see a Gingrich candidacy as assuring President Obama's re-election, Palin's support for Gingrich is dividing her Facebook fans, writes Conor Friedersdorf in The Atlantic.

Two men plead guilty to harassing Palin's Alaska lawyers

A 20-year-old Pennsylvania man and his father have pleaded guilty to federal charges of harassing Sarah Palin's Alaska attorneys by phone.

Video: Palin sort of endorses Gingrich in S.C. primary

Wednesday afternoon update: Gingrich told CNN today he'd consider appointing Palin to a "major role" in his administration if he's elected president.

Pa. men accused of threatening Palin want new judge

A new trial date was set Friday for a Pennsylvania father and son accused of making harassing telephone calls to Sarah Palin's lawyers.

Todd Palin endorses Gingrich for president

But former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who decided not to run for the GOP nomination, hasn't decided yet, her husband says.

Governor's office gets more time to release final Palin emails

Alaska's attorney general has given the governor's office until Feb. 20 to release the last of Sarah Palin's emails from her time as governor. He left open the possibility of a further extension.

Father, son accused in Palin threats plan guilty pleas

Two Pennsylvania men accused of harassing Sarah Palin's lawyers in Alaska by phone plan to forgo trial and again plead guilty, this time without the benefit of a plea agreement.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22

Trailer: Julianne Moore as Palin in 'Game Change'

HBO has released a trailer for its upcoming film "Game Change," about the 2008 presidential campaign and based on a book of the same name. Ed Harris portrays John McCain, and Julianne Moore is a reddish-haired Palin.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21

Obama holiday card is un-American, gripes Palin

Sarah Palin this week is carrying on the annual tradition of Republican complaining about the official holiday cards issued by the Obama White House. The main problems for Palin and Fox News: Where's the word "Christmas," and what's with the dog? The card features a drawing by Los Angeles-based artist Mark Matuszak of a fireplace-lit room in the White House with the Obama family dog, Bo, warming himself before the flames.

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Producer of 'Sarah Palin's Alaska' seeks 2nd season

The producer of "Sarah Palin's Alaska" says he's in talks for a second season of that series but is not pursuing a rumored show about Todd Palin's snowmachine exploits, according to the New York Post.

Suspects accused in Palin case will stand trial

Two Pennsylvania men accused of harassing Sarah Palin's Alaska lawyers by phone are going to have to stand trial.

Updated: Would Palin ever consider endorsing Romney?

When asked about the GOP candidates on Fox News last night, Palin seemed eager to single out former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum for praise. -- Original post: Everybody in the GOP camp is wondering whom Sarah Palin will endorse for president. S.E. Cupp, writing in the New York Daily News, encourages Mitt Romney to goose his campaign by trying to patch up relations with Palin. Continued on jump

TV spot to air in Iowa urges Palin to reconsider candidacy

The Conservatives4Palin website and other supporters are making a last-ditch effort to convince Sarah Palin to run for president by airing a 60-second "Run Sarah Run" ad in Iowa beginning tomorrow. The ad consists mostly of Palin speech footage set to new-age music. There's been no response to the ad from Palin. But apparently not everyone in the hard-core Palin camp agrees with the intent of the video. Adrienne Ross of C4P writes that Palin supporters shouldn't be second-guessing the message Palin received from God that she shouldn't run.

Pennsylvania man to admit harassing Palin lawyers

The father of a Pennsylvania man who has already acknowledged making harassing phone calls to Sarah Palin's lawyers said in a plea agreement that he made similar calls, court documents state.

Guilty plea planned in alleged harassment of Palin lawyers

A 20-year-old Pennsylvania man has agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge of making harassing phone calls in a case involving Sarah Palin's lawyers.

Todd Palin reimbursed $2,500 for trial attendance

Todd Palin reimbursed $2,500 for trial attendance

The federal government paid nearly $2,500 for Sarah Palin's husband to tag along during the trial of a Tennessee college student who hacked into her email -- even though Todd Palin never testified, court records show.

Palin angered Fox News chief by announcing noncandidacy elsewhere

Fox News chief Roger Ailes was furious at Sarah Palin for announcing her decision not to run for president on the Mark Levin radio show instead of Fox News, according to New York magazine. Sources speaking on condition of anonymity told the magazine that Palin decided to surprise Fox with her Oct. 5 announcement because she was angry that the network keeps letting GOP insider Karl Rove criticize her. Palin, who has a million-dollar-a-year contract with Fox that expires in 2013, eventually passed an apology to Fox execs for the slight, the magazine reports. Continued on jump

Palin: D.C. politicians are true Wall Street occupiers

In a Wall Street Journal op-ed piece today, former Gov. Sarah Palin takes aim at what she calls a culture of "corruption" in Washington, with the "permanent political class" and big business inextricably linked in mutually beneficial dealings that ultimately make millionaires of the politicians. Continued on jump

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16

Hang Penn State's 'perverted' ex-coach, Palin says (video)

Lynch mob, anyone? Sarah Palin told Fox News last night that Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State coach charged with child sex abuse, should "hang ... from the highest tree. I'll bring the rope." When reminded by Fox host Greta Van Susteren that Sandusky hasn't yet been convicted of a crime, she amended her comments to apply "if he is truly guilty." Palin said the Penn football team shouldn't be punished for the alleged sins of coaches by being banned from playing a postseason bowl game. Read more at the Los Angeles Times. Continued on jump

Giffords and husband troubled by Palin's crosshairs Facebook post

In their new book, Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who's recovering from a gunshot wound, and her husband, Mark Kelley, express their displeasure over Sarah Palin's infamous crosshairs post on Facebook targeting lawmakers she wanted to see defeated in the 2010 election. Giffords was the object of one of the targets on Palin's map. In "Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope," Kelly writes that the map was upsetting to Giffords even before she was shot in the head in January. Continued on jump

Cartoon: Debate advice for Perry from Palin

For syndicated political cartoonist Jeff Danziger, Texas Gov. Rick Perry's memory lapse in this week's Republican debate brought to mind a story from Sarah Palin's heyday on the national scene. Click here to see Danziger's cartoon.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4

Palin to Wall Street protesters: Join the tea party movement

Sarah Palin told Florida Republicans on Thursday she sympathizes a little with Wall Street protesters but: "My question to the Occupy Wall Street crowd is, 'Where have you been the last three years?' " Sarah Palin said Thursday in a GOP fundraising speech in Florida.

Disappointed Palin fans meet online, ask, 'Now what?'

Some of Sarah Palin's most ardent fans and one member of her family got together online Saturday for an event called Grizzlyfest, hoping to encourage Palin fans disappointed she isn't running for president to keep up their conservative activism going into the 2012 election. ABC News reports that a top question from disappointed Palin fans logging into the Grizzlyfest chat page was: Will Palin change her mind? Continued on jump

Comedian under fire for 'kill Sarah Palin' tweet

TV comedian Orlando Jones continues to insist his weekend tweet calling on U.S. liberals to "kill" Sarah Palin was a joke, if not necessarily a very funny one, or just a metaphorical political "poke" that shouldn't offend anyone. In his original tweet, Jones mentioned the killing by rebels of Libyan dictator Moammar Gaddafi and then wrote, "If American liberals want respect they better stop listening to Aretha & kill Sarah Palin." Continued on jump

State wants more time to release final Palin emails

The state wants more time to release the last 10 months of emails from Sarah Palin's time as Alaska's governor.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7

Palin headlines: What's next?

The Week is asking readers today: Is Sarah Palin's political career over? Only David Frum of the Frum Forum is among those who think Palin is finished forever: Palin will never become a party elder stateswoman. Over the past three years, it became apparent to all but a handful of cultists that her only interests were money and celebrity. She had no concept of public service, and no capacity to serve even if she had wished to do so. Soon even those last cultists will quietly abandon the argument. We talk often these days about makers and takers. Sarah Palin was the ultimate taker. She abandoned her post as governor of Alaska to cash in on lectures and TV. She squeezed her supporters for political donations and spent the money on herself. To adapt an old phrase, she seen her opportunities and she took ‘em. More headlines on jump