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Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick picks former Kennedy aide Paul Kirk to fill the vacant senate seat. Read his resume here. G20 summit kicks off in Pittsburgh

California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman lost the support -- and then some -- of conservative group Americans for Legal Immigration PAC after allegations

Three top Obama Justice Department picks have blogged their legal theories -- a practice about as far from writing secret torture memos as you can get.

Though the schedule for the Freedom Federation’s faith-based conference in Lynchburg, Va., held over the weekend, was finalized long before Congress agreed on

As you read this, the House oversight committee is attempting to hold a hearing on two highly contentious corporate governance issues -- who is responsible for

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) appears to be taking a page from civil liberties groups like the Center for Constitutional Rights, using

On Sunday, more than 500 conservative Christian pastors around the country vowed to break the law by endorsing political candidates from the pulpit.

A $1.1 trillion omnibus bill that included $8 billion in earmarks from lawmakers who opposed them was pulled from the Senate after Majority Leader Harry Reid

President Obama is scheduled to meet this afternoon at the White House with his top security advisers to get the results of their inquiries into the Umar Farouk

The Alaska governor put out a statement via SarahPAC: I respect the sanctity of life and the tragedy that took place today in Kansas clearly violates respect

A hydropower bill that U.S. Rep

After eight years of a do-nothing, industry-cozy Environmental Protection Agency, green activists had high hopes for the new EPA administrator, appointed by a

On the campaign trail, Sen. John McCain frequently rails against wasteful earmarks. There are two examples of pork he points to as particularly

The Texas law offering in-state college tuition to undocumented immigrants has drawn instant criticism to Gov. Rick Perry in his presidential bid, even from

House and Senate members today approved language for a homeland security appropriations bill that would give the Pentagon the right to continue withholding

With their sights set on enacting health reforms this year that include the option of a government-backed insurance plan, Democrats in both Congress and the

The Florida house that former Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor bought for his family, and where he was shot and killed by an intruder, is headed for

Whatever you think of the prosecution and conviction yesterday of the Holy Land Foundation following a 7-week trial, it does seem to prove that federal courts

There’s more proof out today that the foreclosure crisis is only getting worse, despite everything that’s been thrown at it so far: Foreclosure notices reached

Michael Powell’s write-up of Rudy Giuliani’s announcement that he’d stay out of the electoral fray in 2010 is a must-read, as is Politico’s take by Jonathan

U.S. District Judge Ellen Huvelle this morning denied the government’s attempt to further delay the hearing of Guantanamo Bay prisoner Mohammed Jawad and, as