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Monday’s news that President-elect Barack Obama and his advisers are planning to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay and prosecute some of the prisoners

Potential contender for the 2012 Republican nomination for president Mike Huckabee went on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show last night to talk about his new

Marc Ambinder reads the text of a bill Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) intends to release today to clarify an organizational structure within the Department of

Most of the criticism of the Department of Homeland Security’s guide to right-wing extremism has been along the lines of Pamela Gellar’s panic about the

State budget director John Nixon says he thinks Michigan needs to rethink the earmarks used to fund public education. The Associated Press reports: “It’s not that I’m saying we need to cut the school aid fund … (but) a lot of this stuff was put in place 15, 20 years ago when Michigan looked totally different,” he said during a recent interview with The Associated Press. “We just need to strip things down and say, `This is the money we’re bringing in, this is where it’s going

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) will not be attending the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington next week, reports Alex Leary: The newly-elected

As part of an effort to fix a $9.5 million budget shortfall the Flint school board is considering bids from companies interested in taking over transportation, building and grounds maintenance, waste removal and pest control. At a meeting last night school board members signed off on contracts for pest control and waste removal but did not approve a $2.5 million bid for custodial services from FEATS of Portland, Mich., the Flint Journal reports. Board assistant secretary-treasurer Vera Perry said the lower pay rate included in the bids for custodial services – from $15 per hour to $8.25 – were too harsh.

House Speaker Kurt Zellers (R- Maple Grove) told pro-life activists disappointed that Republicans weren’t able to pass bills like a human cloning ban that Gov. Mark Dayton was to blame

Sen. Barack Obama canceled his cameo on Saturday Night Live, saying it was no longer appropriate given the unfolding crisis of Hurricane Ike. But Sen.

I think too much is made of the example of the co-conspirator list, McCarthy says.

Earlier today, Eric Holder called waterboarding out-and-out torture. But later, when asked about other kinds of interrogation techniques (dogs, painful stress

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Regional institutions crucial to providing loans for mortgage lending around the country, are showing the same warning signs as Fannie Maw and Freddie Mac last year.

Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) is cosponsoring legislation with Sen.

We’ve long known that the CIA waterboarded at least three Al Qaeda detainees. We’ve also long known that the Justice Dept., at the behest of a Central

Since oil prices plummeted to below $70 a barrel, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries has been talking about cutting oil production to respond to

A burning sugar cane field (Pic by skatoolaki, via Flickr) The 2012 Farm Bill will be hotly debated in Congress in coming months, as members look to cut spending from the federal budget. But recent reports detail a move to include major agricultural cuts in the deficit reduction plan to be developed by the so-called congressional “Super Committee,” as a way to ensure that legislators don’t make even more drastic cuts when they write the forthcoming farm legislation.

The Wall Street Journal files from that parallel universe today: Thanks to the financial crisis and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Pentagon must make

Investing in new education programs or hiring more teachers are worthy goals, but school construction is better suited for the stimulus package.

Two reports from the Mortgage Bankers Association today -- one mixed, one troubling. First, mortgage loan applications -- measured by the MBA’s purchase

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