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Speaking at a celebration of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s new Pashto service -- to be broadcast into the Afghan-Pakistani border region -- Richard

David Luban, a law professor and expert on legal ethics at Georgetown University, just called the torture memos written by the Bush administration’s Office of

Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone spoke at the National Press Club today, discussing his new film, South of the Border, and politics in Latin America. After

Rep. John McHugh (R-N.Y.) is before the Senate Armed Services Committee this morning for his confirmation hearing to become secretary of the Army. He began by

Two new programs are designed to help people with no jobs at risk of losing their homes. But for Sandra Monroe-Olcott and others, the damage may already be done.

TransCanada was forced by another pumping station leak to shut down the first phase of the Keystone pipeline over the weekend, making it an even dozen times the pipeline has had to be shut down due to a leak in only its first year of operation. TransCanada Corp. has shut down its massive Keystone oil pipeline for the second time in less than a month after detecting a small leak at a pumping station in Kansas, the energy and pipeline giant said

The recession has been hard on almost everyone, but a report released today by the nonpartisan Migration Policy Institute found immigrants suffered higher job

In the abstract, this sounds like a terrible idea, but in this particular case, it might be worthy. Subscription-only Inside The Pentagon reports that Defense

The Florida Commission on the Status of Women tells The Florida Independent that its “2011 Summary of Florida Laws Affecting Women and Families” report will be revised to include the anti-abortion bills that were absent in a previous incarnation. Kelly Sciba, the executive director of the Florida Commission on the Status of Women, says “the bills in questions were on our interest list as you can see on our website, but were inadvertently left out of the published report when it was compiled, along with CS/HB 1085 Women’s Health dealing with Ovarian Cancer.” “The report has been revised to included the omitted bills and can found on our website,” she says.

The problems of people who owe more than their homes are worth - something the Independent is highlighting in a series that continues today - is starting to

I missed this at the end of last week: Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Penn.), whose multi-week effort against Eric Holder ended with a sort of whimper, is asking the

Last month, TWI’s Mary Kane reported that mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were quietly slipping requirements into loan modification agreements that

At a luncheon at the National Republican Senatorial Committee’s headquarters near Capitol Hill (organized by the Heritage Foundation), I asked Sen. John Cornyn

The Environmental Protection Agency will soon offer their comments on the final Environmental Impact Statement prepared by the U.S. State Department concerning the Keystone XL pipeline. Reuters reports : The top U.S.

COMMENTARY The blue patriotism of Barack Obama is not new. It’s been hidden in plain view all around the same parts of Washington the inaugural parade will follow this morning.

Roger Stockham, the California man arrested in Dearborn this weekend for an alleged plot to blow up the Islamic Center of America mosque, has a long history of extremism, violence and mental problems.

While the Four Corners area is one of the most remote regions of the lower 48 states, it’s also home to some of the dirtiest coal-fired power plants in the nation. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) earlier this month set out to remedy that situation

To flesh something out about how Defense Secretary Bob Gates wants the services to stay in line during the upcoming budget battle on the Hill, in response to a

U.S. Rep. Dave Loebsack joined a bipartisan group of 16 members of Congress Thursday who are demanding an open and transparent process when a recently formed “super committee” on government spending begins meeting and negotiating.

According to an early-morning press release from ISAF, the NATO force in Afghanistan, Afghan troops supported by NATO forces have concluded a five-day

Today, the Department of Housing and Urban Development released its annual report on homelessness in America. The report found that the number of homeless

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