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Just how many terrorists have American civilian courts convicted? The Justice Department is happy to let you know. In filings provided to the congressional

Alabama Attorney General Troy King is threatening to take legal action to stop what he characterizes as a flawed claims process proposed by Kenneth Feinberg,

Republicans have done a pretty fantastic job of working the refs and making a political issue out of when Sen.-elect Scott Brown (R-Mass.) will be seated.

On his MSNBC morning show today, Dylan Ratigan asked me if I thought the decision to bring the suspected 9/11 co-conspirators to trial in a New York federal

A new report shows that states all around the country have cut funding for community health centers — bringing funding for them to a seven-year low.

Antonio Diaz Chacon, 23, who gained national headlines for chasing down a kidnapper to save a six-year old girl in Albuquerque last week, told the media that he is an illegal immigrant.

In a last-minute genuflection to the mining industry, the Bush administration yesterday finalized its contentious plan to lift restrictions on mine-debris

From Jake Tapper at ABC: Justice Department spokesman Matthew Miller said today that Justice Department officials “will not participate in an attempt to drag

For us national-security writers, our version of Iron Man or The Dark Knight is Jane Mayer’s The Dark Side -- the first book on the war on terrorism from

A drumbeat is building for some form of federal takeover of troubled home mortgages. Sen. Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.) is leading the charge in the

Spencer sends over a short video clip revealing that Sen. Saxby Chambliss probably needs some rest. Facing a runoff election in a few weeks -- and recently

In four hours of testimony before the House oversight committee, the former Fed chairman admitted that his belief that markets will self-regulate was flawed. But as the hearing wore on, he was back to his old confident self, fending off calls for more regulation.

GUANTANAMO BAY -- It’s been a persistent point of speculation since The Toronto Star’s Michelle Shephard broke the story Wednesday that the defense had turned

It’s the last bit of news that his colleagues want to hear, but House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) on Tuesday floated the possibility that Congress

In three Congressional hearings this spring, Rep. John Tierney (D-Mass.) carefully laid out the case against the Pentagon’s long-range missile defense

Even with the Iraq war yielding reduced levels of violence, a new Brookings Institution report details what could be the next Iraq-related security crisis

YouTube user Nate C has a must-see video of anti-gay activist Ryan Sorba’s CPAC speech. The angle most people have seen is the one that C-Span captured with a

The absence of a progressive income tax structure in Initiative 25 has stopped some progressive organizations from getting on board with State Sen. Rollie Heath’s attempt to stem what has become a yearly bleeding of dollars from public education. While Heath and others agree a graduated tax structure would have been the preferred path, they said the initiative remains education’s best tourniquet while long-term solutions are worked on.

Arizona wrapped its 50th legislative session this week, with both Republican-controlled chambers passing several pieces of legislation that will likely impact

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