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The drip, drip, drip of possible scandal keeps falling on Gov. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.). Gov. Mark Sanford left the Governor’s Mansion without a security

In response to my speculation that CIA Deputy Director Steve Kappes is stepping down because of Jeff Stein’s recent critical profile of him in Washingtonian,

While the Senate Finance Committee is still working on opening statements, the storm surrounding the Medicare Advantage program -- in which the government buys

I can’t resist. One more from Cheney’s Fox News interview: The thing I keep coming back to time and time again, Chris, is the fact that we’ve gone for eight

Last week, The American Independent was first to report that the National Cancer Institute (NCI) had added a section on medical marijuana to its treatment

When Arizona passed its highly controversial immigration bill -- which among other provisions requires police to ask people about their legal status if they

Bruce Bartlett writes that there is little the Fed or the Treasury can do to winnow down unemployment in the face of congressional intransigence on additional

One of the enduring confusions amid the debate over extending unemployment benefits revolves around the fact that the Democrats’ proposals don’t actually extend

Wells Fargo & Co. tops the list of companies receiving the largest tax breaks since 2008, according to a joint study from Citizens for Tax Justice and the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy

Abu Muqawama’s pseudonymous guest blogger has a good post giving some reasons for not freaking out over the recent spate of high-profile Iraq bombings. S/he

Despite the controversy caused in Pakistan by misunderstandings about the bill, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs just sent out this statement: Earlier

Speaking at the U.N. conference on Afghanistan today at The Hague, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said: The status of Afghanistan’s army, the

UPDATE: March 30: Life Always erected three, not one, billboards in Chicago Tuesday; the three are identical and joined side-by-side. Barack Obama is back in

Some GOP figures are being coy about their 2012 presidential ambitions; others, like former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.), are broadcasting them loud and clear.

In an interview with Katie Couric, Eric Holder dodged specifics on Justice Department plans.

The bravely flip-flopping Republican congressman from New Orleans, Anh Joseph Cao, has inspired a recall petition. The reason: his vote against the economic

U.S. Rep. Ron Paul hasn’t declared publicly which office he’ll aim for in 2012, but he’s officially started raising money. Paul is strongly considering a

Save the date: Attorney General Eric Holder will interrupt his bureaucratic battle to keep Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and the other 9/11 conspirators tried in

On Tuesday, TAI reported that the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), a body that is part of the U.S. Justice Department, made a decision on August 11 arguing

As more states consider amending their constitutions next year to prohibit gay men and lesbians from marrying, one state, Oregon, is considering the opposite tactic -- overturning a constitutional gay-marriage ban.

Always a sign of strength and capability: Unnerved by another wave of deadly pre-election attacks by Taliban insurgents including a rocket assault aimed at the

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