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Five years after his death in a Baghdad bombing, the career of Sergio Vieira de Mello -- who worked to resolve conflicts in Cambodia, Kosovo and East Timor -- inspires his successors at the U.N.

A self-identified army wife asked former senator Rick Santorum an open-ended question about Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell -- she wanted reform, but was full repeal

A federal district judge this afternoon sentenced one-time super lobbyist Jack Abramoff to four years in federal prison for public corruption. The sentence is

I note without (much) comment the participants on today’s conference call with Internet national security writers and Defense Secretary Bob Gates and Gen.

Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) passed away earlier this morning. As Washington mourns his death, Democrats will also have some tough political calculations to make.

There’s a lot of buzz today about this Rasmussen Reports survey asking voters who they’d back in a three-way race: the Democrats, the Republicans, or a

Here’s an interesting confrontation from a hearing on the Hill today between Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. King said he’d

One more thing that bears mentioning from Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano’s big counterterrorism speech. Here’s what she said about her

It’s a done deal. A special committee in Florida has decided that the state’s presidential primary will be held on Jan. 31, 2012 — a violation of the national nomination calendar and a sure bet that Iowans will caucus earlier than Feb.

Republican Party of Iowa Chairman Matt Strawn said Wednesday Iowa’s famed caucuses aren’t tilting toward the conservative right, in spite of suggestions that the first-in-the-nation event could fall by the wayside if Republican candidates feel as though they must cater to extreme ideology agendas.

In the final stretch of the Massachusetts special election for Senate, Republican candidate Scott Brown has focused on restoring balance to Washington. He’ll

Human Rights Watch has released a report which alleges the U.S. government’s President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) funds are being used by the government of Vietnam to run forced labor camps. The report says that hundreds of thousands of drug addicts have passed through forced treatment facilities in the country, the Associated Press reports

Remember earlier this month, when the White House’s Office of Management and Budget told the Pentagon to cap its forthcoming fiscal 2010 budget at $527 billion,

President Barack Obama ‘s weekly address was filmed at an Illinois farm and leans heavily on his Midwest tour throughout — including a shout-out to the Maquoketa High School girls’ volleyball team — but the overall theme is that it is time for those in Congress to quit playing politics. “e need the folks in Washington — the people whose job it is to deal with the country’s problems, the people you elected to serve — we need them to put aside their differences and get things done,” Obama said.

Gov. Rick Perry is the featured guest for the grand opening of King Street Patriots’ new headquarters in northwest Houston, according to the tea party group’s

The presidential campaign of former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is taking heat for its cozy relationship with a nonprofit group run by oil industry trade groups. It was revealed by the Des Moines Register last week that Pawlenty advisers Karen Slifka and Chuck Larson are also working for the Iowa Energy Forum, a nonprofit consortium of oil industry lobbying groups that’s shooting to influence the outcome of the primary in early states, leading to accusations of conflict of interest from other campaigns.

Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Boca Raton (Pic via Facebook) Rep

Rep. Erik Paulsen and former Bush staffer Karl Rove were both showered with glitter at the Midwest Leadership Conference Friday

Eric Kleefeld has the numbers, donations from GOP leadership PACs to the Florida Republican and infamous sponsor of the Birther Bill that is quietly gaining

The Minnesota Independent’s Paul Demko reports: Tim Pawlenty will announce whether he plans to seek a third term as governor this afternoon. The early word:

After a day of surprisingly loud mockery, the RNC has changed the name of Chairman Michael Steele’s blog, formerly known as What Up? The new name: