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In a 200-page complaint filed in federal court Monday, dozens of former government contractors injured in Iraq and Afghanistan accuse their old employers and

The release of the Fed’s 2004 transcripts and my initial post have ginned up a number of posts and stories -- including ones by Ryan Grim, Yves Smith, Matt

Last week, Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn, both Republicans from Texas, urged the Obama administration to take action against the drug violence

Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Sarasota, finally put rumors to rest yesterday by confirming that he will not launch a campaign for U.S.

A Wall Street Journal/NBC poll finds that about half of Americans approve of the way President Obama handled the Gulf oil spill, now that the flow of oil has

Over at Hungry Hungry Hippos. they’ve taken me to task for my post Wednesday on efforts in Flint, Mich. to deal with abandoned and vacant properties by

A new piece by the Associated Press examines the increased scrutiny of for-profit schools, which have been subject to whistleblower lawsuits and, in Florida, an attorney general’s investigation. # For-profit schools (familiar names include Kaplan and University of Phoenix, among others) have received a bad rap for what many say are empty promises

Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) just wrapped a presentation at the Heritage Foundation about how he expected conservative media to attempt discredit the Democrats’

Alexi Giannoulias, a Democratic candidate for an Illinois Senate seat, has a fun new website at 700billionreasons.com. Giannoulias is lobbying for Congress to

With the news that Citibank screens some of its clients for objectionable content -- and applies that screening process to gay-themed businesses -- many LGBT

It’s Time for the US to Declare Victory and Go Home As the old saying goes, “guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days.” Since the signing of

I didn’t see this at yesterday’s big Blackwater hearing in the Senate Armed Services Committee, but another reporter friend watched this happen. Code Pink, the

According to a Gallup survey of 170,000 adults nationwide, Minnesota ranks 13th in the nation for Democratic advantage just behind New Jersey and ahead of

With only a handful of exceptions, legislators voted along party lines on Saturday night’s House vote to put a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage on the ballot next fall . Republican Rep

In case you missed it, TWI’s David Weigel was back on MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show last night, talking about the mainstreaming of the birther movement

Josh Rogin has a great piece about the differences between Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the

After decades of abetment, Congress is watching with more critical eyes.

The lightning round begins: Who is everyone’s favorite Republican president? Reagan. Reagan. Reagan. Reagan. Reagan. And finally, from Ken Blackwell: Ronald

<p>Via <a href="http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/01/a-leading-gener.html">Danger Room’s Noah Shachtman</a>, Lt. General William

The Hill reports that a few Republican Senators, including John McCain (Ariz.), Jim DeMint (S.C.), Lindsey Graham (S.C.) and Tom Coburn (Okla.), are planning to

Members of Colorado’s relatively small Muslim community are intently watching the rising tide of unrest in North Africa and the Middle East, according to the head of the Colorado Muslim Society , and are very supportive of changes that lead to greater freedom throughout the Arab world. “We are for human dignity and justice and freedom from oppression for all of mankind,” CMS President Talib Syed told The Colorado Independent. “It doesn’t matter whether it’s here in the United States or in Africa or in Europe or the Middle East