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An American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees council is lashing out at the Governor’s Office after the Iowa Board of Regents unanimously approved a 4 percent raise for regent university presidents Thursday.

This morning, the Commerce Department released its latest set of data on income and consumption. The good news? They are both growing -- Americans are earning

DAYTON, Ohio -- Sen. Barack Obama gave a rousing, thoughtful and detailed address on education today, telling about 750 supporters in a high school here that

Alex Conant, who until March was the spokesman for the Republican National Committee, has made the smooth transition into insightful conservative punditry. He’s

On Feb. 23, I broke a story about how the Senate Armed Services Committee determined that Blackwater employees in Afghanistan signed for hundreds of AK-47s and

Last month, TWI examined the schism within the Libertarian Party over the rise of Wayne Allyn Root, a showy Fox News staple and recent libertarian convert who

The Hill reports on the battle brewing between liberal and conservative Democrats over whether to move forward with a clean energy bill that does not address

A new approach by terrorists relies on operatives with little training who don’t fit the traditional profile for attacks of little sophistication but with very lethal intent.

Senate Dems actually appear to be addressing Joe Wilson’s concerns. And really, his outburst was mild by international standards. Obama gets a health care

Some thorough legal analysis by Eugene Fidell of Yale, solicited by Adam Serwer. Fidell thinks that Gen. McChrystal’s comments were disrespectful but they

Colorado US Senator Mark Udall on Thursday denounced a move by Republican members of the House seeking to postpone repeal of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” military policy that bars gay soldiers from serving openly.

Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson said that Gov

Nicolle Wallace — the McCain campaign veteran most despised by the base -- as they believe she was the one leaking damaging lines about Sarah Palin — tells

With this morning’s news that employers laid off 524,000 workers in December, at least one prominent economist has some news of his own: The economy is the

Mark Ambinder has a post running under the headline, Provocation of The Day: Coleman Could Still Win. He argues: The Minnesota canvassing board doesn’t

The New York Times editorial board slammed the Koch brothers yesterday, arguing they are disastrously wrong about the science and economics behind climate

Doctors that worked in Rick Scott’s health care company say records show Medicare was being charged 100 percent, rather than the mandated 85 percent, for some visits.

The governor of Minnesota, answering a barrage of questions about Sarah Palin from Newsweek, has a politically astute answer to whether Palin has enough