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For many people, one of the confounding things about the financial crisis has been trying to grasp exactly what happened on Wall Street -- and how things could

I hate to seem like a grinch. It’s certainly good news that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are halting foreclosures for the holiday season. No one wants to see

On Monday, Peter Wallison of the American Enterprise Institute slams the proposal for a Financial Products Safety Commission, using a Washington Post op-ed to

UPDATED: 2:50 p.m. EST, with clarification* Anti-abortion-rights group Operation Rescue has released its most recent undercover look at the American abortion

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) will headline September’s Taking America Back conference, an event that includes notable “birthers” Jerome Corsi, Aaron

After pushing for years for an economy-wide cap on carbon emissions, the White House and Senate Democrats appear ready to compromise. Their newest idea is a cap

At the end of last week, GMAC Mortgage, the United States’ fourth-biggest home loan lender, now called Ally Financial, admitted it has broken the law by rushing

Pro-Israel and pro-peace groups argue both are possible.

Spencer Ackerman passes along a photo of Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.), backstage at Netroots Nation in Pittsburgh, calling Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) to talk

Today a cohort of progressive bloggers unveils a new effort against the planned 20,000-troop increase of U.S. forces in Afghanistan. A website called

Sen. Kit Bond (R-Mo.) is harping on CIA Director-designate Leon Panetta for saying that people were rendered for torture. What evidence are you basing that on,

Here’s a fascinating exchange between Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Financial Services subpanel on housing, and Mary Coffin, executive

First appeared January 24, 2008 As the mortgage-market meltdown continues to push the Iraq War from the headlines and put sweat on the brows of

Yesterday, Albany Times Union reporter Irene Jay Liu filed a story about the National Republican Trust PAC taking its anti-Scott Murphy ad off the air

Yesterday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid filed for cloture on the extenders package, also known as the jobs bill or H.R. 4213. He intends to call a vote to

Sen. Daniel Inouye’s (D-Hawaii) clout may lead to a Democratic loss in his state’s special House election. Following the GOP’s announcement that it will hold

Attorney General Eric Holder today faced a slew of questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee about just what sort of legal process the Obama administration

U.S. District Judge Mary Lisi held an in-chambers conference on NOM’s lawsuit against the Rhode Island Board of Elections today. (That’s lawyer-speak for a

Minnesota congresswoman and Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann has been rocketing up polls in early primary and caucus states of Iowa and New Hampshire.

A case before the Washington, DC District Court could serve as a roadmap for what the Obama administration must do with thousands of ’war on terror’ detainees held by the US around the world.

UPDATE: April 5, 11 a.m. This article was amended for clarification and adds a response from Personhood USA to claims about personhood initiatives made by the

The Presidential Inaugural Committee today announced the initial lineup for the official opening inaugural event in Washington, slated to kick off at 7 p.m 2

Two new Obama administration senior officials got sent up for nomination today: Phil Mudd, undersecretary-designate for intelligence at the Department of