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President Obama has promised a multi-pronged approach to a greener future, but with legislation to reduce carbon emissions now on hold, energy efficiency

This is the jaw-dropping part of Manu Raju’s new story on Republicans encouraging former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) to continue litigating to keep Al

Regents appointed by Gov. Rick Perry to oversee Texas’ two flagship universities have been substantial donors to his gubernatorial reelection efforts. True to

Newly released documents suggest non-abusive tactics worked.

CNN has a much-needed and revealing poll on the Tea Party movement, with full breakdowns available at their site that reveal -- no huge surprise -- that it

All eyes focused on Texas Gov. Rick Perry as he made his debate debut Wednesday evening at the fourth GOP showdown, this one hosted by Politico and NBC. Surging in the national presidential polls, Perry joined seven other Republican White House hopefuls at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif.

The economy added 431,000 jobs last month, dropping the national unemployment rate from 9.9 percent to 9.7 percent, the Department of Labor Statistics announced

Common Cause, the citizen lobby group that works in part to curb the influence of special interests in elections, has released a lengthy report detailing the

Forget the candidates. The biggest political battle this weekend was between the Obama field staffs in Ohio and Pennsylvania, two big swing states. The two

In a clear and unambiguous indication that the Obama administration will stop at nothing to undermine the security of the United States, State Department

When you’re confirmed, as I’m sure you will be, Sen. Kit Bond (R-Mo.) says he looks forward to working with CIA Director-designate Leon Panetta. Bond moves

A really good piece from The Washington Post yesterday points out that a ton of wasteful defense spending comes from congressional Democrats. It was Democrats

Melanie Sloan, executive director of the Center for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, just responded to the Senate Ethics Committee’s decision to clear

Byron York has responded to the criticism of his column on the white-black divide of presidential support by (yawn) crying that he’s been accused of

Via Andrew Sullivan, Marc Ambinder gives the Obama administration’s rationale for opposing a truth commission on torture: In the view, a commission would

Federal drug officials on Monday raided at least 10 medical marijuana operations in at least six Montana towns. From The Great Falls Tribune: Federal agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration were seen clearing hundreds of marijuana plants out of Montana Cannabis’ greenhouses Monday as local law enforcement officials stood by outside the building.

While some lawmakers are trying to prevent nary a taxpayer cent from ever coming into contact with a clinic that also provides abortion, there’s a group out

Byron York reports: Just talked to a very clued-in Republican on the Hill. This person wouldn’t predict a unanimous Republican vote against the Democratic

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal , who once considered pursuing his own White House bid, has handed his endorsement to Texas Gov. Rick Perry

J.P. Freire, The American Spectator managing editor and an organizer of Washington, D.C.’s anti-spending April 15 Tea Party, announced this morning that