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House Republicans are following up President Obama’s speech to their annual retreat with strikingly combative questions, with phrasing and numbers very familiar

WIth both parties’ national conventions now several weeks in the past, it’s safe to say we are back in the real world when it comes to polling data -- and a

In a recent interview with iVillage , Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius discussed Gov. Rick Scott’s decision to turn down millions from the Affordable Care Act for the state of Florida. # “I think it’s unfortunate,” she said, according to the website.”We have certainly seen this play out here in Washington in the past month or two, where there are some newly elected officials on the Republican side that have decided that their political ideology is more important than anything — more important than the health needs of their citizens, more important than the economic stability of the economy, more important than the future of jobs in America — so I think it is very unfortunate for citizens of Florida

President Obama’s scolding of the financial industry Thursday for awarding itself nearly $20 billion in bonuses during one of its worst years in decades pretty

I got a disturbing press release last night from the Defense Department. Two U.S. soldiers -- Sgt. 1st Class Christopher D. Shaw and Staff Sgt. Jack M. Martin

Colorado Democratic Rep. Diana DeGette railed Thursday against the effort led by Colorado Republican Rep

President Obama meeting school children last week. (White House)

Maj. Stefan F. Cook, who is refusing to be deployed because of his belief in conspiracy theories about President Barack Obama’s citizenship, is a member of, and

I noticed her quote in The Washington Post this morning, but now the Nobel laureate and human rights activist has her own op-ed up at The Huffington Post. Her

The Obama campaign is circulating a video featuring Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and indicted Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) at a joint press conference in July -- and

More on yesterday’s buck-wild killing of Kandahar police chief Matiullah Qati. P.J. Tobia at True/Slant hears that the mysterious U.S.-trained Afghan security

While photo identification legislation has gotten top billing in the GOP-led battle against Election Day voter fraud fears, other proposals are being

DENVER - Gov. Sarah Palin’s candidacy is clearly deteriorating. The only question is whether the decline is more like Lehman Bros or a polar ice

Speaking on Face the Nation on Sunday, Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio), the House minority leader, said he would vote for the Obama administration’s proposal to let

The New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions will provide six weeks less of unemployment benefits, up to 93 weeks, after June 12 because of the state’s declining unemployment rate. The state had provided 99 weeks of benefits since February thanks to federal assistance that kicked in when the state’s three-month unemployment rate was above 8.5 percent — unemployment was at 7.6 percent as of April 2011. Nationally, unemployment was at 9.1 percent as of May 2011, and only 54,000 jobs were added last month, down from three months of gains over 220,000

Documents obtained by TWI reveal Iraqi linguists working for the U.S. military could be in peril under new disclosure rules fostered by the Status of Forces Agreement.

From The Minnesota Independent: The National Republican Congressional Committee has added another Minnesota representative to its list of most vulnerable

Yesterday in Michigan, John McCain reminded Republicans gathered for a town hall chat why he thinks Sarah Palin, his VP pick, is qualified in the foreign policy

The growing participation of Latino voters shows a heightened responsibility and a need to continue voter reform efforts to further boost Latino voter participation.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) decided to lavish perhaps her last endorsement of the election cycle yesterday evening on former GOP Rep. Tom Tancredo, who’s

Colorado’s congressional delegation split 4-3 tonight as the U.S. House voted 269-161 to pass a debt ceiling deal that’s expected to win approval in the Senate on Tuesday. Democrat Diana DeGette joined Republicans Doug Lamborn and Scott Tipton in voting no on the measure, while Democrats Jared Polis and Ed Perlmutter voted for the deal along with Republicans Mike Coffman and Cory Gardner

At a rally for Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), Sarah Palin -- who I do think has been unfairly attacked as a source of violent backlash against health care --