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Oh, man. I could be missing something. But I can’t remember a White House response to a GOP legislator as straight-up harsh as what spokesman Nick Shapiro told

I’m reporting out something unrelated, so I’ve almost missed this, but apparently President Obama has made a major error in not going to Germany for the 20th

Republicans take solace in numbers of a(n occasionally) conservative pollster.

Big News! National security reporter Spencer Ackerman delivers his fifth piece today in his series on the rise of the counterinsurgents. After an exclusive

Obama’s executive order strengthening the Freedom of Information Act, issued on his second day in office, signaled his intent to open up the federal government to greater public accountability. The harder part will come in delivering results, especially at the CIA.

Jonah Goldberg has some blunt ruminations about how much better a communicator President Obama is than former President George W. Bush. I think this is just

Legislators may have concerns about the use of chemical dispersants to break apart oil in the Gulf, but testing from the Environmental Protection Agency

In 2009, ICE imprisoned 369,483 immigrant detainees -- more than twice the number it held in 1999.

Shane Harris of National Journal has a good, short piece about John Brennan’s withdrawal from consideration for CIA director. (Unfortunately, it’s behind NJ’s

Despite assurances from government officials that the recession is gradually loosening its grip on the U.S., statistics released today by Zillow, Inc. paint a

Last year, the state of Florida suffered through a round of austere budgets cuts, which largely fell on state health programs and education. Now, the News Service of Florida is reporting that this upcoming budget will also face a “significant” revenue shortfall — requiring the state to cut spending once more

Former Minnesota governor and Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty, who has taken some heat in the past for his seeming unwillingness to criticize his Republican rivals, changed tack this week, openly attacking former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann. Pawlenty has trailed in polls in early voting states

They started popping up in Houston. But when a billboard appeared in Austin, featuring a smiling African-American child and the words The most dangerous place

Rep. John Culberson (R-Texas) tweets: Pres Obama says only government that can break...cycle where lost jobs lead to...less spending. They are leading us

A key subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a hearing tomorrow in an attempt to sort out varying accounts of the amount of oil that

It’s earnings week -- and the Federal Reserve system is offering up details on its 2009 balance sheet. The bank notes that though the total value of its

The watering down of the proposal for a new consumer financial protection agency continues, with the latest victim the end of vanilla option. Treasury Secretary