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With Pakistani public opinion behind the military push against the Taliban, Gen. Ashfaq Pervez Kiyani, the Army chief of staff, declared that the tide has

A total of 28 telephone utilities have been given federal money to build and expand broadband access in rural service territories that span portions of Iowa and 17 additional states. U.S

With less than two weeks until the Iowa GOP fundraising Ames Straw Poll , 2012 presidential candidates are turning up the heat in already sweltering Iowa. Six GOP candidates will attract supporters Aug.

The American Independent will be the source of reporting that will appear on a newly designed version of The Washington Independent, which will include the invaluable archives of past TWI reporting.

State Rep. Dennis Baxley (Pic by Mark Foley, via myfloridahouse.gov ) Wednesday on MSNBC’s Politics Nation with Rev. Al Sharpton, state Rep.

Roughly $9.2 billion, according to figures from a March report on the per-immigrant cost of each step of the removal process. The numbers are estimates, of

Two groups conceived by Karl Rove and former RNC chairman Ed Gillespie have new independent expenditure ads today in two U.S. Senate races, opposing Sen.

Spectra Energy is planning a 15-mile natural gas pipeline in New Jersey, and elected officials in the region are questioning its safety. These fears come after

Speaking of Bernard Madoff -- and who isn’t, these days? -- the inevitable next chapter of this saga is the first-person tales of woe from his wealthy victims.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Fox News owner Rupert Murdoch made an economic case for immigration reform to Congress today, arguing deportation is too

The Bush White House might be on shaky ground in relying on memos written by administration lawyers to justify enhanced interrogation policies.

Toby Harnden, who penned a story about the president and vice president’s top 10 gaffes last week, does some detective work about another rumored gaffe. Did

At the neoconservative Foreign Policy Initiative conference, Retired Lt. Col. John Nagl took a question on whether the United States has a horse in the Afghan

Just months after ending an eight year long term as governor, Jennifer Granholm has joined the Dow Chemical board of directors. In announcing her new role Dow Chairman and CEO Andrew Liveris said that Ganholm has a “demonstrated track record of cultivating many public-sector and private-sector collaborations that have laid the groundwork for profitable and sustainable growth for 21st century manufacturing.” The Midland Daily News reports: Granholm’s appointment may seem a natural fit for Dow, a Michigan company that has invested heavily in clean energy fields such as solar and battery technology as the company has transformed itself in recent years. As governor, Granholm made multiple stops in Midland to highlight hundreds of millions in state tax incentives for Dow and its subsidiaries for clean energy projects that have boosted job opportunities in the region.

Kenneth Feinberg, the independent administrator charged with doling out the $20 billion BP set aside for compensating victims of the Gulf oil spill, said this

Now that we’ve stripped away the mistaken outrage, here’s cause for real alarm. CBS finds that the State Department twice failed to do something about Umar

The former Republican House Majority Leader, who left Congress in 2003, doesn’t take credit for the Tea Party movement. At every opportunity, Armey pays

With Republicans in Congress unwilling to pass President Obama’s jobs bill, many believe that the Federal Reserve is the only institution left that can lift the

All three officials testifying before the Senate’s homeland security panel -- Dennis Blair, the director of national intelligence; Michael Leiter, director of

It seems that President Obama’s impromptu press conference on Tuesday to sell the compromise he worked out with Republicans on extending the Bush tax cuts and unemployment benefits has not convinced some of his fellow Democrats. Several Democrats in the U.S. House are so upset about the deal that they’re trying to block the House from voting on the bill.

Adm. James Stavridis made it sound like a fait accompli this morning when he told a blogger conference call that NATO will soon announce a new senior official