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It’s not just former Sen. Bob Graham (D-Fla.) and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) who’ve alleged that the CIA’s list of briefings for congress on the enhanced

The stakes are high for the next roll-out of a new financial plan by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and the Obama Administration. In the midst of a House

So it used to be that the Obama administration wanted Ambassador Zal Khalilzad to be something like a CEO for Afghanistan, because, you know, who doesn’t trust

Let the games begin. Following yesterday’s high-profile health reform summit at the White House, the Senate Finance Committee announced today that Peter

The last Republican to hold a U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts was Edward W. Brooke, who lost to Democrat Paul E. Tsongas in the 1978 election. Brooke was the

Former Sen. Dennis DeConcini (D-Ariz.) was interviewed Wednesday by Steve Goldstein on Phoenix’s local NPR affiliate, KJZZ-FM, about his experiences with his

The New Mexico pension fund will continue to invest in billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson for now, the fund’s chief investment officer said Wednesday. Paulson gained national attention when he bet against the sub-prime bubble, but his firm is now experiencing huge losses

While state Republicans are spearheading the contentious move to put a constitutional amendment barring same-sex marriage on the ballot next year, not all conservatives are behind them. In recent weeks, a number of conservatives — ranging from small-government and libertarian groups to gay Republicans — have spoken out against codification of marriage laws within the Minnesota Constitution.

When the House last week passed legislation to renew a controversial domestic wiretapping program, the groans from the Democratic-Party faithful did little to

It has been 22 days since some unemployment insurance recipients stopped receiving benefits, as the extenders bill -- also known as the jobs bill or H.R. 4213

An International Labor Organization’s report released today shows that young workers are among the worst-hit by the global recession. All in all, there are 620

The Guardian reports today that the BBC spent so much money covering the rescue of 33 Chilean miners this week that it will have to cut back on coverage of a

Apropos of last week’s story on how conservative Catholic groups were trying to stoke a divide between the president and people of that faith, a new Gallup

Since Attorney General Eric Holder announced the alleged masterminds of the 9/11 attacks would be tried in New York, there’s been much speculation about whether

Congressman Ed Perlmutter today issued a scathing statement criticizing the House of Representatives for passing a spending bill that could put nearly a million federal employees out of work. The Colorado delegation voted strictly on party lines, with all four Republicans voting in favor of the bill and the three Democrats voting in opposition. Perlmutter’s statement: “My number one priority is to get people back to work because that’s the best thing we can do to pay our debt and move forward toward economic stability

A terse account from the White House press shop: Last evening, the Vice President and General Jones had a working dinner with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu

CNN host Lou Dobbs interviewed birther attorney Orly Taitz and perennial presidential candidate Alan Keyes on the July 15 episode of his radio show, asking his

This comes from September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, a survivors’ group that has urged the Obama administration to shut down Guantanamo Bay: We,