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Just now, following a defeat at the hands of the Minnesota Supreme Court, former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) officially conceded the 2008 Senate race and

Fresh from his victory in Nevada and operating on little sleep, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made it clear on a conference call this afternoon that

It was widely reported that the corporate-funded, small-government, anti-health care reform group Americans for Prosperity was helping to organize Rep. Michele

At the Brookings Institution yesterday, government officials and advocates discussed the state of the United States’ relationship with Latin America, touching

In December, when the American Medical Association, the nation’s largest doctors lobby, endorsed the Senate’s plan for reforming health care, the backing came

On a night of celebration for Republicans, there was also a lingering question: Did Tea Party challenges prevent the GOP from taking the Senate?

In the wake of a stern press conference delivered Wednesday by Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, the lobbying firm Seward Square Group has announced that it

Just got off a conference call with Caroline Fredrickson, the director of the ACLU’s Washington office. Fredrickson and a number of civil-libertarian and

British Prime Minister David Cameron today dismissed allegations by four Senate Democrats that BP had worked with the Scottish government to secure the speedy

The intricate legal battle over missing White House emails could be going somewhere. Theresa Payton, the White House’s chief information officer,has admitted

Turns out, it’s a number of the country’s largest banks. In a report out today, several environmental groups rank nine of the biggest players on Wall Street

The South Carolina Republican announced today that he’s hoping to amend the finance reform bill working its way (slowly) across the Senate floor with a

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, despite her write-in campaign to keep her Senate seat, will lose her spot as the ranking Republican on the Senate Energy and Natural

ProPublica just posted a good story on Gulf oil spill victims who are still waiting to receive compensation for their losses, even after being told by Gulf

With the spike in gas prices to more than $4 a gallon, Bloomberg pointed out in a recent story that high commuting costs are contributing to falling home values

The process is young, but the loudest criticisms of Elena Kagan’s nomination to the Supreme Court have so far come from Republicans leaders wary that she’s

The war cabinet convenes this afternoon for the first of a series of debates over Afghanistan and Pakistan strategy. Previews that don’t preview much can be

The Senate Finance Committee just voted down the second and last public option amendment expected to be offered during the panel’s markup of health reform

The process of opting out of the immigration enforcement program Secure Communities has been shrouded in secrecy and contradictory statements -- most recently

There are three amendments to watch today before Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) calls another vote to end debate of Sen. Chris Dodd’s (D-Conn.) financial regulatory

The Senate just voted on two amendments tackling the loss-taking government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which stabilize the mortgage