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Yesterday I blogged The Washington Post’s story on political appointees slyly sliding into career positions. One expert on the subject I spoke with said the

Here’s Dan Pfeiffer, deputy communications director at the White House, writing yesterday to dispel stories that President Obama and Democratic leaders have

At the bottom of Rajiv Chandrasekaran’s deeply reported story about why Defense Secretary Bob Gates and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen relieved Gen.

It was one of the final rule changes of the Bush administration: A controversial new regulation allowing gun owners to bring concealed weapons into national

The new book aims to train soldiers for the elements of persistent conflict, the kind the military was not prepared for in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Lawmakers shouldn’t overlook how the Federal Home Loan Banks extended Countrywide a $50 billion lifeline when no one else would.

Pic by samantha celera, via Flickr This week, reports surfaced of a New Smyrna Beach high school teacher becoming embroiled in possible legal problems because she preregistered high school students to vote.

Nine days ago, Florida Senate President (and U.S. Senate Candidate) Mike Haridopolos appeared before a cheering tea party crowd chanting, “E-Verify, E-Verify!” on the steps of the historic capitol

The official spin from Washington today is that the government’s rescue plan for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac was aimed mostly at reassuring jittery financial

State Rep. Elliott Naishtat (D-Austin) says he was in on the joke while being interviewed by The Daily Show’s John Oliver. The late-night comedy program

As an addendum to this post, I see Ian Kelly, a spokesman for the State Department, had this exchange with a reporter today over the propriety of the

GOP candidate and U.S. Rep.

The US Supreme Court this morning granted certiorari in the case of Rasul v. Rumsfeld, Myers, et al., the first case in which plaintiffs who claim they were

Well, this doesn’t look too good, does it? A recent lobbyist for Goldman Sachs, Mark Patterson, is in line to become chief of staff to Treasury Secretary

New fundraising numbers are in for both parties, and they’re telling the same old story of this election cycle. All three national Democratic campaign

It’s no news that the Obama administration has pushed hard for the creation of a public-plan option to accompany whatever health care reform overhaul the

Sen. Ben Nelson, the conservative-leaning Nebraska Democrat, vowed to filibuster health reform legislation if it includes a public health insurance plan, ABC

Last night’s GOP presidential debate in Michigan featured nine candidates vying for the party’s nomination in 2012. Among the participants were U.S. Rep.

I just had an English translation of the U.S.-Iraq basing deal -- officially the Agreement Regarding the Temporary Presence in Iraq and its Activities and

The Justice Department claims Arizona’s immigration law violates the Constitution, but supporting the law is gaining popularity as a smart campaign move for

As if the McCain campaign didn’t have enough to worry about with Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s two cringe-inducing interview segments with Katie Couric on the CBS

The Florida and Illinois state legislatures ended the week with a series of votes on redistricting reform, with Florida placing three measures on November’s