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Mother Jones is running a series of infographics in its most recent issue that follow income trends in the U.S. Among other findings, they show that the top .01

A chief criticism of the $787 billion economic stimulus bill, enacted in February, was that too large a portion went to tax cuts in lieu of spending. Critics,

This evening, 57 senators said they supported the jobs bill, also known as the extenders package or H.R. 4213, which would extend unemployment benefits and

So now the U.S. and Iraq have signed the Status of Forces Agreement that gets the U.S. out of Iraqi cities in 2009; out of Iraq entirely in Dec. 2011; and

The Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision represented a major change to campaign finance law. I’ve been tracking the story of how some corporations (both

Two must-read pieces on the RNC and Michael Steele today from Reid Wilson and Ralph Hallow, the best reporters on that beat. Wilson reports on a tense

It’s official -- David Axelrod, one of the masterminds behind President-elect Barack Obama’s White House bid, is taking a huge pay cut to come to Washington.

Today, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden released their financial disclosure forms from 2009. In them, you can learn that Obama made $1

A new poll indicates that only a third of likely U.S. voters think the U.S

Republicans have made it clear that Attorney General-designate Eric Holder is the most problematic of President-elect Barack Obama cabinet nominees. Sen. Arlen

In November, I pointed out that the irregular warfare-heavy think tank known as the Center for a New American Security was basically President Obama’s shadow

Coal production in the United States dropped by 8.5 percent in 2009 compared to 2008, the Energy Information Administration, the statistical arm of the Energy

Just in time to get out of town for a week-long President’s Day recess, the Senate on Friday afternoon all but secured passage of the Democrats’ $787 billion

Last week’s poorly researched Debbie Schlussel story on Sean Hannity’s Freedom Concerts burned some of the people who posted on it, such as David Frum.

Lt. Choi may not be so satisfied with Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ decision to relax Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell enforcement, but it’s being greeted warmly by

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton breathed new life into the floundering climate talks in Copenhagen this morning with a surprise announcement that the

Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) has rejected a written request, penned on Sept. 18, by his fellow armed-services-committee senators John McCain (R-Ariz.), Joe

At tonight’s reception celebrating Tea Party: The Documentary Film, I asked Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) and FreedomWorks Chairman Dick Armey about the news that

Following last month’s deadly underground mine explosion in West Virginia, the recent controversy surrounding surface mining has been largely (if temporarily)

Gov. Rick Perry delivered his signature anti-Washington, states’ rights rhetoric to a packed theater at the National Conference for State Legislatures in San

“It used to be that very often refugees would have found work by the time our period of responsibility is up, and that’s much less true now, says a State Department official.