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With legal challenges simmering in Texas, Houston tea party group King Street Patriots is expanding its activities, geographically and demographically. KSP

Newly arrived Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) asks a question close to my heart: How can Defense Secretary Bob Gates institutionalize the counterinsurgency lessons of

I’m pleased to welcome Jamelle Bouie into the fold as a TWI guest blogger. Jamelle blogs about American politics and public policy at True/Slant (check out his

Rep. Steve Simon, DFL-St.

CARROLL — As he surged to the top of two national polls Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich spent nearly three hours at the Santa Maria Winery in Carroll on Monday, speaking with voters, taking questions, signing books and screening a movie he co-developed celebrating Pope John Paul II. Gingrich also conducted a 10-minute interview with The Carroll Daily Times Herald and La Prensa , an Iowa Spanish-language newspaper, before going on air nationally with Fox News’ Sean Hannity from a makeshift, temporary studio on the west side of the winery. It was Gingrich’s second visit to Carroll in the campaign cycle, and momentum had turned decidedly in his favor in the hours before he addressed nearly 200 people at John and Rose Guinan’s local winery.

The vote might have been delayed, and it might have been stacked with an irrelevant gun amendment, but legislation to protect consumers from the most abusive

Remember the Virginians arrested in Pakistan last month for trying to link up with al-Qaeda in the tribal areas? Well: The five Americans were returned to

All it took was a) shots fired at Afghan civilians on a Kabul road; b) bribes to foreign officials that amount to hush money; c) credible accounts of unlicensed

Well, sort of. During the 2008 Senate campaign, Al Franken would often tell a story about Paul Wellstone — who was five-foot-five and perpetually wired —

This can’t help Alberto Gonzales with his continued job search. After 18 months of investigation, the Justice Dept. Inspector General, along with the Office

On Friday, a bill to make it easier to charge stoned drivers with DUI rose from the dead and is now expected to pass by Wednesday. The previously gutted bill to charge drivers with DUI per se if operating motor vehicles while under the influence of 5 nanograms/mill of THC 9 in their bloodstream had those provisions restored.

Over at Mother Jones, Kate Sheppard asks a good question: Was the Waxman-Markey energy and climate bill, debated ad nauseum and eventually passed by the House

The Los Angeles Times reports that the Obama strategy review for Afghanistan is considering middle paths for the eight-year war -- something along the lines of

Stuart Bowen, the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction (SIGIR), released a new report this morning showing a surprising amount of waste on a key

The Grand Old Party is having a Grand Old Time blasting the Democrats for June’s uptick in unemployment. Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said the newest figures are

Republicans and Democrats both see code in key words.

National pundits may be saying that his 2012 endorsement is coveted as one of the top 10 in the nation, but Conservative activist Bob Vander Plaats does not consider himself a high-profiler in the national political arena. Bob Vander Plaats “I never have given much weight to endorsements,” Vander Plaats, CEO of the conservative non-profit The Family Leader , said Friday.

President Obama announced Wednesday that he had reversed the policy that bars military authorities from sending official condolence letters to the families of service members who commit suicide in a combat zone. The move comes against the backdrop of steadily rising military suicide rates and a major Defense Department effort to turn the disturbing trend around. “n consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the military chain of command, I have decided to reverse long-standing policy,” Obama said in a White House release. “This issue is emotional, painful, and complicated, but these Americans served our nation bravely. They didn’t die because they were weak. And the fact that they didn’t get the help they needed must change. Our men and women in uniform have borne the incredible burden of our wars, and we need to do everything in our power to honor their service, and to help them stay strong for themselves, for their families and for our nation.” Although the suicide rate among U.S.

Building off Matt’s excellent post about today’s outbreak of GOP enthusiasm for torture and lawlessness, check out this just-released paper from Ken Gude at the

Former Congressman Pete Hoekstra has racked up more high profile endorsements — this time from other states. CNN reports that Hoekstra has picked up the endorsements of Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), Gov.

After Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) received a second censure for his aisle-crossing support of climate legislation, some cap-and-trade opponents hoped the

Sen. Robert Bennett (R-Utah) announced this afternoon that he will not be mounting a write-in campaign, his only remaining option to retain the seat he has held