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As the presidential campaign draws to a close, election reformers, best known for battling GOP-led vote suppression efforts, are tuning out any talk of a Sen.

ALEXANDRIA, VA. -- Outside of the Collingwood Library and Museum, a stately home a few miles down the highway from Washington, D.C. -- and a few miles north of

Over the weekend, residents of Southwest Ranches — a town in western Broward County — protested the proposed construction of a privately run immigration detention center. # Southwest Ranches has partnered with the private prison firm Corrections Corporation of America — which manages approximately 75,000 inmates in more than 60 facilities in 19 states and the District of Columbia.

The Afghanistan war is about to focus on al-Qaeda again: While emphasizing the importance of continuing U.S. operations against Pakistan-based Taliban

From the DCCC’s Jennifer Crider, blasting the NRCC for tweeting a Downfall parody video of Adolf Hitler making common cause with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi

As the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation takes up pipeline safety legislation today, watchdog groups say that the measure contains good

In 2002, the National Security Strategy issued by George W. Bush expressly precluded the United States from allowing a new superpower to develop. Speaking today

Just out of the office of Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) comes news that the cost of the health reform bill the Senate Finance Committee chairman is working on has

Ford Motor Company and the United Auto Workers have reached an agreement on a new contract that includes significant signing bonuses and more jobs for autoworkers.

So when the Obama administration announced on Friday that it was going to come up with benchmarks to judge the success or failure of its Af-Pak strategy but was

Today, Ben Bernanke, the head of the Federal Reserve, testified before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission on Too Big to Fail banks and the general

The Washington Post’s Walter Pincus reports that the U.S. military command in Afghanistan is considering hiring private security contractors to post as guards

Louis Schimmel, a former state-appointed receiver for the city of Ecorse and one time Emergency Manager of Hamtramck, now working as executive administrator in Warren, has been tapped by state officials to take over as Emergency Manager in Pontiac. The Detroit News reports: Schimmel will replace Michael Stampfler, who in August called for $15 million in possible new taxes and a reduction in city services — including cutting 10 newly contracted Oakland County Sheriff’s deputies. Stampfler has been at odds with city officials and residents over some of his proposals.

Though Rep. Vern Buchanan has yet to publicly comment on a watchdog group’s efforts to launch an FBI investigation into his past congressional campaigns, he has found time to sell his $4.49 million yacht, The Entrepreneur . The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is now using that yacht sale to highlight the allegations surrounding the Florida congressman

News outlets in Colorado reported last week that researchers at the University of Denver recommended tax hikes to fill yawning future budget gaps .

Now that Republicans have taken the House, it looks like we’ll be seeing a very different approach to energy and climate change policy next year, to put it

U.S. Central Command’s website launches a new blog -- woo, let’s party like it’s 2005* -- complete with an introductory post penned by its commanding general,

The conviction and sentencing of officer Brad Ahrensfield for tampering with a federal investigation put the spotlight back on Albuquerque’s law enforcement agency as the city council battles with the mayor in permitting the U.S.

The former Congressional Budget Organization head and McCain campaign economic adviser shows up on the host committee for Tim Pawlenty’s Pretzels and Pints