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Not all initiatives geared toward improving student performance and school competitiveness have to do with punitive benchmarks and the threat of charters or

The debate held Monday among the candidates for the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee was like an egg cream -- the literal meaning isn’t the

A federal court today ruled that the government can continue to suppress transcripts of former CIA prisoners now being held at Guantanamo Bay talking about

The Senate just voted 77-23 to end debate and move to a final vote on the confirmation of Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke for a second term. The final confirmation

Noting that most of the criticism from the right of Supreme Court Justice nominee Sonia Sotomayor has completely ignored her long written record as a court of

Democratic strategists are champing at the bit for Republicans to go on the record for total repeal of health care reform -- the strategists believe that once

Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Sarasota (Pic via Facebook) Last week, a handful of House Republicans — including one Florida congressman — accidentally voted against a measure expressing disapproval of raising the country’s debt limit

Hey, remember when TWI’s Daphne Eviatar broke this story? Fresh out from the chairwoman and vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on

Did you ever do something that, with the benefit of hindsight, seemed really, really stupid and you wondered what exactly you were thinking at the

Economist and President of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Janet Yellen, whom President Obama nominated to become vice chairperson of the Federal

As heated discussions continue over the national debt, two of Minnesota’s major political parties are wresting with significant debts of their own. According to Federal Election Commission reports filed at the end of July, both the GOP and DFL continue to carry debt from the 2010 election cycle. The Republican Party of Minnesota owes the most — more than $600,000 while the DFL owes close to $300,000.

For five years, the reasoning behind the U.S. occupation of Iraq has been that the Iraqi government believes that a U.S. military presence is needed to

Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner’s credibility problems aren’t going away. Elizabeth Warren, chief of congressional oversight panel for the Troubled

Senate Democrats sent a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today asking her not to prejudge the outcome of an Obama administration review of a

State Medicaid directors from across the country are asking a group of federal lawmakers to consider allowing more flexibility in state Medicaid plans in order to cut costs. The Hill reports : The National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD) urged the supercommittee on Thursday to relax the rules that govern how states make changes to their Medicaid programs

In the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) committee on Thursday, Sen. Al Franken spoke about his Student Non-Discrimination Act and lamented that the bill, which would beef up national anti-bullying policies, was not included in the proposed revamp of No Child Left Behind that’s being considered in the Senate. Franken spoke of several recent suicides of LGBT students around the country, including Justin Aaberg who attended the Anoka-Hennepin School District

It’s not considered a swing state, but Sen. John McCain’s home state of Arizona may open a window into the state of the national race. Another poll released

In congressional testimony on Friday, the federal Environmental Protection Agency was again criticized for its proposed numeric nutrient criteria, a set of standards to regulate pollution from nitrogen and phosphorus in Florida waterways. But EPA representatives defended the agency’s decision to implement the standards, arguing that they are needed for the health and safety of citizens and businesses struggling to survive in harsh economic times. # The decision to force the state to implement a stringent set of nutrient criteria came as the result of legislation — but both the EPA and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection had for years been attempting to draft something similar

The New York Times editorial board weighs in today in defense of Col. Morris Davis, the Air Force officer fired from the Congressional Research Service after he

Andrew Sullivan flags this Robert Kaplan piece from last week that about Afghanistan. Most of it is a recitation of can-do optimism about the war -- containing