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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

This morning the president emphasized the years of concealment of the as-yet-unfinished nuclear enrichment facility at Qom as the most serious problem posed by

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

Politico reports that Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) will unveil today an energy tax incentives bill. Coral Davenport writes in Politico’s Morning Energy: He

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

Boulder Democrat Jared Polis ranks No. 6 on Roll Call’s list of the wealthiest members of Congress, with $65.91 million in assets.

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.

The New Mexico House passed a Democratic-backed redistricting plan this morning, with every Republican in the chamber voting against the proposal. The Alamogordo Daily News reports : It would pit incumbents against each other in two redrawn districts, and sets up the possibility of another competitive pairing

Whether it’s a struggling economy or the threat of a pandemic, immigration reform is debated in the context of problems at hand.

The New York Times made an incredibly moving video about what it’s like to live in Swat under the rule of the Taliban. The barbarism on display is repugnant:

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

Remember Roberto DePosada, the Republican president of Latinos for Reform who released an ad urging Latinos not to vote in Tuesday’s election, because the

Laura Rozen reports that Harold Koh’s nomination for State Department legal adviser has just overcome a major Senate hurdle: Cloture passed on a 65-31 vote,

So says Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), a member of the Senate Finance Committee and outspoken opponent of the Democrats’ wishes to offer a government-backed

Turns out, it depends on whom you ask. Following yesterday’s much-hyped White House meeting between President Obama and Senate Democratic leaders, two