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David Espo of the Association Press says that the part of President Obama’s jobs bill that includes another extension of federal unemployment benefits is likely to pass the U.S.

A background briefing for defense experts last week reveals that plans for the new units are still in the works.

Who said telecom immunity? With the economy in the tank and Washington distracted by gazillion-dollar industry bailouts, it seems like forever since that

Mere weeks after the Arkansas Supreme Court overturned a ban on same-sex adoption, the battle over two-parent adoptions is heating up in Michigan as advocates for youth in the foster care system say that thousands of children are being denied permanent homes. Under a 1935 law, only one person in state government can sign off on every adoption in the state, causing a two month delay reports the Detroit News.

Congress.org reported earlier this week that U.S. House Republicans are once again planning to meddle with the laws mandated by the District of Columbia’s own

This is her third Senate race in five years. As O’Donnell’s manager, I found out she was living on campaign donations, one former O’Donnell staffer charged.

After months of whining, a resignation letter delivered on the op-ed page of The New York Times and warnings of a massive corporate brain drain, only 16

Tony McDonald, senior vice chairman of the Young Conservatives of Texas, credits his organization with helping craft the language of state Rep. Wayne

In response to the Supreme Court’s controversial Citizens United decision earlier this year, Democrats are now pushing legislation designed to limit the

AARP, the GOP’s most recent scapegoat, has been preparing its defense strategy against attacks from Republicans that the nonprofit advocacy group for older

If you’re planning to be in Washington Jan. 20 to take part in President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration celebration, you might have a hard time getting close

Last night, TWI’s Spencer Ackerman appeared on the Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC to discuss President Bush’s magical mystery tour, as he calls it -- a

Foes of Gov. Charlie Crist (R-Fla.) are pouncing on this interview, in which host Jimmy Cefalo gives the governor a chance to distance himself from Sen. Jim

It’s official. Chrysler has paid off some $7 billion that it was loaned by the federal government in 2009 in order to keep the company afloat while it went through a managed bankruptcy and restructured. The bail out has been contentious for some, with several GOP presidential hopefuls having declared that the auto giants should have been allowed to fail

Yesterday, I picked apart the Climategate scandal, arguing that climate change skeptics’ position -- that the leaked emails proved the science behind global

Some good news from the Labor Department this morning: Mass layoffs, where an employer fired more than 50 workers within a month, decreased year-on-year and

Sen. Barack Obama is focused on large swing-state rallies in the campaign’s homestretch, but he just carved out precious time to address a more dispersed

The Washington Post has a great story that looks at the opening phases of the forthcoming U.S.-NATO-Afghan push to take the regions surrounding Kandahar city

David Lane, the influential California-based activist the New York Times has called “a stealth weapon for the right,” typically avoids the mainstream media

Many Republicans, including the governor of Alabama, are hesitating to publicly praise Alabama’s controversial immigration law, most of which remains in effect