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It’s been about two weeks since President Obama officially announced that Chris Hill was his choice to become the next ambassador to Iraq. He’ll have a big job,

After being rebuffed last month, chief executives of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler try again to persuade lawmakers that a government bailout is necessary.

The new poll from the Siena Research Institute has Dede Scozzafava, a liberal Republican state assemblywoman, leading the race to replace former Rep. John

Tom Ricks reported earlier this week that Gen. Odierno’s relationship with the new U.S. ambassador to Iraq, Chris Hill, is deteriorating rapidly. Hill denied

The tactic has targeted legislation touching issues as varied as credit card reform, unemployment insurance and Indian health care.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) took to the chamber floor this morning to question whether Elena Kagan’s close relationship with President Obama

Developments in Afghanistan, Pakistan and India pose new challenges for the still forming Obama foreign-policy team. The Karzai government has unilaterally moved to wind down its conflict with the Taliban, new leaders in Islamabad are sending mixed signals and the assault in Mumbai could inflame India-Pakistan tensions. The new president could face hard choices.

So let’s total up what was gained and what was lost by the Obama administration’s decision to scrap the never-built ballistic missile shield in Poland and the

U.S. District Judge Richard L. Williams rejected a lawsuit Monday afternoon that sought to extend polling hours in Virginia today. William ruled that election

RIP, Robert McNamara. Nothing you ever did after Vietnam zeroed the balance. So when will Errol Morris make his Rumsfeld documentary?

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, speaking at Tehran University for Friday prayers, says the elections are fair and the protests have gone far

The Secretary of Defense: “I am deeply saddened by the tragic events today at Fort Hood. My thoughts and prayers are with the families of the fallen, the

On Friday a federal court denied the Obama administration’s request to block the release of documents in a controversial national security case.

Annie Lowrey, our former colleague at the Washington Independent, is now writing for Slate — and is still doing the brilliant job she did for our network of telling the story of the 99ers , those who have been unemployed so long that they have exhausted their unemployment benefits. The average length of a spell of unemployment now sits at 30 weeks, after hitting a high of 35 weeks in July

The Democratic National Committee is keeping up its attacks on skeptical voters showing up at congressional town halls, using this week to define them the way

Tomorrow, the federal backing for some unemployment benefits will expire, with Congress away until next week. That means another wave of Americans will lose

Here’s a little fuel to the rumors that former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) is looking at a return to politics, including a possible 2012 run for president. The

It’s worth noting: Despite the new EPA scrutiny (and potential repeal) of the Bush-era permit approving the largest mountaintop coal mine in West Virginia’s

The 15 banking CEOs who met with President Obama today in Washington head financial institutions that spent at least $45 million on lobbying in 2008, and gave

It’s not totally clear that the Obama administration is going to do this, but just in case the administration is planning on releasing its completed

Speaking at the Center for American Progress, Afghanistan’s foreign minister, Rangin Dadfar Spanta, made a full-throated plea for the United States not to back