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I hate to bring this up, given all the good feelings today, but as Washington celebrates, Wall Street had a record Inauguration Day slide, led by fears that

The Republican National Committee has issued a political response to the president’s Nobel Peace Prize, blasting the Nobel Committee for denying the prize to

It’s not really a statement of support for nominee Rajiv Shah, who’s already got strong and eager support from Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. But

Remember back in 2003 when the insurance industry said that the creation of the Medicare Advantage program -- which allows Medicare patients to receive their

Smart Politics crunches the numbers and finds that Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), newly minted as the Democrats’ enemy No. 1 makes a cable news appearance

Just two weeks ago, Republican Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, who’s trying to replace retiring Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.), signed a pledge promising not to raise

Still no confirmation of The Christian Science Monitor’s major story about the Pakistanis arresting half of the Taliban’s senior leadership. But The New York

A federal district court judge in California yesterday dismissed a slew of lawsuits filed against telecommunications companies that allegedly helped the U.S.

If now is the time for underdogs to shine, we’ll need to take a serious look at Michael E. Arth, an artist, developer, activist and, most recently, Democratic

Jim Geraghty bestows credit on the Tea Party movement for this very under-the-radar election in Tuscon, Ariz., where a safe Democratic incumbent was ousted by a

Rasmussen Reports, whose poll showing Republican candidate Scott Brown sparked the current round of Democratic panic over the Massachusetts Senate race, is out

A study in the American Sociological Review released today (PDF) shows that predatory lending aimed at minority neighborhoods has led to an uneven and unfair

Nestle Waters North America has backed out of a deal that would have required pumping water out of the Wacissa River for use in the company’s Madison County water bottling plant. # Nestle was heavily opposed by environmental groups, who argued the company would do serious damage to the Wacissa if the water withdrawal plan moved forward. Across the state of Florida, water withdrawals and industry effluent are taking a toll on lakes, streams and rivers. # “Nestle is a large corporation that is in this for the money,” reads a post on Earth First! Newswire

The Senate will vote Monday evening on legislation extending unemployment benefits -- a procedural vote that could clear the way for final passage as early as

Here’s a strange story. On Sept. 8, Orly Taitz gave a press conference outside a California courthouse, during which she invited a small cast of characters to

America’s consumers -- aware of the bad economic stats and suffering from high rates of unemployment -- are not feeling confident. From the Conference Board’s

Here’s an interesting, under-reported twist on Sonia Sotomayor’s judicial record: she’s apparently a conservative when it comes to criminal justice. The Wall

But this time... it’s Raul, younger brother of long-time Cuban leader Fidel Castro. Raul took over as president of the Communist island nation in February,

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) defended his decision to move a significantly scaled-back energy bill before the August recess at the Capitol today.

Some new developments in the rape scandal that’s dogging Republican Colorado Senate hopeful Ken Buck’s campaign. To recap, briefly: Back in 2006, Buck, then the

Today, the conference committee merging the House and Senate versions of financial regulatory reform agreed to water down a provision randomizing the assignment

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Hundreds of teachers, parents and community activists will attend a two-day action conference at American University in Washington, D.C.,