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Greg Sargent catches a May 2006 interview with then-State Senator Parker Griffith in which he refers to himself as a life-long Democrat and a supporter of

Tell me if this makes sense to you. During the Aug. 20 Afghan presidential election, thousands of polling stations either didn’t open to the public or didn’t

Recently, several anti-abortion rights groups have rallied against recent ordinances in Baltimore and New York that require so-called crisis pregnancy

This afternoon, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Office of Management and Budget Acting Director Jeffrey Zients gave one final report on the United States’

I’m late on this, but Politico has a piece today about Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) 2010 legislative/political strategy, and it involves taking a forceful

Gov. Rick Perry declined to come out against New York’s recent passage of marriage equality over the weekend, claiming it’s a policy states have the right

Both Reps. Michele Bachmann and Keith Ellison weighed in on the death of Libyan dictator Moammar Gaddafi on Thursday, expressing relief that the Libyan people no longer have to live under a violent dictator. Gaddafi was killed by rebels on Wednesday after the found him in a sewage tunnel.

I’m pleased to announce that Megan Carpentier is joining the TWI team today -- and for the weeks to come -- as a guest blogger, covering the economy beat. Megan

China this weekend directly challenged the United States for questioning its green technology trade rules. Following the Obama administration’s announcement

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has come out squarely against Republicans’ ideas about looking into changes to birthright citizenship for children

As Republicans push for increased border enforcement, many have sought to expand Operation Streamline, a zero tolerance immigration enforcement program that

Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) has brought 52 fellow Republicans together on a letter demanding the resignation of Kevin Jennings, the White House’s safe schools

Florida-based Ron Sachs Communications is out with a poll of the state’s U.S. Senate and gubernatorial races, showing Gov. Charlie Crist (R-Fla.) is the early

The fight over California’s Proposition 23, which seeks to roll back the state’s landmark legislation to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, is taking to the

A joint U.S.-Iraqi raid near Tikrit decapitated al-Qaeda’s Iraqi affiliate on Sunday. Two of the country’s most wanted terrorists, Abu Ayyub al Masri and Abu

The White House had any number of reasons to demand that General Services Administration Administrator Lurita Doan resign, which she did yesterday evening. Top

Traders on the Iowa Electronic Markets seem convinced Republicans will retain control of the U.S. House in 2012 and gain control of the U.S. Senate

A relatively obscure document released by the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday bodes particularly ill for the chances of any form of meaningful campaign

The New York Times ran a front-page story on Sunday that tackles a thorny scientific and political issue: whether individual extreme weather events are evidence