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President Obama’s decision not to campaign for Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) ahead of his tough primary tonight has been the subject of media chatter in the last

The initial proposal in the Florida House to drug-test recipients of cash assistance applied only to former drug offenders. Under changes approved today as the measure cleared a second committee, the tests would apply to everyone applying for benefits.

As the mortgage crisis worsens and foreclosures grow, many cities now are facing the mounting challenge of cleaning up abandoned properties. They are

This is curious: twice in two weeks Politico has given rather sensational headlines to stories, then changed them later in the day. The original headline for

<p>Yesterday, on ABC’s This Week With George Stephanopoulos, Joe Lieberman <a title="compared"

God it feels good to be back in D.C., where I don’t have to worry about getting shot in a Chinook or blown up by a cross-dressing Taliban. It appears, however,

Even as the emerging consensus among Washington prognosticators is that Republicans will have a tough political time opposing President Obama’s choice of Sonia

Faced with huge backlogs in immigration proceedings, Immigration and Customs Services adopted a new policy last week to cancel the deportation of thousands of

Via The Hill, Sen. Ben Nelson (Neb.), the most centrist Democrat in the Senate, has introduced legislation requiring that any unused funds from the $26.1

The Texas Railroad Commission, which oversees surface coal mining, asked Attorney General Greg Abbott back in August to step in and sue the U.S. Environmental

<p><a href="http://tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=3b95b82c-fa7a-4d8c-b5cb-ebc4a8a8d038&amp;p=1">Leon Wieseltier</a> on the

Michelle Rhee, former chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools, has a warning to unions: a new organized and national interest group advocating for

Pittsburgh, Pa. -- For hundreds of college students across this city, voting is an exercise in multitasking. Students read, work on crossword and Sudoku

The Washington Post today ran a story on several members of Congress who are crying for budget cuts while spending thousands on mailers, radio ads, emails and robo-calls for their respective campaigns. At the top of the paper’s list of those who spent the most taxpayer money on fliers, brochures, etc. in the first quarter of 2011? Florida’s own Vern Buchanan

Last week, former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole (R-Kans.) urged GOP leaders -- namely Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) -- not to resist health

The race to raise funds in Iowa’s 3rd and 4th Congressional Districts are among “10 FEC reports to watch,” according to Politico.

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer arrests a suspect in Virginia (Pic via ice.gov) South Florida immigrant advocates will be at the Broward Transistional Center today to take part in a national day of action to protest the deportation of Shamir Ali.

TWI’s Elise Foley made an appearance last week on Lou Dobbs Radio, discussing immigration reform and border security with the notoriously anti-illegal

Cordlin Comer, a Grand Rapids area man who pleaded guilty earlier this year to failing to disclose his HIV positive status to a female sexual partner, faces less than a year in jail.

It’s looking that way. Observers had expected a drawn-out battle over Senate Democrats’ plans to overhaul the nations financial regulations in favor of more

Following conservative columnist Kathleen Parker’s call last week for Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to step aside as the Republican vice presidential nominee,