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This morning, the National Federation of Independent Business, the small-business lobbying group, announced that its index of optimism among small business

Appearing on Comedy Central Thursday night, former Louisiana Gov. Buddy Roemer made a direct appeal to the people of Iowa while noting his opposition to PAC money made him unable to compete in the upcoming Ames Straw Poll. Roemer has prohibited his campaign from accepting special interest money

The Washington Post reports on President Obama’s new strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions: A White House official said energy would remain a top

Sens. Al Franken (D-Minn.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) are two of the latest Senate Democrats to use their opening statements in Elena Kagan’s confirmation

The Charleston County (S.C.) Republican Party’s move to censure Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) didn’t strike me as too surprising--last year, Graham fended off a

Just so no one misconstrues a previous post as me having issues with Dave Dilegge or Small Wars Journal, let me hat-tip SWJ for this just-released Army field

It is with a mix of emotions that I announce the departure of The Washington Independent’s national security reporter -- and in many ways the cornerstone of the

Rep. Doc Hastings (R-Wash.) outlined his priorities for next Congress today if he is chosen by his fellow Republicans to assume the chairmanship of the House

Fresh from his victory in Nevada and operating on little sleep, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made it clear on a conference call this afternoon that

In December, when the American Medical Association, the nation’s largest doctors lobby, endorsed the Senate’s plan for reforming health care, the backing came

At the Brookings Institution yesterday, government officials and advocates discussed the state of the United States’ relationship with Latin America, touching

It was widely reported that the corporate-funded, small-government, anti-health care reform group Americans for Prosperity was helping to organize Rep. Michele

To no one’s surprise, today’s energy and climate meeting between key senators and President Obama appears to have been inconclusive, with Democrats opening up

Nouri al-Maliki sent hints that he actually wants a timetable for U.S. withdrawal from Iraq. I was... skeptical. Now the permanent national-security adviser,

With House passage of broad oil spill response legislation late Friday, all eyes are on the Senate this week as Democrats fight to find the votes necessary to

The House leadership may not be ready to pressure embattled Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) to step down, but his colleagues are starting to amp up their

The Senate this afternoon defeated an amendment to an appropriations bill proposed by Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) that would have prevented the Pentagon from

NewOrleans.com got its hands on BP’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill response plan. It’s 582 pages long, but I’m going to leaf through it to find items of interest.

The unsurprising decision in Ricci v. DeStefano is making for political fodder against President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee.

As the Justice Department prepares to argue Thursday against Arizona’s immigration law, The Associated Press takes a look into the background of the judge who

State Rep. Dennis Baxley (Pic by Mark Foley, via myfloridahouse.gov ) Wednesday on MSNBC’s Politics Nation with Rev. Al Sharpton, state Rep.

Speaking of Bernard Madoff -- and who isn’t, these days? -- the inevitable next chapter of this saga is the first-person tales of woe from his wealthy victims.

Spectra Energy is planning a 15-mile natural gas pipeline in New Jersey, and elected officials in the region are questioning its safety. These fears come after