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Over the weekend, Sen. John McCain’s brother referred to the Northern Virginia suburbs of Arlington and Alexandria as communist country, presumably for their

Bad polling news for a number of Democratic Senate hopefuls is coming out all at once. The first -- and most surprising -- item concerns Gov. Joe Manchin

Ken Vogel and Michael Calderone muse on the meaning of Glenn Beck’s starring role at the Conservative Political Action Conference, which they argue marks a new

Todd Herman, the new media director of the Republican National Committee, avers that his Twitter comments are not statements on behalf of my employer. That’s

The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its August jobs report Friday morning, finding that a small increase in private-sector employment of 17,000 jobs was exactly offset by a loss of 17,000 public-sector jobs. Unemployment remains unchanged at 9.1 percent. However, the U-6 measure — including involuntary part-time workers, marginally attached workers and discouraged workers — is unchanged at 16.2 percent.

Analysts -- those who have worked on al-Qaeda and on other threats -- describe themselves as drinking from a firehose of information shared with the National Counterterrorism Center by the partner intelligence agencies.

State Republican leaders are staying mum in the wake of the release of emails between Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz and an operative effort backing GOP candidate and former U.S. Sen

Occupy Austin saw a series of run-ins with police this weekend, with a total of 42 protesters arrested over two days of peaceful demonstration, ending the

Over the weekend, The Miami Herald used documents unearthed by the whistleblower website WikiLeaks to publish an interesting account of how the U.S. government worked to convince Spanish officials not to pursue an investigation into accusations of torture made against senior U.S. officials — an effort that included pressure brought by former Sen.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Education reformer Diane Ravitch gave a keynote speech Friday at the Save Our Schools and National Call to Action, speaking for one hour on

Code Pink activists went after Obama economic adviser Larry Summers this afternoon, bounding to the conference room stage where Summers was speaking and

I’m a little late to this, but Ed Morrissey, one of the best conservative bloggers out there, has a must-read recap of this past weekend’s fifth annual Western

If the Israelis’ announcement of new settlement construction in Jerusalem during Vice President Biden’s Israel trip was insulting, what’s this? The Jerusalem

Emily’s List has endorsed former West Palm Beach Mayor Lois Frankel to challenge Rep. Allen West, R-Fort Lauderdale, in his upcoming reelection bid

It is very, very rare to see Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) agree with President Obama on anything, let alone energy policy. The conservative ranking Republican on

The 2004 CIA inspector general’s report on torture says clearly that in 2002, the CIA proposed to the Justice Department the use of eleven enhanced

Pallavi Gogoi at Daily Finance, who watched payday lender regulations die in the Senate, asked payday lenders how they liked the rules under which they are

Former Gov. Don Siegelman (D-Ala.) is going to be out on bail after a court decision today. The 11th Circuit overturned an earlier decision to keep him behind

“There are nights I don’t sleep,” are the opening words of a Spanish-language ad campaign launched this week by American Crossroads. # According to the Center for Responsive Politics , Karl Rove, the former top strategist for President George W. Bush, and former Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie formed the Super PAC American Crossroads. The five members of American Crossroads ‘ leadership staff have all worked for the Republican National Committee and almost all worked for President George W

Add one more name to the list of Republicans running to unseat Sen. Bill Nelson.

Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson just announced a new set of automobile guidelines on a conference call with reporters

Investors, rejoice! The Dow Jones Industrial Average has crossed the 11,000 mark for the first time since September 26, 2008. The news has caused much

Our comment thread indicates some confusion about the Senate parliamentarian’s ruling on the reconciliation bill that passed the upper chamber yesterday. To