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Dick Cheney: Another term out there that slipped into the discussion is the notion that American interrogation practices were a “recruitment tool” for the

That’s going to be the focus of this morning’s Senate Armed Services Committee hearing this morning with Gen. David Petraeus and Michele Flournoy, the

Just minutes after polls closed, the AP has called the Senate race in Kentucky for Republican Rand Paul, sending Jack Conway to defeat. It’s not an unexpected

With the deadline for filing campaign finance reports this week, Sen. Debbie Stabenow announced that she raised $1 million for next year’s election, matching her chief Republican competitor, Rep

Samuel Joe the Plumber Wurzelbacher was a late addition to the speaker lineup at the How to Take Back America Conference last weekend in St. Louis, but I

Though the Senate is moving to restore Medicaid funding to states and to hand them new money to keep teachers employed, Congress is granting far less than

The president-elect is something new in American politics. In showing unfailing respect for those with competing views, he attempts to produce solutions that will accommodate the defining commitments of his fellow citizens. But he also wants to transform the nation’s self-understanding.

GUANTANAMO BAY -- Stephen Xenakis, a retired brigadier general in the Army medical corps and a psychiatrist as well as a general practitioner, didn’t have time

From the department of irony... It turns out that Rep. Mark Souder (R-Ind.), who announced today that he’ll be resigning over news of an affair with a

Last week, the House Democrats unveiled their version of the $825 billion economic stimulus package. The proposed bill provides billions of dollars for

The changing demographics of the United States suggest that there would be a lot of support for comprehensive immigration reform that includes legalization of

Yet another turn in the GOP presidential campaign strategy. Could this tactic finally seal the deal?

A state lawmaker in Michigan is planning to introduce a bill to lift a cap on liability from oil spills from pipelines, legislation that mirrors similar

Earlier today, the Senate also approved -- by an overwhelming 90 to 9 margin -- a bipartisan amendment allowing the Federal Reserve to continue to supervise

While Wall Street’s still occupied by protestors railing against financial policies that help only the rich — and spin-off protests are getting set for cities

2009 is poised to be a big year for the Democrats, but that doesn’t mean we’re going to overlook the GOP here at TWI. I’m pleased to announce that David

Florida Senate President Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island (Pic by Office of Senate President, via flsenate.gov) The Miami-Dade County Commission on Tuesday approved a resolution urging the Florida Legislature to not pass any immigration legislation in 2012.

When I asked Mike Connolly of the Club for Growth what, exactly, could strip candidates who’d signed the Club’s Repeal It pledge of official support, Connolly

Rep.

If the Senate is to pass health care before Christmas, it’ll have to follow a ridiculously tight timeline. With so little margin for error, though, the plan