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Al Qaeda and the Taliban are executing suspected U.S. informants in Pakistan in a campaign to terrorize potential spies and reinforce the authority of the

Debate becomes more urgent over what the incoming Obama administration should do about Bush officials who implemented a policy of torture.

If there has been a single thread that has connected the previous 11 editions of The Iowa Independent’s Power Rankings, it has been an overall feeling of discontent among Republicans as activists in the state search for someone who represents their views and that they believe also stands a good chance of unseating Democratic incumbent Barack Obama. With the Ames Straw Poll a memory and, thanks in part to a timed entry by Texas Gov. Rick Perry, showing very little bounce for the top two finishers, our panelists seem more intent on the political end game and which candidate has the mixture of organization, charisma and “that special something” to take the race all the way to the finish line

As battles over anti-union bills continue in Michigan, Indiana and Wisconsin, Ohio may be the first one to actually pass legislation that limits collective bargaining rights for public employee unions. The Ohio Senate narrowly approved such a bill on Wednesday. It includes changes unveiled by its Republican authors earlier this week that reinstate collective-bargaining powers for the state’s more than 300,000 firefighters, police officers, teachers and other public workers, but only on the issues of wages, hours and certain terms and conditions

By now you’ve probably seen the ghastly video, shot on a camera phone, of Taliban thugs flogging a teenage woman in Pakistan’s Swat valley for the simple act of

A U.S. Marine reservist and general has created a detailed report recommending that up to 400 of the 600 prisoners at the U.S.-run prison at the Bagram Air Base

While the people in the room at Monday’s Republican National Committee chairman debate were bearish on Michael Steele—a judgment I’ve heard from a lot of

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change chairman Rajendra Pachauri called on President Obama and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to commit to working

It was no surprise when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) came out a few hours ago in enthusiastic support of President Obama’s Afghanistan policy.

The rhetoric on earmarks and pork barrel spending keeps paying dividends for conservative advocacy groups looking to undermine House Democrats in swing

YUMA, Ariz.-- Sen. John McCain’s seemingly contradictory views on immigration reflect his need to make inroads with Latino voters without alienating the GOP base.

Earlier today I talked to Jill Stanek, an anti-abortion rights activist who hounded Barack Obama over his vote against Illinois’s Born Alive Infant Protection

Greg Sargent reported yesterday that Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) wrote to Dennis Blair, the director of national intelligence, after The Washington Post

The University of Texas College of Liberal Arts has issued a 17-page rebuttal to higher education reform plans promoted by Gov. Rick Perry and his allies,

After days of speculation about his mysterious disappearance, Gov. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.) just admitted to an extramarital affair and resigned as the chairman of

From Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas)’s opening statement at today’s budget hearing. Mr. Chairman, we have just spent the last hour listening to our Democrat

Not that anyone thought the reaction to the Senate Finance Committee’s long-awaited health reform bill would be any different, but the flurry of criticism from