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I attended the first half of last night’s National Republican Congressional Committee dinner in Washington, bolting (with about half the press corps) after

As I will note in a forthcoming piece, Monday is the deadline set by a federal judge for the Obama administration to release a much-anticipated CIA inspector

The House passed a new border security bill -- identical to the bill the Senate passed last week other than the name -- by voice vote this morning during its

DFLer Al Franken, concerned that no one will be sitting in Minnesota’s Senate seat as long as Republican Norm Coleman’s fingernails are hanging off of it, asks

Brad Johnson at The Wonk Room reports that about half of the Republican caucus in Congress, taking into account the results of the midterm elections, now

A new poll by the Los Angeles Times and USC poll shows Latino voters prefer Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown to Republican Meg Whitman by large

When partisanship curdles into the malleability of the truth, you get former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani on Good Morning America: “What he should be

He didn’t get as much coverage as, say, Dick Armey, but 2009 was a very good year for one of the more ambitious figures in conservative politics, Wayne Allyn

A federal judge late last week signed off on a deal struck between the WildEarth Guardians environmental group and the U.S.

This morning, I attended a panel called Can Conservatism Survive Mass Immigration? The question posed to the panelists, most of whom were conservatives, is

Earlier today, the Israel Project -- a pro-Israel organization that endorses tough measures against Iran’s nuclear program -- sent out a release announcing

“Save America.” That’s the goal of a right-wing convention starring Fox News’ Andrew Napolitano and former presidential candidate and U.S. Rep

That would be former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.). Via Ben Smith, Thompson says the problem with the Afghanistan war isn’t the seven years that the Bush

How is it possible that the FBI was told repeatedly just days before the murder of Dr. George Tiller that Scott Roeder, now the leading suspect, had repeatedly

Call it the gold bug and Ron Paul fever. It’s out there, but time will tell if it’s contagious. Texas congressman Paul -- who is set to announce his third

Somebody has to die first, said Bill Price, a coal country native.

Well-known Israel expert Sarah Palin criticizes President Obama’s criticism of Israeli settlement expansion (most recently over Gilo): I disagree with the

Reuters is reporting that state-run Iranian media claim that seven people have been killed in demonstrations and protests since Friday’s election. But my