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If you’re a legislator crafting a bailout for the auto industry in the middle of a national recession, you’d probably tweak it in such a way that U.S.

I’d like to think that this symbolizes some good old-fashioned traditional conservatism making a comeback in the GOP, said Ron Paul spokesman Jesse Benton.

Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the secretary-general of the NATO alliance, told an audience at Georgetown University today that this year the alliance’s military

TWI’s David Weigel went head-to-head with The American Prospect’s Tim Fernholz on bloggingheads.tv yesterday, discussing a wide range of topics, from the

For a random person with no role in the presidential election, William Ayers has drawn plenty of political attention lately. We try to focus on real issues

As a dramatic feature, yesterday’s high-profile health care summit in Washington was a flop. That is, for all the breathtaking headlines inspired by the

Following up on my earlier post on the FBI’s longstanding problems with putting terror suspects on its terror watchlist, I just got off the phone with FBI

It’s not the five years of additional funding many advocates were hoping for, but the Senate’s compromise on health reform does include money to extend the

For most of the Republican presidential contenders, Occupy Wall Street and its assorted spin-offs such as Occupy Denver are bad news. Occupiers have been characterized essentially as lazy bums and their message as a cry for class warfare

2012 GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney (Pic by Gage Skidmore, via Flickr) Jacksonville’s Susie Wiles, the former campaign manager for Gov. Rick Scott, has joined the team of would-be GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney. Wiles was working closely with Romney opponent Jon Huntsman until July, when she left her position as campaign manager

Nick Baumann of Mother Jones reports that the latest vehicle to try to soak American investors -- after Citi’s plans to develop derivatives (a type of insurance

Gov. Rick Scott (Pic via flgov.com) During a House committee meeting yesterday, Democratic state legislators questioned Gov. Rick Scott’s newly proposed economic growth plans and whether they would indeed improve the stagnant unemployment rate in the state

One of the major critiques of holding a civilian trial for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his fellow alleged 9/11 conspirators is that any city hosting the trial

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) introduced a proposed rule change today that would allow immigrants with U.S. citizen spouses to submit a waiver of inadmissibility before returning to their country to attend their immigrant visa interview

A new television ad begins airing Friday in the Sioux City market that informs those expecting August government checks — Social Security, veteran benefits and military pay — that if the check doesn’t arrive, they should thank U.S. Rep.

Of all the interesting tidbits in Brett Arends’ article in The Wall Street Journal about how to decide whether to walk away from your mortgage, his admission

Statements are beginning to dribble out from Capitol Hill following the death this afternoon of 18-term Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.). Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio),

Michael Zak, the historian who wrote the biographies of famous black Republicans on the GOP’s Heroes page, has an op-ed at Big Government comparing ACORN’s

While Planned Parenthood of Indiana lost its injunction Wednesday against a brand-new Indiana law -- signed by Gov. Mitch Daniels on Tuesday -- that strips

The Teapot Party has retracted its endorsement of of Gary Johnson for president in 2012. The political party, founded by country legend and marijuana legalization advocate Willie Nelson, explained the confusion surrounding the endorsement on the party’s blog

At his oil spill hearing today, Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) questioned Obama administration officials about their testing of Gulf seafood. Markey, the House

Do you know a guy named... K-I-R-I-A-K-O-U, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) asks Ali Soufan, referring to a former CIA official who alleged that -- at an