Breaking News

While opposition to the Employee Free Choice Act will be well-funded, a strategy division, and the size of the Democrats’ majorities in Congress, are making life difficult for the anti-labor side of the debate.

From Washington Post columnist Kathleen Parker comes this simple but not-much-discussed observation: Empathy is not, as some seem to think, a scourge peculiar

Today Alabamans go to the polls, again, to determine the Republican candidate for governor after a June 1 primary forced a runoff between Bradley Byrne, a

GOP candidate U.S.

In the wake of his somewhat surprising -- and very soft-peddled -- victory in the CPAC straw poll, Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) is gearing up for a big showing at

Good news for people who don’t like their airliners hijacked or their chemical plants blown up. Rand Beers, longtime counterterrorism aide to presidents Bill

You almost have to admire Steve Krakauer’s ability to turn this CNN interview with President Obama into a possible wise Latina moment. The president, in

Maggie Gallagher of the National Organization for Marriage was recently a guest on the radio program Religion, Politics, and the Culture to talk about her

Just released from the chairwoman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Her review is said to be rather thorough, and yet she appears distinctly

A comprehensive immigration reform bill might be drafted by the end of this year, but President Obama said in Mexico today that he would not expect anything to

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) tweets: The fraudulent Iranian election has mobilized opposition to the Mullah regime; the U.S. should back them, now’s the

Here’s the final chapter on the months-long controversy over the United Nations’ efforts to establish the next decade’s global drug policy guidelines. As we

Congressional Democrats this week have been publicly incredulous that the credit card industry would have the temerity to raise rates and limit lending in the

During an interview on MSNBC this morning, GOP strategist Mike Murphy -- who helmed Sen. John McCain’s 2000 primary bid -- said the McCain campaign was smoking

The federal government’s answer to the furor over AIG’s payments of ridiculous multi-million dollar bonuses to the same executives who helped drive the company

Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.), who has said he wants to take over as chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, has consistently denied the broad

Republicans in the Senate are trying to hold the Defense appropriations bill hostage to their efforts to kill the health care bill. A filibuster has already