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There’s a big international conference in London beginning next Thursday to harmonize allied civilian efforts in Afghanistan. One thing to expect out of it: new

The next secretary of state is sure to face difficult foreign policy decisions. Here are four to watch for during Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s confirmation hearing.

Amount of time it took the McCain campaign to use its supposedly apolitical stunt for political gain: Zero seconds. This is from the McCain campaign

I’m a little surprised to read exposes of how Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, has launched a Tea Party group, Liberty Central.

For years, at the Pentagon press podium, Lawrence di Rita helped Donald Rumsfeld lie to the American people. Now, I see via Abu Muqawama that he’s taken to the

There’s a second round of discussions in the Karzai-Taliban peace dialogue about to get underway. If you’d like a comprehensive primer on the subject that

News came from both sides of the culture war over marijuana today, as the March arrest by DEA agents of a Saginaw, Mich., doctor who prescribed medical

House Republicans will vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act on January 12, one week into the 112th Congress. The bill is called Repealing the Job-Killing

A new report from the group United for Fair Economy says that if the states adopted progressive tax systems rather than their current regressive ones, they could eliminate their budget deficits and produce surpluses. And that includes Michigan. A progressive tax system is one in which wealthier residents pay a higher percentage of their income in taxes than lower income residents; a regressive tax system is the opposite.

Congressional Democrats are learning the tough way that transparency in the legislative process has its pitfalls. CQ is reporting today that 104 House

A Rolling Stone profile of Gen. Stanley McChrystal quotes him expressing disdain for administration officials. But firing the commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan would be dangerous.

Catholic Answers , a sort of information and advocacy group run by non-clergy members, last week asked the US Supreme Court to examine the way the Internal Revenue Service determines whether or not a nonprofit group has engaged in improper political activity. The group drew the attention of the IRS after criticizing Sen.

BETWEEN BAGRAM AIR FIELD AND FORWARD OPERATING BASE SALERNO, Afghanistan – When I arrived at Bagram, a public-affairs officer named Chuck asked me what I

On CNN’s American Morning just now, John Roberts pressed Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on whether he was asking that the president interfere with Iran’s internal

Sen. George Lemieux (R-Fla.) wants to know which official at U.S. Central Command or anywhere else in the chain of command is ultimately responsible for these

Politico reports that Democrats are quietly pleased about the Supreme Court’s recent ruling in McDonald v. Chicago, which overturned the city’s ban on handguns

National Review’s conspiracy-minded legal writer is angry, furious, shocked at a weekend New York Times story on President Obama’s approach to nuclear

Has all this bated-breath excitement about Defense Secretary Bob Gates scrubbing the fiscal 2010 Pentagon budget, due next month, been for nothing? Is the

For months, congressional leaders and the White House have skirted the possibility of a second economic stimulus package, saying they wanted to allow time for

As Americans shift back to our habit of spending more than we make, a Marine in Ramadi, Iraq, offers a poignant reminder of just who’s making the sacrifices in

A sign of the times: I just got an email pointing me to this post, sent by an aide to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chairman.

Across the broad conservative movement, from members of Congress to activists to economists, Ayn Rand’s final, allegorical novel is being looked at with fresh eyes.

As Montana’s medical marijuana law is set to be constricted to the point where almost no one will have access to it, hope is rising that a judge may strike at least parts of the law this week. The law, as set to be implemented July 1, would restrict medical marijuana to those who can either grow their own or convince someone to grow it for them at no charge.

DENVER -- A phalanx of generals and admirals, Wesley Clark included, is on stage to endorse Sen. Barack Obama. Shades of 2004, the first time the Democrats did