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Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele is speaking to the National Rifle Association today, using his remarks to try and define the Supreme Court

The new plan to target employers might be significant at first glance, but details make the extent of the change less clear.

The Minnesota Independent and seven other local sites were included in The Fix ‘s annual list of best political blogs. The Fix, which is run by the Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza, relied on nominations from readers to compile the list

The House oversight committee is holding a hearing now on the collapse of Lehman Bros. and the financial crisis generally. This hearing-- and four others-- will

In 2005, University of Colorado Regent Tom Lucero gained a smidgen of national attention for his role in investigating -- and eventually stripping of tenure --

The Weekly Standard and Greg Sargent are both reporting that the House Democratic leadership is boldly (my characterization, not the Standard’s) standing up to

Rep. Eric Swafford, the Tennessee Republican state legislator who has demanded President Obama’s birth certificate and passport records, has become a

Breaking a week-long silence, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) took to the Senate floor this afternoon to weigh in on last week’s explosion that killed 29 miners

It’s no news that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is facing a difficult reelection bid next year. Still, as recently as Sept. 3, the Cook Political

GOP presidential candidate Jon Huntsman released Friday a campaign ad attacking fellow contender Mitt Romney for his changing positions on issues important to

A CIA lawyer who helped spread enhanced interrogation techniques to Guantanamo and Iraq defends his name, but concedes involvement.

The National Rifle Association filed a lawsuit Wednesday in D.C. Federal Court seeking an injunction against a new rule requiring requiring gun dealers in Arizona, New Mexico, California and Texas to inform the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) if a person buys more than one semiautomatic rifle that accepts a detachable magazine and uses ammunition greater than .22 caliber within five days.

The pollster who’s cited by Republicans more than anyone else is out with an outlier of a poll showing only a narrow plurality of support for confirming Supreme

Check out this turn of events: JP Morgan Chase is stepping up to offer $400,000 to cover severance pay for the workers staging a sit in at a Chicago factory,

Looks like last month’s massive oil spill will have an impact on drilling provisions in the climate bill after all. The Washington Post reports that the climate

Experts say that age discrimination is severely compounding the jobs crisis for older workers in the recession, although the phenomenon is difficult to quantify or to prove.

Last week, Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) invited the public, via Twitter, to join him for a Texas A&M football game in October. The suite was reserved, he said.

Denver District Court Judge Bruce Jones on Tuesday smacked down Secretary of State Scott Gessler in a topsy-turvy campaign finance trial that saw two government watchdog groups defending the Colorado Constitution against the man sworn as state head of elections to uphold it. “ deciding he’s going to amend the Constitution. I don’t even think I can do that, and I’m charged with a lot more authority to interpret and apply the constitution than is ,” Jones said from the bench, according to the Denver Post

The national politics of the Sebelius fight have been complicated by the politics of Kansas.