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Last month, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ordered the federal government to arrange for the release of Fouad Mahmoud Al Rabiah from the detention center at

In writing a short piece for the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, I ended up learning a bit about the market for recreational vehicles -- campers, mobile

While he has said that he will consider oil spill claims regardless of geographic proximity to the spill, Kenneth Feinberg, independent administrator of the

The initial proposal in the Florida House to drug-test recipients of cash assistance applied only to former drug offenders. Under changes approved today as the measure cleared a second committee, the tests would apply to everyone applying for benefits.

The Minnesota State Canvassing Board finally closed the books on challenged ballots in the U.S. Senate race, and challenger Al Franken holds 50-vote lead after

A prominent children’s healthcare advocate in Montana is putting pressure on Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), chairman of the Finance Committee, to fight for a

Richard Holbrooke made a forceful, unequivocal and wide-ranging endorsement of the Pakistani president in his first appearance before Congress in his new job.

Last month, RNC Chairman Michael Steele called the race a “battle royale” that could give the party a crucial win. But last week, polls showed the race tightening.

After weeks of threats, arguments and a secret session thrown in for good measure, the House on Friday passed a controversial bill to renew the administration’s

The Senate Armed Services Committee voted yesterday to send the nomination of Rep. John McHugh (R-N.Y.) to become the next Army secretary to the full Senate,

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), after having pledged support to the strategy articulated by his presidential rival, gets upset over the July 2011 transition

Even as the emerging consensus among Washington prognosticators is that Republicans will have a tough political time opposing President Obama’s choice of Sonia

God it feels good to be back in D.C., where I don’t have to worry about getting shot in a Chinook or blown up by a cross-dressing Taliban. It appears, however,

In order to learn more about the mysterious prolonged diapering technique formerly employed by the CIA -- possibly the technique nebulously referred to in the

Faced with huge backlogs in immigration proceedings, Immigration and Customs Services adopted a new policy last week to cancel the deportation of thousands of

Via The Hill, Sen. Ben Nelson (Neb.), the most centrist Democrat in the Senate, has introduced legislation requiring that any unused funds from the $26.1

Three retiring Democrats’ combined $20 million could help their party win elections in November. Grassley: Obama is turning the U.S. into

The Texas Railroad Commission, which oversees surface coal mining, asked Attorney General Greg Abbott back in August to step in and sue the U.S. Environmental

<p><a href="http://tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=3b95b82c-fa7a-4d8c-b5cb-ebc4a8a8d038&amp;p=1">Leon Wieseltier</a> on the

The powerful conservative nonprofit brought together state legislators and representatives of the pharmaceutical industry to craft model legislation that has gained considerable momentum.

The push is on to dilute the climate change bills moving through Congress, and it’s not coming only from conservatives. Mother Jones’ Kate Sheppard reports

Here’s a rigorously reported piece on the history of the relationship between the United States and Afghan President Hamid Karzai -- as you’ll see from the