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My extremely tall friend Matt Duss of the Center for American Progress has a fascinating video interview with CNN’s Michael Ware, who’s done yeoman work

In a statement on its website, Mariner Energy, the owner of the rig that exploded in the Gulf says: Mariner Energy, Inc. (NYSE: ME) confirms that a fire has

After announcing Wednesday that the “smoking jalapenno ” had been found on a farm in Mexico, witnesses at a hearing Thursday continued to dance around the

A proposal by Hillsdale County Republican Sen. Bruce Casswell to allow foster children to purchase clothing only at secondhand stores has been amended.

The former and all-but-certain future GOP presidential candidate is coming out next March with a book tentatively titled No Apology: The Case for American

Gay marriage advocates may have lost a number of battles at the ballot box this past year, but it appears they’re winning the war. From Nate Silver: Here is a

No one likes paying taxes, responds Scott Brown to news of the plane attack on a Texas IRS building. What are Obama’s biggest challenges in 2010? Here’s a

Yesterday’s post about the freerepublic.com habits of Maj. Stefan Cook was re-posted at the site, where it drew (as of right now) 145 comments. From

The Associated Press: A top Iranian official said his country would respond next week to a United Nations-drafted plan to ship much of its uranium to Russia

After a Saturday full of partisan bickering, presidential arm-twisting, rowdy protests, and naked racism, the House stands ready to vote today on a historic,

Immigration advocates may have won a battle in the stimulus package, but the federal program E-verify isn’t going away.

The National Employment Law Project, which advocates for jobless workers, is criticizing Gov. Snyder and the Republican-led state legislature for making more cuts to unemployment benefits in Michigan. In a new briefing paper , the NELP says: Michigan workers continue to face one of the nation’s toughest labor markets

U.S. Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) is the recipient of the second-largest amount of money from the defense industry during the 2011-2012 election cycle as he begins

GUANTANAMO BAY -- There were doubts, after yesterday’s late-breaking release of the Manual for military commissions, whether this morning’s pre-trial hearing to

As Congress delves into its much anticipated health care reform debate, the discussion thus far has been framed as a black vs. white clash between those (mostly

Newspaper presidential-endorsement season is well underway. The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle and Chicago Tribune announced

Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.), the disgraced resigning congressman, is going down swinging and taking the news cycle with him. His weekly radio show -- and, likely,

When Merrill Lynch snuck in $4 billion in executive bonuses just before its sale to Bank of America, nearly everyone I spoke with said that while the move was

America’s mayor talks to the Dallas Morning News about whether he’ll run for president in 2012. I’m keeping my options open is how I put it – meaning

Republicans: Obama is too distracted by domestic issues to keep the country safe. Looks like Dems will expedite health reform by forgoing a formal

Washington is buzzing with the various testimonies and commissions ongoing today. Watch Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and other speakers at the National Commission

The Huffington Post’s Shahien Nasiripour, a great financial reporter, has a good piece on a top executive at J.P. Morgan Chase trashing Sen. Carl Levin

The massive oil spill last summer that contaminated dozens of miles of the Kalamazoo river with crude oil, has resulted in U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-St.