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The Washington Post’s editorial today arguing for prosecution only of those who went well beyond the often-extreme measures authorized by the memos that

The end users have been basically used by the major investment banks, says Chris Dodd, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee.

Joe You lie Wilson may have done Obama a big favor. And not just Obama; Wilson’s opponent raised $100,000 overnight. But Erick Erickson calls Wilson a

You would think, given that Congress just passed a nearly $800 billion stimulus bill and there is already talk of a second stimulus bill in the near future,

When he was confronted by Mike Stark, Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) gave perhaps the clearest statement of any Republican member of Congress on the persistent

Flint could become the first city to get taken over by the state since Gov.

You knew it was coming. Marcy Wheeler and Greg Sargent report that Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas), the chairman of the House intelligence committee, will open

There’s a dispute inside the Obama administration about who should have the authority to appoint and direct the chief intelligence officer at oversees outposts.

My colleague Rachel Hartman reminds me that the Young Eagles’ plans for 2010 were spelled out in the infamous RNC fundraising memo obtained this month (yes, two

At the Center for a New American Security’s annual conference yesterday, the respected former ambassador to Iraq and Pakistan, Ryan Crocker, made a point of

One of the two miners reported missing following last night’s deep-mine collapse in Western Kentucky was killed in the accident, according to Sen. Mitch

A clever campaign by Sean Duffy, the talented candidate taking on Rep. David Obey (D-Wis.), who presided over the first roll call on health care reform

With fears of a new wave of domestic terrorism rising (even though those fears are statistically way out of proportion to the millions of American Muslims), The

Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) is asking federal officials to protect Lake Michigan from coal ash pollution from the S.S. Badger car ferry which operates between Luddington, Michigan and Manitowoc, Wisconsin

Brian Beutler at Talking Points Memo reports that Democrats plan to hold off on altering Sen. Blanche Lincoln’s (D-Ark.) derivatives language until after her

It sure is getting to be a hot summer. And the town hall protesters are turning up the heat: they’ve gone from objecting to a national health care plan to

The Quartet of major international players attempting to broker an Israeli-Palestinian negotiated settlement -- the European Union, the U.S., Russia, and the

That previously mentioned luncheon with Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.) went awry when the news broke that former Health and Human Services Secretary-nominee Tom

In a unanimous decision issued just moments ago, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled that Iowa’s definition of marriage, which excluded same-sex couples, violates

Today, the Securities and Exchange Commission met with the heads of the major U.S. stock exchanges, including the New York Stock Exchange and alternative venues