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This week Moody’s Investors Service made good on an earlier warning that it would place the U.S. government’s rating under review for possible downgrade if movement did not occur in federal debt-ceiling negotiations.

Gov. Tim Pawlenty slammed Wisconsin Democrats on Wednesday for leaving the state to prevent the passage of a bill that would curtail collective bargaining rights for the state’s public employees. Pawlenty called them “ninnies” who “skedaddled,” and he said the controversy is not “Fantasy Island” but “Alice in Wonderland.” Pawlenty made the statements to Fox News’ Neil Cavuto Wednesday afternoon.

Heartbeat International, one of the largest networks of crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) in the country, is inviting babies to Capitol Hill Thursday, as part of

Once seen as the reification of Orange County’s distinctive brand of conservatism in Southern California, Crystal Cathedral’s recent bankruptcy filing is

As long as we’re talking about the future composition of the Afghan government, a reliable source informs me that the next round of the U.S./Pakistani/Afghan

A Justice Department Office of Inspector General audit released today reveals that the FBI’s terrorist watchlist -- used at border crossings, airports and other

Sen. John McCain gave a remarkable interview with radio personality Don Imus this morning, and the principle topic of discussion was Alaska Gov. Sarah

A new Rasmussen Reports poll of Republicans finds a 40 percent plurality believing that Gov. Sarah Palin’s (R-Alaska) resignation hurts her chances of winning

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spoke out Monday on Sen. Barack Obama’s diplomatic approach to hostile countries, during an exchange with Lukman Ahmed of

At FireDogLake, David Dayen has done great work to show how the Home Affordable Modification Program -- the Obama’s signature effort to keep financially

A letter to the White House asks the president not to expand a controversial Bush-era policy.

In a story published Monday, Internal Medicine News reports that according a survey of 350 California users of medical marijuana, about two-thirds of them substitute cannabis for prescription drugs. According to the survey, “Cannabis offered better symptom control with fewer side effects than did prescription drugs.” From the article: “Instead of having a pain medication, an antianxiety medication, and a sleep medication, they are able to just use cannabis, and that controls all of those symptoms,” said Amanda Reiman, Ph.D., the director of research and social services at the Berkeley center

Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) have found a novel way of punishing the Republican governors who are rejecting stimulus funds for

Al Franken, calling himself “the next senator from Minnesota,” said Monday afternoon he is ready to go to Washington to get to work just as soon as

TWI’s David Weigel appeared on MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show last night to talk about the forthcoming movie, Tea Party: The Documentary Film with

The Obama administration has approved the first Gulf of Mexico deepwater drilling plan since BP’s Deepwater Horizon spill, Reuters reports. Shell Offshore

The finance industry might be floundering, it might be broke, and it might be ringing the tin cup for federal help. But don’t say Wall Street has lost its sway

In their joint opening statement to the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Dennis Blair, the director of national intelligence, and