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Remember the Virginians arrested in Pakistan last month for trying to link up with al-Qaeda in the tribal areas? Well: The five Americans were returned to

Over at Mother Jones, Kate Sheppard asks a good question: Was the Waxman-Markey energy and climate bill, debated ad nauseum and eventually passed by the House

The Los Angeles Times reports that the Obama strategy review for Afghanistan is considering middle paths for the eight-year war -- something along the lines of

Republicans and Democrats both see code in key words.

After Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) received a second censure for his aisle-crossing support of climate legislation, some cap-and-trade opponents hoped the

With the growing number of Republican Senators saying they’ll vote for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor -- Dick Lugar of Indiana, Mel Martinez of Florida

If you are a renter or someone who took out a simple 30-year fixed mortgage, it’s not surprising that you might feel like the mortgage crisis is, well, not

For Democrats left dumbfounded over Republican Scott Brown’s shocking Senate win in Massachusetts yesterday, the short response statement from Senate Majority

New Department of Homeland Security agreements governing state and local police departments’ enforcement of immigration laws are not relieving their critics’

U.S. District Judge Ursula Ungaro this morning rejected the lawsuit challenging one of Florida’s “Fair Districts” amendments.

BOSTON -- At 9:20, the first rumors of Scott Brown’s victory in the Massachusetts Senate race started to work around the room. A moment later, Doug Flutie

The Iowa Democratic Party announced Tuesday that Chicago Mayor and former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel will provide the keynote address at the organization’s largest fundraiser. Rahm Emanuel “It’s an honor to welcome Mayor Rahm Emanuel to the state for the Jefferson Jackson Dinner and to hear him speak to Iowa Democrats in support of President Obama,” said Democratic Party Chairwoman Sue Dvorsky .

The state’s highest court has agreed to hear two cases in which people have been charged with crimes for their medicinal use of marijuana. This will be the first time the court weighs in on the 2008 state law that legalized the drug for medical use.

More than a year after people first noticed his mind-boggling anti-Obama sermons, Rev. James David Manning -- a black New York preacher who claims that the

Rev. Jeremiah Wright is about to have another moment. Actually, a few moments. Barack Obama’s controversial former pastor has taped an interview with Bill

The Republicans blasting the Democrats’ health reform proposal as an unaffordable new entitlement are continually running smack into the tiny inconvenience

For the past few weeks, House liberals have been urging Democratic leaders in the Senate to bring up the public insurance option via the budget reconciliation

The Dennis Blair Show continues: Former Gov. Thomas H. Kean, New Jersey Republican, and former Rep. Lee Hamilton, Indiana Democrat, said U.S. intelligence

As the Michigan House prepares for a possible vote today on the controversial anti-bullying bill that passed the Senate last week, legislators are reacting to the analysis of that bill by a prominent First Amendment scholar published earlier this week. In that analysis, Douglas Laycock , the Robert E. Scott Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Virginia Law School and one of the nation’s foremost experts on the First Amendment, said the legislation was poorly drafted and did little to address bullying

Circuit Judge Jackie Fulford ruled today that the process by which the Florida Legislature pushed through a plan to privatize prisons in 18 counties was unconstitutional, writing that the Department of Corrections “proceeded without statutory authority and contrary to statutory authority” by implementing the plan. The lawsuit was filed by the Police Benevolent Association, a union that represents corrections officers and prison guards. The Florida Independent’s Travis Pillow outlined the argument behind the union’s lawsuit last month: The union has long questioned the financial benefits of privatization and the calculus behind the 7 percent savings mandated by Florida statutes.

I’ve cooled off on the birther movement after the forged Kenyan birth certificate debacle killed a lot of their enthusiasm. And one fringe benefit of the

Today, the Obama administration announced it will spend $3 billion more to help jobless homeowners. First, the Department of Housing and Urban Development is

Anti-immigration groups are accusing Immigration and Customs Enforcement of trying to limit immigration enforcement, citing a draft policy memo ICE released