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This morning, the Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Development announced that sales of new homes spiked in April. They also revised their March

Sen. George Voinovich (R-Ohio) has decided to vote yes for the small-business bill, a deficit-neutral package of tax breaks that has been held up for months in

Marc Ambinder brings us John McCain’s interview with Katie Couric, in which he re-writes history about Iraq and claims Obama is the revisionist. Kate

This afternoon, an amendment protecting mortgage consumers from predatory lending practices made it into Sen. Chris Dodd’s (D-Conn.) financial regulatory reform

Here’s the guest list for today’s White House meeting to discuss Afghanistan and Pakistan strategy. New additions to the discussion: Amb. Susan Rice, a close

Looking for bi-partisan support for his stimulus package, President Barack Obama wants to hold off on letting bankruptcy judges help struggling homeowners.

State Rep. Lake Ray, R-Jacksonville (Pic by Mark Foley, via myfloridahouse.gov) During a Jacksonville city council meeting Monday, state Rep

Bob Collins gets the scoop on a mysterious billboard in suburban Minnesota that portrays George W. Bush winking conspiratorially with the slogan Miss Me

Here’s the statement just released by the House Majority Leader: As we wait for all the facts to emerge about Monday’s events, several things are already

The DNC’s grassroots arm targets 2008 first-time voters to urge their return to the polls this November. A father and son in Michigan are charged with

Scott Perry used to sell timeshares in Santa Rosa Beach, Fla. After the oil spill, people didn’t want to buy timeshares on the beach and his sales

On Thursday, the world learned that one of the activists killed by Israeli commandos was a U.S. citizen. On Capitol Hill, the news seemed to raise no eyebrows at all.

Continuing with the question of how Congress will meet the costs of escalation in Afghanistan, Matthew Yglesias flags this Politico piece reporting an

The Republican National Committee chairman judges the speech at 9:30 p.m. on the dot: After last year’s State of the Union, then-candidate Barack Obama asked

YouTube user Melioped -- easily spotted at CPAC, as she a donned revolutionary war-era dress for much of Saturday -- filmed RNC Chairman Michael Steele’s visit

Tax-exempt nonprofit groups spent $132.5 million in the last election cycle, according to a report released Friday from New York City Public Advocate Bill de

A Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission judge ruled yesterday that a mine with a history of safety violations could not be placed on a pattern of

Rep. Michele Bachmann’s (R-Minn.) embarrassing praise for Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele at last night’s CPAC banquet is getting derided

Lobbyists have been busy courting top GOP House members slated to take over the chairmanships on important committees should Republicans win the House, but it’s