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New numbers from The Washington Post as President Obama is expected to announce a decision on prospective troop increases within days: He has a formidable

Sam Stein listens in to Mike Huckabee’s little-noticed radio commentaries for ABC and finds a bit of bad taste. Huckabee’s commentary on the morning of Aug. 27,

I’ll be totally honest: I’m swamped with other documents, but Greg Sargent has read through some newly acquired CIA documents from the American Civil Liberties

This is the third and final installment in a series on social networking sites and the military. Part One: How the Army Found Middle Ground Part Two:

The Washington Post has a great story today that raises questions about the rosy assumptions included in an Obama administration report on oil released into the

President Obama, in an interview with NBC News, about the timing of his Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy decision: I think it is entirely possible that we

On Tuesday I reported that an Arizona judge had ordered Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to stop pre-charging female prisoners for the transportation and

Focus on the Family news outlet CitizenLink on Monday posted a dire summary of a recent court ruling that rejected an attempt to protect the identities of donors to the anti-gay marriage Proposition 8 campaign.

Asked if Florida should pass an immigration-enforcement law like Georgia’s recently approved H.B. 87, Gov. Rick Scott says the federal government needs to do its job: Secure the border, implement a national immigration policy and create a work visa program that actually works.

PORTSMOUTH, Ohio -- This delightful exchange between Sen. John McCain and a reporter took place aboard the Straight Talk Express bus during the trip from

Via Politico’s Jonathan Martin Sen. John McCain has not taken questions from his traveling press corps since Aug. 13 in Michigan, and the reporters on his

After getting bounced from the ballot in the special election in New York’s 20th Congressional District, former Libertarian candidate Eric Sundwall has endorsed

On election night, Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman conceded defeat to Democratic candidate Bill Owens after dramatically under-performing in key

Via Roll Call, a bipartisan group of senators on Friday urged Democratic leaders to slow the pace of the health reform debate to ensure that the final product

Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum is making his support of the party calendar and the role of the early states clear. “Anyone who’s watch the debates realizes that, even as Republicans, there are many issues we don’t agree on — but there are two things we should agree on: Barack Obama has to go and Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina should remain first in the presidential primary process,” Santorum said.

All three witnesses -- the Defense Department’s Jeh Johnson; the Justice Department’s David Kris; and the Navy Judge Advocate General, Vice Adm. Bruce MacDonald

When I wrote my earlier post about the group of illustrious Americans urging the Obama administration to close Guantanamo and bring suspected terrorists to

Last month, the Afghan government sent a delegation to Washington to advise the White House strategy review on Afghanistan and Pakistan. Several delegates

The Guardian, fleshing out Siobhan Gorman’s Wall Street Journal piece today on the secret CIA significant actions that Director Leon Panetta cancelled last

On Monday a federal court judge ordered the Department of Defense to release a 47-year-old father of two with a heart condition who it has imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay for the past seven years without justification.

Obama administration wants Pakistan to cooperate in plans to confront growing violence in the region.

The Minnesota Independent reports that Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) is scheduled to join previously announced headliner Sarah Palin at the National Tea Party

In a recent op-ed in the Clarion Ledger , a University of Mississippi law professor says that the so-called “Personhood” movement could have detrimental effects not only on the rights of women, but on those of families, as well. Fetal “Personhood” initiatives have cropped up in states across the U.S., including Florida, but it is in Mississippi where the measure has found the most support.