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It appears that yet another incumbent is in serious danger of losing his seat in Congress after South Carolina Rep. Bob Inglis’ (R) poor showing in tonight’s

More bad news for cities that want to opt out of Secure Communities: Immigration and Customs Enforcement Chief John Morton confirmed to the Associated Press

PITTSBURGH - Rep. Jay Inslee (D-Wash.), a strong progressive voice on climate change, made a surprise appearance at an environmental panel here at Netroots

The first line of a press release from the National Republican Congressional Committee this morning, the first such release since Speaker of the House Nancy

It is almost a cliché that layoffs lead to higher mortality rates, but now there is science to back up some of the anecdotes. Michael Luo of The New York Times

As U.S. military casualties mount in Afghanistan, a retired four-star Army general, who just returned from reviewing the six-plus-year war effort, said the

Republican funders and strategists worry the RNC might actually hurt the party’s chances of taking back the House in November.

Ana Marie Cox invited me onto The Inside Story today to chew over the birther conspiracies, their racial underpinnings and their threat to Republicans. The

Updated, Wednesday, 10:30 a.m. EST As Georgia-Pacific continues to fight environmental groups and the state Department of Environmental Protection over the

The New York Times published this morning an analysis of the top campaign issues discussed on the websites of members of the House that are in close reelection

Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) will endorse Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.) today in his Senate bid against former Rep. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.). Hagel told the Associated

One of the three people pulled off a Frontier Airlines flight after landing at Detroit Metro Airport on the 10th anniversary of 9/11 is speaking out, blaming the entire situation on jittery passengers who feared them because of their ethnicity. Shoshana Shebshi, daughter of a Saudi father and a Jewish mother, is a housewife from Ohio and an American citizen.

With unemployment in Florida remaining at over 10 percent, members of the Congressional Black Caucus who have said job creation is a priority will host several job fairs in Miami-Dade this week. # Rep.

Arguing that the town hall forums of August have changed the direction of the health care reform debate, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), said Thursday that he

Third District Colorado Congressman Scott Tipton unseated Democrat John Salazar in last year’s Tea Party-fueled Republican wave election, where voters sought to shake up business-as-usual in Washington. The brother of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, John Salazar is a long-time government employee who served in the state House before heading to Washington for three terms.

Some lower-level Democratic consultants have launched what I think is the first anti-Tea Party campaign at TheTeaPartyIsOver.org. There’s not much at the

The Washington Post reports that President Obama said yesterday that the U.S. detention facility will remain open past the January 2010 deadline for closure he

Yesterday evening, Senate Republicans, joined by Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-Ct.) and Ben Nelson (D-Neb.), voted against ending debate on the jobs bill, also known