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You wouldn’t know from the U-N-I-T-Y themes of this year’s AIPAC conference, but a big partisan gap is opening on how Americans view the Israeli-Palestinian

The Colorado Independent’s Ernest Luning passes along this rather remarkable quote from Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), speaking earlier today at an event in

Here’s a sentence you don’t see much these days: A new newspaper will hit the streets Thursday.

Controversial statements and tactics by North Carolina Republicans have brought heightened attention to a proposed constitutional amendment banning same-sex

On Tuesday, Rep. Tim Walz joined all but one of his Minnesota DFL colleagues in support of a repeal of the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which prevents the federal government from recognizing legally married same-sex couples

Another aspect of the Obama administration’s Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy that went unacknowledged over the past three days’ worth of congressional hearings is

As expected, President Obama this morning signed into law the Senate’s package of health care reforms, a number of which will go into effect this

David Espo of the Association Press says that the part of President Obama’s jobs bill that includes another extension of federal unemployment benefits is likely to pass the U.S.

A background briefing for defense experts last week reveals that plans for the new units are still in the works.

Who said telecom immunity? With the economy in the tank and Washington distracted by gazillion-dollar industry bailouts, it seems like forever since that

If you’re planning to be in Washington Jan. 20 to take part in President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration celebration, you might have a hard time getting close

Last night, TWI’s Spencer Ackerman appeared on the Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC to discuss President Bush’s magical mystery tour, as he calls it -- a

Foes of Gov. Charlie Crist (R-Fla.) are pouncing on this interview, in which host Jimmy Cefalo gives the governor a chance to distance himself from Sen. Jim

David Lane, the influential California-based activist the New York Times has called “a stealth weapon for the right,” typically avoids the mainstream media

Many Republicans, including the governor of Alabama, are hesitating to publicly praise Alabama’s controversial immigration law, most of which remains in effect

An eclectic group of experts assessed the nuances of counterinsurgency and troop increases at a panel on Wednesday.

When is it fair to accuse a member of Congress of being a birther? I’m wrestling with this a little today. Jason Linkins calls Rep. Charles Boustany (R-La.) a

To add some clarity and context to Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair’s disclosure this morning that the U.S. intelligence budget is $75 billion,

Florida Secretary of State Kurt Browning (Pic via dos.state.fl.us) A Miami judge today threw out a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union challenging the state’s plans to implement its controversial elections overhaul in 62 counties while a handful of other counties await preclearance from the federal government. The Sun Sentinel reports : The ACLU argued that the state couldn’t implement the law in some of the counties while waiting to see if the law passed federal muster in the five counties subject to the Voting Rights Act