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Gordon Duguid’s daily press conferences at the State Department: Not really on the level of the 2002-vintage Rumsfeld Show of obscurantism and bluster and

Much has been made of disgraced Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff’s new job selling pizza at a kosher establishment in Baltimore. But what of former Rep. Randy

Chris Cillizza has the scoop: Illinois Rep. Mark Kirk (R) will not run for the open seat of Sen. Roland Burris (D) in 2010, a stunning reversal from just 48

SAN DIEGO -- The next few days will likely make the Tom Tancredos and the Lou Dobbs’ of the world cringe. Sen. John McCain, the likely GOP nominee, appeared

Four and a half years ago I was working for a certain national newspaper when my bosses had a brainstorm: hire two controversial pundits of the right and left

The conservative commentator, who regularly gets away with statements that would get less popular pundits banned from the airwaves, doesn’t pull punches in his

The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan has filed a Freedom of Information Act request for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement records relating to the detention and assault of an American citizen and a lawful permanent resident in Grand Rapids in February.

The Associated Press reports that a group of senior House Democrats are concerned that a recent signing statement issued by President Obama is reminiscent

Gov. Rick Snyder is seeking to preempt legal challenges to his recently adopted tax plan by asking the Michigan Supreme Court to issue an opinion on the legality of taxing public pensions.

With the news that Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) will be leaving his post to take the helm of the Senate Health, Education, Labor

Kate has a great piece today about some of the nation’s polluters embracing once-dreaded regulations from the Environmental Protection Agency in order to fend

The wealth disparity between white households and black and Hispanic households reached staggering and unprecedented proportions after the housing market

Salon’s Rebecca Traister says cry me a freaking river to the commentators expressing pity for Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, in the wake of her painful

The California Dream Act, which would allow undocumented students who qualify for in-state tuition to apply for financial aid, has been passed by the state

Calculated Risk offers some nostalgic memories as the Dow Jones Industrials dipped below 10,000 today, for the first time in five years. March 29,

Women are used to being under-represented in Congress: There are only 17 women in the U.S. Senate (out of 100) and 76 women in the U.S. House of Representatives

Just in time for Congress’ return to Washington to continue its health reform debate, California Attorney General Jerry Brown announced Thursday that he’s

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals affirms, as expected, the decision of a lower court to fine birther lawyer Orly Taitz $20,000 for her conduct in a lawsuit on

It’s hard to see how this helps Rick Perry in a brutal Republican primary contest, but former President Bill Clinton on Monday defended Perry’s position on immigration and his support of the Texas Dream Act. From CNN:

There is a debate brewing in San Diego over how much schools should teach students about their rights in immigration raids and deportation proceedings, the San

The last time we saw Larry Sinclair, an ex-con who won a strange sort of fame in 2008 for his wild and unsubstantiated allegations against Barack Obama, he was