Breaking News

Former State Department adviser Philip Zelikow at this morning’s Senate Judiciary Committee subcommittee hearing testified that when he saw the so-called

Rep. John Mica, R-Winter Park (Pic via Facebook) Think Progress is reporting that just months after playing a lead role in the temporary shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration, Rep

ANCHORAGE -- While I was working on a piece about Gov. Sarah Palin’s energy policies, one local pointed me to the story of a town of about 300 residents on the

Barry Ritholtz at The Big Picture has an astounding followup to Matthew Blake’s coverage of Congress tearing into the rating agencies on Wednesday. As Matthew

The House voted Friday to block federal funding to Planned Parenthood, passing 240 to 185. The amendment, sponsored by Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.), has been added

Here’s the latest research on just where all of the oil that gushed into the Gulf of Mexico as a result of the BP oil spill went. According to

The Democratic and Republican leadership elections are finally upon us, and it seems that most of the drama and uncertainty has already worked itself out well

In a startling new Pew survey, more than half of households say that within the past year a member of the household has been out of work -- up 15 percentage

Say hi to Adm. James Stavridis, whom Defense Secretary Bob Gates just tapped to become NATO commander (or, for those who prefer formality, Supreme Allied

In an appearance on Democracy Now! yesterday morning to discuss Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, I made the point that Abdulmutallab’s ability to board Northwest

Photo: Chisholm’s Iron Man Statue; Source: Flickr, jimmywayne Minnesota’s Executive Council voted Wednesday for a six month delay on the lease of mineral rights on privately-held land in northeast Minnesota. A handful of non-ferrous mining companies are seeking the 77 leases , but landowners, some of whom attended Wednesday’s meeting, are unhappy with the process and the prospect of pollution by non-ferrous mining.

UPDATE: Steele deviated a bit from his prepared remarks, and I’ve changed the text to reflect that. In his speech to Republican National Committee state

On Friday, the news broke that hackers had obtained and released thousands of email exchanges between climate scientists at England’s University of East Anglia.

MarketWatch had some additional thoughts on Republican presidential nominee John McCain’s $300 billion plan to have the government buy up mortgages. People

The still-not-30 Weekly Standard editor Matthew Continetti, who penned a book about Jack Abramoff in 2006, is working on a campaign biography of Alaska’s

Frank Enten is a fixture at CPAC, a cheery military veteran with boxes and boxes of presidential and political memorabilia. Here was one of his display items

Since I’ve been singing the praises of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments all day, I leave this one to Colin Clark of DODBuzz: “I can tell

An Amherst Special Town Meeting approved a resolution last night welcoming one or two cleared Guantanamo Bay detainees to Amherst, Mass. -- once Congress agrees