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To much fanfare, Fannie and Freddie Mac recently announced that they would put a moratorium on foreclosures through the holiday season. But for some 765,000

Josh Marshall takes a whack at House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) for telling The Washington Post that he’s studying Winston Churchill’s role leading the

After seven years fighting off custom-made license plates with an anti-abortion-rights message, the state of New York was ordered by a federal judge to allow a

The Chamber of Commerce is ramping up its attacks on Democrats today. As part of its pledge to spend at least $50 million in the current election cycle, it has

Camille Paglia, the lone Salon.com columnist who can count on her ramblings getting regular links from The Drudge Report, appeared on NPR’s On Point yesterday

Republican Party of Iowa Chairman Matt Strawn confirmed Monday Republican National Commitee chair and co-chair Reince Priebus and Sharon Day will be in Ames Thursday to attend the presidential debate prior to Saturday’s straw poll . Additionally, 22 RNC members will attend the Straw Poll, Iowa GOP officials confirmed

During an Apr. 11 press conference and in public remarks in Iowa City, Iowa, U.S. Rep

On the heels of CNN’s poll from Monday, The Washington Post finds a near-even split on a second troop escalation in Afghanistan this year, with 49 percent

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (who has been well-covered by TWI) pays some back taxes. The governor’s office wouldn’t say this week how much she owes in back taxes

The House today passed two oil spill response bills, but a larger oil spill response package -- a compilation of a number of bills -- is expected to be unveiled

Some highlights from Ralph Z. Hallow’s interview with Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele, in The Washington Times: We want to convey that

Obama defines the Democrats’ midterm campaign as a battle between forward and backward. But as stimulus funds run out, state and regional governments have

Appearing on Meet the Press this weekend, Alan Greenspan, the former head of the Federal Reserve, sounded an awful lot like John Edwards for a central banker

The Supreme Court today issued a blow to victims of abuse by U.S. officials during the war on terror. The high court this morning refused to review a federal

The candidates share a rationale: if any Democrats deserve to lose next year, it will be the powerful committee chairmen who are shepherding the party’s agenda through Congress.

Following up on yesterday’s post concerning how Sen John McCain’s transition-team chief had ties to Saddam Hussein (!), a McCain spokesman named Ben Porritt

LANSING — HIV advocates and legal experts say the state’s local health departments and the Michigan Department of Community Health are using documents which exaggerate the risks of HIV transmission and misstate what Michigan law requires. At issue are documents called “client acknowledgment forms” that are meant to explain to newly diagnosed HIV-positive people Michigan’s disclosure law. But experts say those forms go beyond that stated purpose and distort the legal requirements on HIV-positive people

Sen. Barack Obama is ending this campaign just like he started it -- as the coolest guy in the room. Obama’s calm vibe is a recurring theme in campaign

Today, almost five months after the start of fiscal year 2009, House Democrats introduced an enormous spending package to fund much of the federal government in