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Even while Massey Energy is touting another record setting year for safety, the Charleston Daily Mail today has a different story: Safety inspectors

Conservative author Jack Cashill has been diligently working to find connections between the collected works of former Weatherman Bill Ayers and President

When a comprehensive immigration reform bill failed in 2007, eight Democrats voted to kill it. The Hill reported today some of these senators may again help to

As Daphne pointed out, the Supreme Court last week declined to take up a case brought by several U.S. towns against the Department of Homeland Security for

The foreclosure crisis rumbles on. The unemployment rate is tickling double digits. What’s the cause of the chaos? Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) says it’s the

When the Obama administration announced its plan earlier this month to transfer military commissions-bound Guantanamo detainees to the Thomson Correctional

The Minnesota Independent reports that Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) has introduced a bill that would allow Election Day registration for federal elections

A trio of professional snow shredders are charging the biggest hill in Washington, D.C., this week. Their message: Congress is getting too radical on Capitol Hill.

House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) is the latest lawmaker to weigh in on the astounding news that AIG -- which remains alive

The CIA has reportedly just confirmed -- conveniently late on a Friday afternoon -- that 12 of the videotapes it destroyed while its interrogation methods were

The path from conservative college journalism to D.C. influence is reliable.

A Gallup poll of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents released Tuesday found that Rep. Michele Bachmann bests Tim Pawlenty in name recognition and that the congresswoman has a much higher “positive intensity” than the former Minnesota governor.

More than two centuries after America’s first military skirmish, gay and lesbian Americans can now serve openly in the military. President Obama today announced that the military was finally ready to implement a policy of openly welcoming people of all sexual oreintations. From The Washington Post: The Obama administration announced Friday that the military had made all necessary preparations to allow gays to serve openly in the armed forces, setting the stage for the repeal of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy in 60 days

A double-take-inducing item from Time’s report on Palin’s book: In addition to the trade edition, there will also be a special version for the Christian

Bethany Haley, a spokeswoman for the Republican congressman from Arizona, expands on the comments Franks made about President Obama’s citizenship at a town hall

Last week, I wrote a story on nascent movements to organize the unemployed, a group already connected via enormous online networks and politically fired-up

A long-awaited filing Thursday in the al-Haramain case presents a dare to the Obama administration.

More bad news for the economy as the latest report from the Department of Labor shows a jump in new weekly unemployment claims to 429,000, a jump of 9,000. The four-week average remains at 426,250 claims

Source: Gfpeck, Flickr A bill recently introduced by congressmen from Pennsylvania and Illinois could have a far-reaching impact on the U.S. sugar industry, including American Crystal Sugar, a farmer-owned cooperative that locked out 1,300 union workers on Aug. 1

After starting the week with a final closing argument speech on Monday, Sen. Barack Obama returns to his starting argument today, with an address again

Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) echoed Afghan human rights official Nader Nadery: What prevents the Community Defense Initiative, in which the U.S. backs local