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I’ve been fascinated by the rise of Chuck DeVore, a Republican state assemblyman from California whose grassroots campaign against Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.)

One tidbit I left out of yesterday’s story about Arlen Specter was that Peg Luksik, a long-time pro-life activist and frequent candidate, was also considering

The Minnesota Senate recount keeps getting curiouser and curiouser. After the Al Franken campaign claimed its first lead of the recount yesterday, it

Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson will announce his candidacy for president next week in New Hampshire. Johnson mentioned a “major announcement in New Hampshire” in a press release Tuesday.

Danger Room’s Nathan Hodge is off the Haitian coast aboard the USS Bataan, which he reports has become a new hub of Haiti operations now that the immediate

Shock, surprise! Exxon Mobil Corp. reported record-breaking quarterly profits today. The oil company earned $14.83 billion in its fiscal third quarter, more

The number of private security contractors in Afghanistan is increasing exponentially. David Brooks compares health care to Iraq; Nate Silver rips him

Rather than seek an appropriate technological solution, managers of a decommissioned uranium processing mill near Cañon City want the state to let them stop testing a radioactive holding pond because wooden pallets used to cross the pond are sinking into the toxic mud.

According to the speaker of Florida’s state House, Jeb Bush is passing on a 2010 Senate run. He said it just wasn’t the right timing, Rubio said, recounting

Here’s a quick wrap-up of today’s health care news. Most of the health care headlines today center on the reactions to President Obama’s speech to

On Tuesday, America’s poverty rate jumped from 13.2 percent to 15.8 percent -- or from 39.8 million to 47.4 million of 308 million Americans -- as the

The latest news from the negotiations between President Barack Obama and federal lawmakers over the federal debt limit is hardly encouraging, and while there’s still time , legislation offered by one Central Florida lawmaker offers a contingency plan for a worst-case scenario. # A bill by freshman Rep. Daniel Webster, R-Orlando, the “Prioritize Spending Act of 2011,” would prioritize federal spending with the revenue the government has coming in.

The federal government is kicking off several investigations of the health effects of the BP oil spill disaster. Projects will target physical issues, as well

<p>Sen. Barack Obama&rsquo;s campaign seemed to have little control over the sudden, uncomfortable arrival of race as a top issue in the presidential

Something that didn’t really fit into my piece this morning about Pakistani Ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani’s presentation yesterday with his

AARP, the largest advocacy group in the U.S. for retired persons, sued on Tuesday the Department of Housing and Urban Development for promoting policy changes

Mississippi Gov.

It seems like piling on at this point, but here’s the highlight of Michael Steele’s gig guest-hosting on Bill Bennett’s radio show. I don’t need some judge