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As midterm elections loom and anti-immigration rhetoric swells, The New York Times reports on the unfortunate trend of immigrants who register to vote and then

The compromise Senate health reform bill cleared its first major hurdle early this morning, as senators voted strictly along party lines to block a Republican

Lehman Brothers, Inc., released its second quarter earnings last week, reporting a loss of $2.8 billion ($4.1 billion before taxes). The losses were caused

OMAHA, Neb. -- Following his speech at the NAACP national convention in Cincinnati, Sen. John McCain announced he would take some questions from the audience.

The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday upheld (pdf.) the 2007 Legal Arizona Workers Act, a decision that deepens the debate between between supporters and detractors of mandatory state and federal E-Verify programs

Today during the markup process to overhaul the main education law of the land, No Child Left Behind, senators on the HELP Committee managed to discuss a

For the past month, Senate Democrats have bent over backward to get Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) behind their health reforms -- a move that seemed to pay

On Monday an installment of Freedom Radio, a podcast production of FreedomWorks, outlined the conservative action group’s involvement in the school choice

Since his announcement of an exploratory committee for a possible 2012 presidential campaign, former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum has been carving out a campaign

Economic analysts agree it’s too early to judge Gov. Terry Branstad on attaining the economic goals he set forth during his campaign, but at least one says it’s a safe bet they won’t be reached

Via Danger Room, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, took a jaundiced view of the role of contractors in Afghanistan: I

The commanding general of NATO forces in Afghanistan repeatedly used the word process in a Pentagon press briefing to describe the gradual and ongoing

Momentum is building in the House to pass new regulations on the controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing, in which water, sand and a mixture of

Joe Klein of Time just told that to CNN. Will President Obama accept his resignation if so? Update: On Twitter, Joe clarifies through Time Magazine that

Earlier this month, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Maine raised plenty of eyebrows when it sued the state for refusing to grant an 18.5 percent premium hike

Gov. Rick Scott, once vehemently opposed to federal spending , is going to ask the Legislature (again) for the budget authority needed to apply for funds from the federal health care reform law. This request comes with added pressure: Millions in federal education grant dollars also hinge on whether Florida accepts the money

With the latest batch of Bush-era Office of Legal Counsel torture memos having revealed more of the intricate, gruesome details of the CIA’s interrogation

Amid reports that Bill Clinton tried to get Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-Fla.) to drop his bid for the Senate, the real loser may be the Democrats’ other statewide