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Last week, Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) kicked off his campaign in defense of a law that strips collective bargaining rights of unionized public employees, and the

It’s one of the central tenets of the government’s strategy to get banks lending again: Wealthy private investors such as hedge funds are being encouraged, with

The well, as it were, was poisoned, one of Khadr’s lawyers said.

Something else to keep an eye on in the Senate Armed Services Committee’s defense authorization mark-up: via Satyam Khanna, Steve Vladeck finds the remnant of a

During a Monday night interview with Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul was asked about the enthusiasm of his core supporters and what he would do to broaden his base.

U.S. and Yemeni officials have reached an impasse in their attempts to negotiate the return of Yemeni prisoners currently held at the U.S. detention facility at

Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag kept up the pressure on Senate Republicans over the weekend by continuing to raise the possibility that

Though a 2012 referendum to reverse Maine’s 2009 same-sex-marriage repeal is not yet official, the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) has already

No doubt, mine-safety officials will be scratching their heads as to how the Dotiki Mine in Western Kentucky could have collapsed in the same month that

The fence under construction along the Arizona-Mexico border aims to keep immigrants out, but it’s also yielding some unintended environmental consequences. At

Southeast of San Antonio, plans are set for the construction of a new immigrant detention center -- one that Immigration and Customs Enforcement calls its first

I’m already hearing speculative groans that the CIA planted this story with Walter Pincus at The Washington Post today about how a military commander in 2003

The New Yorker published a blockbuster story this weekend detailing the many failures of the White House and the Senate to pass climate change

On Friday, FRC’s annual conservative conference will give a platform to presidential contenders and high-ranking GOP leaders, a platform that will be shared by individuals with a penchant for rhetoric that stigmatizes minority communities in America

Georgia Senate Majority Leader Chip Rogers called the state’s school system “abysmal this week, proposing a slew of remedies that curiously did not address

First they delayed the reforms; now they’re trying to expedite them. The House approved legislation today to have its previously passed credit card reforms

Speaking to the point in my last post, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) asked Blair if his point to Sen. Kit Bond (R-Mo.) about withholding some interrogation

URBANDALE — GOP presidential candidate and former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty defended his nice guy demeanor while pledging to repeal “Obamacare in its entirety” and have the U.S

The Republican National Committee invited reporters to listen via conference call to new Chairman Michael Steele’s pep talk to House Republicans at their

Markos Moulitsas leaks (on Twitter) the results of the latest Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll, which has Marco Rubio surging against Gov. Charlie Crist (R-Fla.) in

Alexander Bolton has an important story in the The Hill about conservative division -- polite so far -- over whether the party’s stalwart Senate minority should

A loss in Massachusetts has damaged the prospects for comprehensive health reform legislation and left Democrats wondering how to galvanize the electorate.

Give this to Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.): He wasn’t lying when he said he wasn’t a good fit in President Obama’s cabinet. Gregg, of course, withdrew his