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With the Obama administration revealing today that health-care spending in 2008 saw its smallest rise since 1960, long-time health policy reporter Merrill

DEWITT — Six of the men vying for the Republican nomination to challenge Sen. Debbie Stabenow in 2012 squared off Thursday in DeWitt at a Tea Party-sponsored forum and came out in favor of abolishing numerous federal agencies. Participating in the forum were Gary Glenn, president of the American Family Association of Michigan; Clark Durant, a charter school advocate; former Congressman Pete Hoekstra; former family judge Randy Hekman; Scott Bowman and Peter Konetchy

Durbin and Schumer are preparing for a leadership battle in case Reid loses reelection. But even Schumer could be vulnerable. Rumors of a secret

A mandatory-ultrasound bill is not the only Republican proposal that seeks to restrict abortion rights sure to come up in the state legislature during its upcoming session — limiting access to abortion is clearly a top priority for GOP legislators.

The United States today released Fouad Mahmoud Al Rabiah to his native Kuwait after holding him for nearly eight years at Guantanamo Bay. According to the

So the insult stands, apparently: In the face of sharp American disapproval of an Israeli plan for an East Jerusalem building project, Prime Minister Benjamin

The State Employees International Union’s Healthcare Minnesota and Minnesota State Council came out against the budget deal Gov.

I talked briefly with Rep. Paul Broun (R-Ga.) at an early-morning House GOP briefing by Republican members of Congress on the impact of the August recess, and

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said on Face the Nation Sunday that -- like most Republicans and even some Democrats, including some in the president’s cabinet --

This weekend, TWI sister site The Michigan Messenger spoke with Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.), a gubernatorial hopeful, about his involvement in the famed C

A reader over at TPM flags a very revealing quote from an anonymous Bush administration official in a New York Times article about the state of the government’s

Reuters reports that Afghanistan’s parliament quietly passed a blanket amnesty for human-rights abuses committed before the fall of the Taliban. A war widow

A victory for the Obama administration: As expected, the United Nations Security Council just voted to place new economic sanctions on Iran. Months of doubt

There’s not really much of a way that a secretary of defense can play a role in the health care fight. But Robert Gates last night sent out a statement letting

As health care, Iran and banking reform grab the headlines and lawmakers’ attention, advocates for immigration reform are turning to prayer vigils and lawsuits

At noon in the Pentagon briefing room, flanked by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Adm. Mike Mullen, Defense Secretary

Merrill Lynch -- the former Wall Street titan that was recently acquired by Bank of America -- like most investment banks, typically pays about 50 percent of

Two experts say time is right for Washington to pursue normal relations with Iran and recognize its legitimate regional and international role. Other leading scholars back this call for detente.

I just talked with Club for Growth Executive Director David Keating about his group’s activity in the NY-23 special election. The Club, like many other

This week’s award for bad faith spin goes to an anonymous (of course) GOP Senate aide to complain to Jake Tapper that the media is not angry enough at Sen.

Today, RealtyTrac reported foreclosure and home-sale information for September and the third quarter of the year, showing an extraordinarily weak housing

This morning, the Department of Labor announced that unemployment declined month-on-month in 39 states and the District of Columbia. Year-on-year, unemployment