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On CBS’ Face the Nation on Sunday, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said he opposes prosecution of former Bush officials for torture, because even though the abuse

Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) is set today to unveil legislation overhauling the way the banking industry is regulated. On certain points, the Dodd bill mirrors the

Traverse City Commissioner Jim Carruthers and Traverse City Schools Superintendent Stephen Cousins were among the local officials who gathered at Traverse City’s public waterfront Monday to announce support for efforts to repeal the Emergency Manager law.

Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet on Friday sent a letter to U.S.

Detainees moving through immigration courts lack certain rights that most Americans take for granted, and among them is the right to legal counsel. Although a

GUANTANAMO BAY -- As an addendum to my piece this morning, it’s worth noting an unexpected and unusual attack on the integrity of Omar Khadr’s attorneys and the

As Congress wraps up business on the eve of a week-long Memorial Day break, an odd thing is happening in the Republican Party: Its once-faithful members are

According to a new study, migration from northern states to the Sun Belt has slowed in the past few years, putting a break on the population growth that has driven the region’s relatively strong economic performance. USA Today reports : Net population gains from Americans moving to Arizona, Nevada and Florida from other states have been largely wiped out, according to migration data from the IRS. “This recession has been a sobering experience for Americans when it comes to migration,” says Kenneth Johnson, demographer at the University of New Hampshire’s Carsey Institute who analyzed the data.

President Barack Obama called for immigration reform, including a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants, in a speech in El Paso , Texas, on Tuesday.

My friend Bettina Inclan passed on a link to this video, and I clicked on it, expecting Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.) to rant angrily about Cuba policy,

Controversial Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio will face a Department of Justice lawsuit if he does not cooperate with a civil rights investigation, according to a

John Boehner might be too tan to be effective. Iowa Republican Steve King thinks Obama is at least a Marxist. China’s economy is bigger than

This new Rasmussen Reports poll is going to encourage Republicans who are already running on a 2010 promise to cancel whatever stimulus spending they

“Hey, hey, ho, ho our racist governor has got to go!” chanted demonstrators Monday night outside the grand opening of the new headquarters for Houston tea

In an optimistic fashion section profile of Detroit the New York Times reports that the city “seems like a giant candy store for young college graduates wanting to be their own bosses.” Recent census figures show that Detroit’s overall population shrank by 25 percent in the last 10 years. But another figure tells a different and more intriguing story: During the same time period, downtown Detroit experienced a 59 percent increase in the number of college-educated residents under the age of 35, nearly 30 percent more than two-thirds of the nation’s 51 largest cities. These days the word “movement” is often heard to describe the influx of socially aware hipsters and artists now roaming the streets of Detroit.

In mid-June, Iraq’s oil minister, Husain Shahristani, announced that he would grant no-bid development contracts for Iraq’s oil fields to Western oil

Mortgage Insider tallies up the carnage among subprime lenders since the foreclosure crisis began -- and it’s grim: The list of major subprime lenders for 2006

Over at CPAC, TPM’s Christina Bellantoni caught up with Liz Cheney and elicited this response to a question about the recent capture of Taliban deputy commander

And if you can tell which is which, you’re probably not Mike Allen or Jim VandeHei. Credit to Dick Cheney, in that Beltway way, for getting Politico to put him

On the way from the press room to a Thursday night reception I snapped the quick photo below of James O’Keefe (left), who made it to CPAC after all, and who has

The Washington Post is touting a poll showing muted expectations amongst the public for what President Obama’s nuclear-security summit will achieve. Overall,

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney plans to forgo the Ames Straw Poll, a political event and Iowa GOP fundraiser that has been previously used to measure grassroots candidate support. During the 2008 presidential contests, the Romney campaign spent in excess of $1 million to claim straw poll victory