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The good news: Officially the nation’s unemployment rate fell to 9.7 percent in January, down from 10 percent in December. The bad news: That figure ignores

President Obama announced Wednesday that he had reversed the policy that bars military authorities from sending official condolence letters to the families of service members who commit suicide in a combat zone. The move comes against the backdrop of steadily rising military suicide rates and a major Defense Department effort to turn the disturbing trend around

It’s not just former Sen. Bob Graham (D-Fla.) and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) who’ve alleged that the CIA’s list of briefings for congress on the enhanced

Let the games begin. Following yesterday’s high-profile health reform summit at the White House, the Senate Finance Committee announced today that Peter

It has been 22 days since some unemployment insurance recipients stopped receiving benefits, as the extenders bill -- also known as the jobs bill or H.R. 4213

An International Labor Organization’s report released today shows that young workers are among the worst-hit by the global recession. All in all, there are 620

Congressman Ed Perlmutter today issued a scathing statement criticizing the House of Representatives for passing a spending bill that could put nearly a million federal employees out of work. The Colorado delegation voted strictly on party lines, with all four Republicans voting in favor of the bill and the three Democrats voting in opposition. Perlmutter’s statement: “My number one priority is to get people back to work because that’s the best thing we can do to pay our debt and move forward toward economic stability

A terse account from the White House press shop: Last evening, the Vice President and General Jones had a working dinner with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu

Rep. Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) is steeped in the politics, and money, of Big Sugar. Not only was Lucas, chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, chosen to

Above all, Brennan emphasized that the U.S. was not locked in a struggle with the world’s billion Muslims.

Even out of power, John Bolton, Frank Gaffney and a small number of Republicans can stymie some of the Obama administration’s key foreign policy priorities.

Well, if there were any doubts that Fox News would provide Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin an opportunity for a do-over on those annoying questions asked by CBS’

Onyango Obama, half-brother to President Barack Obama’s father, was arrested last week in Massachusetts on suspicion of drunken driving. He is now being held

As Weigel pointed out earlier, the GOP appears poised to make a strategy of blaming Democrats -- notably Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (Conn.) --

At least four people are dead in San Bruno, Calif., after a natural gas pipeline break caused an explosion that leveled dozens of homes and damaged many

As Senate lawmakers launch new efforts to curb the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions, some key members have joined local transportation officials and environmentalists to ask a seemingly relevant question: Where’s the commitment to public transit?

I just spoke to Kevin Bankston, the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s senior attorney specializing in free speech and privacy law, about his reaction to today’s

Republican officials from twenty-six states and a small business advocacy group asked the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday to strike down the entire 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

The California-Texas World Series match-up -- decided last night in favor of the San Francisco Giants -- is spilling out into the voting booth, reports the