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Late last week, in a decision that got some attention over the weekend, U.S. District Court Judge Ricardo Urbina ruled that a Pakistani man who has been held at

Ben Smith, Nick Gillespie, and Byron York are writing up Gallup’s report that Vice President Joe Biden’s favorable ratings have fallen below the 50 percent

Advocates of comprehensive immigration reform argue it could reduce the flow of illegal immigration. How? One suggestion is to reform the legal immigration

Circuit Judge Jackie Fulford ruled today that the process by which the Florida Legislature pushed through a plan to privatize prisons in 18 counties was unconstitutional, writing that the Department of Corrections “proceeded without statutory authority and contrary to statutory authority” by implementing the plan. The lawsuit was filed by the Police Benevolent Association, a union that represents corrections officers and prison guards. The Florida Independent’s Travis Pillow outlined the argument behind the union’s lawsuit last month: The union has long questioned the financial benefits of privatization and the calculus behind the 7 percent savings mandated by Florida statutes.

Some of Gov. Bill Richardson’s former campaign higher-ups were spotted in downtown Santa Fe by Steve Terrell of the Santa Fe New Mexican — not planning another presidential run for the two-term New Mexico governor, but planning on how to push for an initiative to abolish the electoral college and elect a president by the national popular vote

Three environmental groups have filed suit in federal court against the U.S. Department of State and Department of the Interior to stop work on the Keystone XL pipeline before the project has received the approval of the federal government. The Center for Biological Diversity, Western Nebraska Resources Council and Friends of the Earth sued the State Department and U.S.

Turns out that the Keystone XL pipeline may have competition. Two other companies are joining forces and want to build a rival pipeline from Cushing, Oklahoma to the Gulf Coast of Texas. Enterprise Products Partners LP and Energy Transfer Partners LP said Tuesday they are forming a joint venture to build a 400,000-barrel-a-day oil pipeline from Cushing—a major U.S

A bill introduced by U.S. Rep.

I mentioned in my story today about the Washington Examiner that political correspondent Byron York has had the paper’s first big success with a

During a radio interview Thursday on WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show, I was asked the question that’s popping up more and more these days, now that Obama has pledged

After a four-hour meeting of the Senate Budget panel on Monday, chairman J.D.

While the plight of homeowners affected by the real estate meltdown has been well-documented, renters too often fall under the radar.

UPDATE: Aug. 10, 2011, 3:15 p.m., with a correction Peter LaBarbera’s Americans for Truth About Homosexuality (AFTAH) last week launched a campaign to prevent

Two years after Abby Johnson, the former director of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Bryan, Texas, abruptly quit her job and began protesting abortion rights

A factually flawed sex education curriculum, taught to the state’s middle and high school students, remains popular in Central Texas public

Americans for Prosperity conference drew 2,000 activists from around the country to Washington.

Michael Bromwich -- who was appointed by the Obama administration to reform the former Minerals Management Service (MMS), the agency that was responsible for

Testifying at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing this morning, Attorney General Eric Holder promised to produce the evidence, withheld by the Department of

Two data points that are almost certainly connected. First: Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a jetliner bound for

Iraq War veteran and progressive activist John Waltz, a Democrat, has moved back home to Michigan to run against Republican Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph) for the

Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Sarasota (Pic via Facebook) Venice retiree Donna Cubit-Swoyer has filed a complaint with the Office of Congressional Ethics, requesting an investigation of Rep

Charles Smith at Seeking Alpha has an interesting post estimating that the number of people living in their homes but not paying their mortgages -- people