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

Max Blumenthal’s appearance at CPAC ended, apparently, with a confrontation between him and Andrew Breitbart. The subject of the argument: the Salon.com story

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.

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

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.

Finding that Guantanamo Bay detainee Abdulrahim Abdul Razak Al Ginco was no longer part of the Taliban or al-Qaeda after he was imprisoned and tortured by the

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

Conservative political group FreedomWorks has launched a new round of e-mails and tweets encouraging school voucher supporters to call leading Pennsylvania

Fox News’ Iowa debate of Republican presidential hopefuls brought frequent clashes between Minnesota’s two candidates. Michele Bachmann and Tim Pawlenty

An upcoming Senate vote could be crucial to the implementation of the EPA’s Florida water quality rules, and much of the pressure rests on the shoulders of Sen. Bill Nelson.