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Via Patrick Appel at Andrew Sullivan’s place, defense theorist Thomas P.M. Barnett, or perhaps his colleague Sean Meade (it’s unclear who wrote this, exactly)

In Afghanistan, seven minutes after tweeting about a meeting with Gen. Stanley McChrystal, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) decided to tweet this: Here’s a

Momentum is building for Democrats to try one last time to pass a version of the DISCLOSE Act once Congress resumes, this time without the extraneous (and some

When Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Max Baucus (D-Mont.), who head the committees charged with writing health reform legislation this year, vowed a few weeks

Plenty of politicians have accused the Obama administration of playing politics with immigration policy. But even within Immigration and Customs Enforcement,

New report says Obama must push harder to negotiate return of almost 100 Gitmo prisoners still held without charge.

Via Angry Bear, here’s Joseph Stiglitz, the Nobel prize-winning economist, on Treasury Sec. Henry Paulson Jr. celebrating the bailout plan he presented to

As the Michigan House prepares for a possible vote today on the controversial anti-bullying bill that passed the Senate last week, legislators are reacting to the analysis of that bill by a prominent First Amendment scholar published earlier this week. In that analysis, Douglas Laycock , the Robert E. Scott Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Virginia Law School and one of the nation’s foremost experts on the First Amendment, said the legislation was poorly drafted and did little to address bullying

American Express cards may no longer be used to purchase medical marijuana. The company has given no reason for the prohibition.

It’s amazing the vitriol that the community-organizing group ACORN has inspired among the right in this election cycle. In recent days, the National Review

A new ad hits Lou Dobbs for flirting with birtherism. Corporate PACs have an outsize influence among small-state senators. Want to pass health care

The Associated Press just reworked its earlier piece stemming from a morning interview with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. No longer

Under the current proposal, new construction could consume three times as much funding as public transportation.

Appearing on MSNBC this morning, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, said that there simply isn’t enough money

Adam Serwer covers some testimony Attorney General Eric Holder gave to a House panel today: Holder noted (as Spencer Ackerman reported last week) that the

The Drudge Report just sent out a siren to inform readers that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano wants to see under your clothes. And from the

Gov. Rick Scott has signed the elections bill, HB 1355, according to an announcement from his office, which did not include any statement or other additional information. # Many of the law’s provisions technically take effect immediately

I’ve been surfing the Intertubes for what seems like hours, determined to find new and interesting news about Sen. John McCain. It turns out this is more

Minnesota for Marriage — a coalition that includes the Minnesota Family Council, the National Organization for Marriage and the Minnesota Catholic Conference — criticized the legalization of same-sex marriage in New York . Lawmakers in the Empire State passed same-sex marriage last week, and the bill was signed into law by Gov

Sen. Kit Bond (R-Mo.) makes Dennis Blair run a right-wing gamut of questions on torture. Should the intelligence community be on the offense in the war on

Human Rights First, which staunchly opposes any decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his fellow 9/11 conspirators in a military commission, convened a