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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

CNN reports that Sen. John McCain is not pleased with Carly Fiorina, a top campaign adviser and frequent surrogate. Fiorina, a former CEO of Hewlett-Packard,

Senate Republicans have long criticized the Obama administration as lax on immigration enforcement, and their argument was bolstered by news this week that

Maybe that crazy lady at the McCain rally was right after all. The Times of London reports that a tribe of Bedouins -- a group of historically nomadic Arabs

Part of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s much-touted strategy switch has been to focus on deporting illegal immigrants deemed dangerous rather than

BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan – For those, like myself, who’ve never before been to Afghanistan, the sprawling Bagram Air Field is known for two things:

Matt Lewis has the latest edition of the presidential straw poll to be distributed later this week to paying attendees of the annual CPAC conference. In

The San Francisco board of supervisors yesterday reversed a policy that had required the city to check the immigration status of every juvenile arrested on

Peter Spiegel has a really good piece in The Los Angeles Times today about Special Forces in the Philippines: Weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks, a small team of

Former Arkansas Gov. and 2008 Iowa Caucus winner Mike Huckabee will grace Saturday’s straw poll in Ames, but not in his capacity as a known

Amicus briefs seem to be a good way for Republican gubernatorial candidates to set themselves apart from the pack. After Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox

Just in time for your holiday listening pleasure, here are two songs making their way around the blogosphere to celebrate the season and mark another year of

Senior officials endorse the diagnosis that stabilization and reconstruction missions suffer from an ad hoc planning and implementation structure, but reject the idea of a new office.

Minnesota Republicans have introduced legislation that would repeal the 1984 Local Government Pay Equity Act (LGPEA), which directs local governments to ensure that women are paid the same as men. While local governments say reporting requirements are costly, equal rights groups say the law needs to stay intact in order to ensure fair pay, especially for women of color

Governor Lincoln Chaffee of Rhode Island and Governor Christine Gregoire of Washington have petitioned the federal government to change the schedule of marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act, a move they claim will remove the conflict between federal drug laws and state laws that allow the establishment of medical marijuana dispensaries. Colorado will file its own request before the end of the year. Shortly after filing the petition, Governor Peter Shumlin of Vermont signed on as well.

The Deepwater Horizon Joint Investigation Team (JIT), comprised of representatives from the Coast Guard and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation

As the Obama Administration tentatively feels its way through the political crisis in Egypt, some key lawmakers on Capitol Hill are sending a strong message to embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak . Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy, who chairs the subcommittee that approves foreign aid and who has voiced strong opinions about the official “thuggery” on display on the ground in Egypt directed at protesters and journalists, is proposing that Congress not release the more than a billion dollars in aid the U.S. sends to Egypt each year unless Mubarak steps down

The Department of Energy announced today that it is planning to abandon a years-long effort to build a coal-fired power plant in Illinois that would release

St. Paul Cathedral. Source: Wikipedia The director of the Minnesota Catholic Conference claimed Friday that a failure to pass the constitutional same-sex marriage ban in 2012 would lead to a dangerous precedent where bisexuals would be free to marry one person of each gender; bisexuals say he’s got it wrong

This week, the U.S. Postal Service issued a new price hike. The change doesn’t affect the price of a basic first-class stamp, so it’s gone unnoticed by most