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Although he’s no longer in the race, the presidential campaign of former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty disclosed that it’s still mired deep in debt this week. The debts reported on the campaign’s quarterly disclosure officially sit at $453,841, with the quarter closing at the end of September

Lyle Denniston at SCOTUSblog reminds us that today is the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision, Boumediene v. Bush, which confirmed

At last count, seven states have cut funding for reproductive services administered by Planned Parenthood, whose reputation has taken a beating from

President Obama, just now: We will close Guantanamo prison, which has damaged our national security interests and has become a tremendous recruiting tool for

As part of its The Day Before event on climate and national security, the nonpartisan national security think tank the American Security Project released a new

Speaking a George Bush Institute conference in Dallas, California’s recent losing GOP candidate for governor Meg Whitman said the GOP has it all wrong on immigration–or at least has the language wrong. She told blogger Ruben Navarette, Jr., who writes at pajamasmedia.com , that demonizing Latinos is not the way to go if Republicans want to lead on the issue.

Max Blumenthal’s story about James O’Keefe’s race problem leads with an account of an August 30, 2006 after-work event hosted by the Robert Taft Club in

To build on Aaron’s post, the most important -- and resonant -- portion of the president’s remarks on winning the Nobel Peace Prize came when he said who he

Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) announced today that he will vote against Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan when she comes up for a vote by the full Senate the

Don’t worry America, Sweden is with you in Afghanistan. The surge is on. Sweden wants to send more troops to Afghanistan after an assessment by the Armed

San Francisco won’t be opting out of Secure Communities, officials said today after a meeting with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The county leadership

The Obama administration is expected to appoint Alan Bersin, a former U.S. Attorney in San Diego, to be its new border czar. The position will focus on

With friends like these ... In a Fox News interview, former Vice President Dick Cheney continued to blast away at the Obama administration on everything

Politicians on both sides of the aisle have eagerly jumped into the debate over Arizona’s SB 1070 immigration law, and both sides think they can win on the

Among the chief concerns surrounding the Bush administration’s $700-billion Wall Street rescue plan has been the startling absence of oversight that

The Wall Street Journal reports today that BP and the federal government are nearing the end of talks on a plan to ensure that the embattled oil company can

South Carolina Republican Party Chairman Chad Connelly announced Monday that his state will hold its first-in-the-south primary on Jan. 21, 2012. The date is 10 days before the rogue Florida primary on Jan.

More than 30 governors -- Republicans and Democrats alike -- supported the state aid bill, granting $26.1 billion in fiscal relief to local governments facing

In what could end up being the closest Senate race in U.S. history, Al Franken now claims a four-vote lead over incumbent Republican Sen. Norm Coleman in the

My colleague Mike Lillis speculates that the retiring Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) could become a major advocate for the coal industry and a strong opponent of