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Outgoing Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman says that counter-proliferation is becoming a bipartisan consensus, with a special urgency on

The Cook Political Report, calling it one of the toughest we’ve had in a long time, joins the Rothenberg Political report in calling the Coakley-Brown race a

Ahh, the wisdom of Congress controlling the federal purse strings ... The House today is poised to pass legislation creating a special 11-member commission

Nell Nere sat on the steps of the Capitol Thursday night, hours before her state government shut down indefinitely. Robert Benson of Hugo (left) and Nell Nere, an employee at the Department of Labor and Industry. Photo: Kathy Easthagen Nere, a worker in the state’s Department of Labor and Industry and a member of the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees, began chatting with a student representative from Minnesota College Republicans about the numbers behind the budget dispute that has caused a historic shutdown

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele’s guest-hosting gig for Bill Bennett -- it happened March 6, and no one seemed to notice until today --

Maricopa County (Ariz.) Sheriff Joe Arpaio tweeted this morning that he’d met with Vice President Joe Biden, who was in Phoenix fundraising for Democratic

The nomination of Elena Kagan, President Obama’s nominee for solicitor general -- the government’s top legal representative in cases before the Supreme Court --

In a six-page letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), the health insurance lobby reiterated today that it won’t be supporting the $894 billion reform

In the spirit of writing more often about climate research, I thought I’d share some new data on the impact of climate change on coral reefs and forests.

On the heels of U.S. Rep. Ron Paul’s second consecutive victory in the Conservative Political Action Conference’s presidential straw poll, Paul supporters are

Citizens United’s David Bossie reacted to his massive win in the Supreme Court: Today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing Citizens United to air its

As the battle over legalizing same-sex marriage wages on in New York, new details have surfaced about the defeat of a simliar measure in Maryland: A coalition of African-American conservative groups formed to sway religious Marylanders to appeal to lawmakers to vote against same-sex marriage. The coalition developed an effective narrative, appealing to the black community’s perceived ownership of civil rights. Calls were made. E-mails were sent. Conservative lawmakers joined in, some going so far as to enlist parishes to pressure gay-marriage-supporting delegates in their churches to change their votes. And it worked.

Details about tomorrow’s Code Red rally against health care reform have already been leaking out -- Jon Voight promoted it as a way to fight back against the

The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida has begun beefing up its legal staff to possibly take on some of the more questionable bills passed during Florida’s recent legislative session. Among the pieces of legislation under scrutiny are three of the five anti-abortion rights measures passed this year . # Maria Kayanan, Associate Legal Director for the ACLU of Florida, tells The Florida Independent that the ACLU of Florida is still looking closely at all the legislation that could prove problematic

The Mississippi House on Wednesday sent a bill to Gov. Haley Barbour, which, if he signs it, could mean more comprehensive sex education for state public

The results of a new Gallup poll show that between 2001 and 2009, the percentage of Americans who identify as Republican or lean Republican has declined in

Republicans hoping that voter unrest is targeted largely at the majority Democrats won’t like what they see in the latest Washington Post-ABC poll. That survey

For thousands of Americans without work and collecting unemployment insurance, the process gets stickier today with the arrival of the deadline for accessing

PHILADELPHIA -- With a steady stream of info on Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin -- including a torrent from TWI’s own Laura McGann, now on the scene in Alaska --

Google is planning to fork over about $200 million in an initial investment to help build a massive set of power lines along the East Coast that would help move

Congress hits exotic locales on the taxpayer’s dime. Comedian, yes, but Franken’s no clown. Senators who orchestrated TARP hold another title vis-a-vis

I’ve just spoken to Andrew Breitbart, the proprietor of Big Government--the website which published and promoted James O’Keefe’s undercover sting of ACORN

A controversial bill that would have made it a crime to take photographs of ag facilities in Florida has met its demise for this session, but similar legislation remains a possibility in Minnesota and Iowa.