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At FireDogLake, David Dayen has done great work to show how the Home Affordable Modification Program -- the Obama’s signature effort to keep financially

A letter to the White House asks the president not to expand a controversial Bush-era policy.

Sen. Al Franken introduced a bill Friday that would offer seniors who receive long-term care at home the same protections from abuse as those afforded to seniors living in nursing homes. The bill, which Franken expects to roll into the Older Americans Act later this year, would require states to pass a Home Care Bill of Rights that protects consumer rights, safety and access to information

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The mortgage industry is fighting the Federal Reserve’s attempts to put limits on lending following the meltdown of the subprime market, the New York Times

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin discussed with fellow Fox News personality Greta Van Susteren her refusal to give the media (or her supporters) a schedule of her ongoing “Our Nation” bus tour, but she didn’t address why she needed the media to help promote it.

In a story published Monday, Internal Medicine News reports that according a survey of 350 California users of medical marijuana, about two-thirds of them substitute cannabis for prescription drugs. According to the survey, “Cannabis offered better symptom control with fewer side effects than did prescription drugs.” From the article: “Instead of having a pain medication, an antianxiety medication, and a sleep medication, they are able to just use cannabis, and that controls all of those symptoms,” said Amanda Reiman, Ph.D., the director of research and social services at the Berkeley center

Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) have found a novel way of punishing the Republican governors who are rejecting stimulus funds for

Al Franken, calling himself “the next senator from Minnesota,” said Monday afternoon he is ready to go to Washington to get to work just as soon as

TWI’s David Weigel appeared on MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show last night to talk about the forthcoming movie, Tea Party: The Documentary Film with

Andrew Exum, the Center for a New American Security scholar and adviser to Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s strategy review, has a new policy paper out on Afghanistan.

The new CNN poll on Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court seems to confirm the Democratic angst that moved the hearings to next week, after

A raft of new commentary and news pieces in New Mexico are indicating some state leaders would prefer a salaried legislature.

It appears former Republican 1st Congressional District candidate Steve Rathje is preparing for another run at the nomination — this time to take on U.S. Rep

The Obama administration has approved the first Gulf of Mexico deepwater drilling plan since BP’s Deepwater Horizon spill, Reuters reports. Shell Offshore

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Supporters of tougher immigration enforcement are motivated by concerns about the economy and law enforcement, not by negative feelings towards Hispanics,

The finance industry might be floundering, it might be broke, and it might be ringing the tin cup for federal help. But don’t say Wall Street has lost its sway

This is a strange story. Two DeKalb County police officers have been placed on paid administrative leave after an investigation revealed they ran a background