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The news today that the Obama administration has arranged for the repatriation of six Yemeni detainees from the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay

I asked Rob Fuller, Lockheed Martin’s chief spokesman for the F-22 jet that it manufactures, what his reaction was to the Senate’s vote to strip funding for the

A draft report proposes fundamental changes to military-civilian relationships during complex wars.

Opposition to health care reform has sharply declined in recent weeks, according to a new survey from polling company Rasmussen Reports. The new Rasmussen

As state legislators and Gov. Rick Scott continue to block federal health care reform from entering Florida, the state is facing a child health crisis whose remedy could lie in the very policy they are determined to stop. # In the 2010-2011 budget, a state program aimed at reducing instances of child abuse and neglect in the state of Florida took a big hit .

Long-shot 2012 Republican presidential candidate Fred Karger beat former Massachusettes Gov.

When asked for her reaction to Tina Fey’s portrayal of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live, McCain campaign adviser Carly Fiorina told MSNBC’s

Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) sent a letter to presumptive House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) today outlining his priorities for the House Energy & Commerce

In response to my post earlier this afternoon on new polling numbers for the DISCLOSE Act, The Center For Competitive Politics’s Jeff Patch has supplied me with

All you have to do is look toward the mountains to know something unusual is happening. It’s pushing June, and Colorado high country remains decidedly white. It’s not unusual to see snow on the mountains any time of year

Gov. Susana Martinez is keeping clear of the Republican Senate primary — for now.

Progressive groups are stepping up efforts to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, the legislation that says no state can be required to recognize same-sex marriage. The groups are asking New Mexico Sens. Tom Udall and Jeff Bingaman, both Democrats, to support a repeal of the controversial law.

The National Organization for Marriage and the Minnesota Family Council have registered with the state campaign finance board to actively encourage voters to support an anti–gay marriage amendment on the 2012 ballot. The organizations are the target of an investigation by the Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board following a complaint that both groups failed to disclose lobbying efforts in the 2010 election. MFC and NOM created Minnesota for Marriage and registered it as a ballot question committee late last week, a designation that will allow it to begin fundraising.

Public Policy Polling has a new study of the birther movement and finds that by a 44-36 margin, Republicans don’t believe that Barack Obama was born in the

One thing you can say about a kid who goes to bed hungry is that he will wake up the same way. Odds are he’ll go to school hungry as well.

Before National Financial Literacy Month ends on Friday, it’s worth noting a few developments. The nation’s premier financial literacy organization, the

This is pretty incredible. In an interview with NPR’s Renee Montagne aired today, Sen. John McCain indicated he does not believe he is running a negative

Over at Economist’s View, Mark Thoma points out that the placement of the play button on this video of President Bush (at the bottom of the post)

The conservative web forum Lucianne.com (named after founder/Clinton scandal bit player Lucianne Goldberg, who launched it a decade ago after a split with

After threatening 450 amendments and other delays, Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee appear to be playing ball, and against all odds, it

In the end, every Democrat* and eight Republicans voted for cloture on Harold Koh’s nomination for legal adviser to the State Department. The Republicans: Lamar