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I keep mentioning the Swat Valley in Pakistan as the real center of the war on terrorism. The Al Qaeda-aligned Pakistani Taliban of Beitullah Massoud and

An Iowa radio host questioned former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty on a rumor that his campaign staff has been digging up dirt on Republican presidential rival U.S

Remember just a few weeks ago when Sens. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Max Baucus (D-Mont.), the upper-chamber leaders on health care reform, announced their

Here’s Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) last month, commenting on the possibility that Republicans would filibuster President Obama’s pick to

Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld once observed that if you can’t solve a problem, enlarge it. In that spirit, take a look at this press conference in

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is back in the spotlight today. He’s scheduled to testify on Capitol Hill about his new plan for the government to greatly

Four polls have been released this week showing different results among Minnesota’s electorate a year before the the 2012 vote on the controversial amendment to add a ban on same-sex marriage to the state constitution. Two polls show that the amendment might get defeated while two others show a slight lead for anti-gay marriage activists. On Thursday, the St

Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants. EPA has set a Dec.

Both liberal and conservative experts are pushing Congress to follow the lead of 17 states that already have job-sharing systems, but some Republicans are balking at the cost.

The FBI seal (Pic via fbi.gov) The number of hate crimes in the U.S.

Following last week’s National Bike Summit, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced today a sea change in American transportation policy. Proclaiming

ST. LOUIS -- Former Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-Ark.), speaking to a very friendly dinner crowd at the How To Take Back America conference, said that he’d

More from Center for American Progress’ Brian Katulis, who’s in Kabul to monitor Wednesday’s Thursday’s Afghanistan election for Democracy International. He

The Salerno army base offers a window into the hard counterinsurgency battle at the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.

Iran is placing extraordinary emphasis on its ballistic missile and WMD development programs. The ballistic missile infrastructure in Iran is now more

New Mexico will end a food stamp supplement for elderly and disabled residents, according to the Associated Press . The cuts come just as Congress is considering cuts to the food stamp program even as a record-high amount of people are receiving the benefits. The AP reports that the Human Services Department will stop the supplement on July 1 because there is no money in the state budget for the program.

COMMENTARY Washington again placed bets on the wrong foreign leaders. Is personal diplomacy a farce?

Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons (R) plans to celebrate Tuesday whether or not he wins his party’s primary. Democrats decline to host town halls in an attempt to

Senate leaders are only too aware that, amidst the nation’s jobs crisis, the filing deadline for emergency unemployment benefits is less than two weeks away.