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Trolling through the House oversight committee’s report this afternoon, it became clear that Jack Abramoff was a bad influence on U.S. policy in the Northern

The success of health care reform could depend on this man. A federal appeals court says FCC lacks the authority to push a broadband plan. Special

The venerable fact-check website PolitiFact rates a recent web ad by the Karl Rove-affiliated 501(c)(4) nonprofit group Crossroads GPS -- on supposed breaks in

As the presidential campaign season heats up, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has vastly outraised his Republican rivals, none of whom managed to raise a quarter of the funds he’s collected

Former three-term Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chávez is running as a Democrat for the U.S. House in New Mexico’s First District, writes Albuquerque Journal. Democratic Rep

State legislators in Missouri passed a bill yesterday that further restricts cases in which women can receive late-term abortions. Missouri’s restriction is similar to language in Florida’s state ban on public funding for abortion.

Thaddeus McCotter praised grassroots activists in Iowa, saying his own “most fulfilling and rewarding” political position was when he was elected as a

Jim DeMint threatens to halt almost all Senate action. Joe Biden thinks the Democratic base should stop whining. Dmitri Medvedev fires the mayor of

Gen. David Petraeus repeatedly made statements that supported Barack Obama’s foreign-policy proposals or cut against John McCain’s during a talk on Wednesday.

Three retiring Democrats’ combined $20 million could help their party win elections in November. Grassley: Obama is turning the U.S. into

Militia activists love Alaska senate candidate Joe Miller. Barney Frank says the economy will take off, but too late to help Dems in November. Jon Stewart

The Wall Street Journal reports a familiar face is back on the campaign trail with Sen. John McCain at a stop in Aspen, Colo.: Ousted John McCain

Ben Smith has a great catch -- the North Dakota Republican Party fronting its website with a joke about the White House party crashers demanding President

The Obama transition formally announced Jack Lew and Jim Steinberg as deputy secretaries of state just now. On Lew, my pal Mark Kleiman, who knows the guy,

My efforts not to write about the Justice Dept.’s torture report are failing. Here’s a statement from Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI): “Some have suggested that the

James O’Keefe has issued a statement on his arrest in Louisiana, portraying himself as a maligned investigative journalist who was merely trying to see whether

An alliance of Texas LGBT-rights and faith-based groups plans to take to the streets in August to protest Gov. Rick Perry’s affiliation with the American Family

In an October 2001 memo released today on Monday, then-Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel John Yoo advised the Pentagon’s top

U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, said Friday morning “the time is right” to enter the GOP presidential race.

Elena Kagan can only hope it’ll be this easy for her: Gen. David H. Petraeus was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate Wednesday as the new Afghan war

The U.S. Department of Justice has sent a letter to the attorneys general of all 50 states requesting assistance in quashing discrimination against HIV-positive people in certain training programs. “It is critical that we continue to work to eradicate discriminatory and stigmatizing treatment towards individuals with HIV based on unfounded fears and stereotypes,” Assistant Attorney General Perez said