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PITTSBURGH - I just had a chat with Crooks and Liars founder John Amato, the man who offered his cell phone for Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) to call Sen. Charles

Almost 200 undocumented young people from across the U.S. gathered in the Russell Senate Office building in Washington, D.C., today to argue for the passage of

Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott strategist Tony Fabrizio blasted out an optimistic memo to the St. Petersburg Times predicting record

The former governor of Florida does some helpful tackling for Marco Rubio, spending several minutes with a Newsmax interviewer to make the point that Crist’s

During this morning’s Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on torture, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) who chaired the hearing, asked Philip Zelikow, the

The Detroit Free Press reports: As expected, President Barack Obama this morning signed into law a bill extending benefits for out-of-work Americans who have

From Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel’s remarks with President Obama at the former concentration camp today: You spoke of humanity, Mr. President. Though unto

I’m pretty sure he’s hinted at this before, but Time magazine gets the, uh, scoop: Samuel Wurzelbacher, better known as Joe the Plumber, tells TIME he’s so

Allegations that an attorney working for Troy-based Orlans Associates foreclosure giant is allegedly involved in robo-signing drew immediate concerns from lawmakers and activists. “This ‘robo-signing’ practice is degrading our communities and undercutting the integrity of our justice system,” said Congressman Hansen Clarke (D-Detroit), responding to a Michigan Messenger report . “I’m working right now on federal legislation to help struggling homeowners gain additional time to negotiate settlements with their lenders.

Here’s a brief summary of the day’s health care news. In anticipation of President Obama’s major health care speech next Wednesday, pundits and officials

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — As winter approaches in this prosperous-looking northern Michigan city, it is clear the safety net has ripped. Thousands of households can’t afford to heat their homes and aid agencies predict many people will be forced to choose between eating and staying warm. Yet there are signs Republicans in Washington may be listening.

After three weeks of trying to clarify his views on abortion, Herman Cain’s own presidential campaign has attempted to clear up the debate, but behind the

The 2012 presidential buzz is centered on whether or not former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is going to choose to formally enter the race, but locally it seems Palin still needs to decide whether or not she will appear at an Indianola tea party event scheduled for Saturday. CNN is reporting that Palin sources have said organizers for the “Restoring American Event” have been “dishonest” about the speaking program and rally promotion, and that Palin is no longer likely to attend.

The post-Fort Hood right-wing attack on their fellow American citizens continues. Here’s conservative Christian commentator Pat Robertson yesterday on The 700

One of the problems with Politico’s connection to former Vice President Dick Cheney is that the paper seems to get quotes from the former vice president without

Guess who’s scheduled to speak at the opening session of next month’s America Israel Public Affairs Committee gala in Washington? Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.),

More bad economic news from The New York Times: The United States economy shed 190,000 jobs in October, and the unemployment rate reached a 26-year high of

Pretty much wherever you find efforts to tighten immigration laws in the United States, you find John Tanton–or more likely these days, one of the groups he founded. The Federation for American Immigration Reform was in Arizona when that state wrote its famous senate bill to crack down on immigration. They were in the Colorado Capitol last November when the Republican Study Committee of Colorado hosted a forum on immigration reform

As the saga of Rep. Joe Barton’s (R-Texas) apology to BP took yet another strange turn today, a new poll shows the voters he represents think he was wrong --

Excerpts released by C-SPAN in advance of its upcoming series on the Supreme Court, scheduled to begin airing October 4, suggest that some of the more