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“They’re trying to throw a bone here, not a very economically effective bone, to give the appearance of a balanced policy after the fact,” says one critic.

Yet another new poll shows the race in Sen. John McCain’s home state of Arizona tightening -- and this time, it’s within the margin of error. Following two

All day, we’re re-running our favorite blog posts of the last year. This post was originally published on March 30, 2009. Is this really the talking point

Marc Ambinder reports Sen. John McCain spoke with Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano to congratulate her on making it to the top of President-elect Barack Obama’s

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Thursday put his weight behind the congressional push to extend by six months the $8,000 tax credit to first-time

Not every environmental group is encouraged by the efforts to come to a consensus with the electric industry on a utility-only cap on emissions. One

There were lots of signals from Defense Secretary Bob Gates at his press conference today. I didn’t want to let my imagination run away with me, but his body

Ed Brayton at ScienceBlogs (and also of our sister site, The Michigan Messenger) has a thorough analysis of the Obama administration’s new state secrets policy,

In an effort to galvanize support for his signature piece of legislation, a public employee union-busting bill commonly known as Senate Bill 5, Ohio Gov. John

AARP, the largest advocacy group in the U.S. for retired persons, sued on Tuesday the Department of Housing and Urban Development for promoting policy changes

Mississippi Gov.

It seems like piling on at this point, but here’s the highlight of Michael Steele’s gig guest-hosting on Bill Bennett’s radio show. I don’t need some judge

Today’s shooting of Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has elicited reaction from the Human Rights Campaign and the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus, on which she serves, as well as at least one Tea Party group, which was quick to condemn the attack.

Protesters remain undaunted by a U.S. State Department decision Friday giving preliminary approval to the controversial Keystone XL pipeline meant to pump tar sands oil from Alberta, Canada, to the Gulf Coast of Texas. Demonstrations have been taking place all week in front of the White House and included a “No Tar Sands Caravan” bus tour that stopped in Boulder and Denver earlier in the week

As civil rights and grassroots advocates step up the pressure on Attorney General Eric Holder to prosecute former Bush officials for authorizing torture,

Human Events gives the title to the former vice president in an op-ed penned by former UN Ambassador-turned-omnipresent critic of the Obama administration John