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In a detailed piece for BNA Money & Politics Report, Kenneth Doyle details new developments following the Federal Election Commission’s ruling in July that

The Massachusetts State Senate has approved a bill that would alter the state’s Senate succession law to allow Gov. Deval Patrick (D-Mass.) to appoint an

Service Employees International Union Local 284 Executive Director Carol Nieters has called on banks like Wells Fargo and Minneapolis-based U.S. Bank to help Minnesota schools who will be forced to borrow money following this week’s budget deal to end the state government shutdown .

USA Today obtained statistics from NATO’s International Security Assistance Force, Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s command in Afghanistan, that show an increase in

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It’s that time of the election cycle again. Fundraising winners and losers are starting to separate from the pack

The F-22 fight notwithstanding, David Axe reports that a recent Air Force document on the future of the service’s investment in unmanned aircraft entertains the

A poll on gay marriage released by the Alliance Defense Fund, a religious right-affiliated group, raised eyebrows last week because it differed starkly from a

Al Franken used a statement on federal appeals court judge Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court to say he expects to be seated as

The author of a House budget amendment on ’traditional values’ centers on college campuses said he doesn’t know if the legislation will affect existing LGBT

The National Review reported last week that Gov. Rick Perry is reaching out to veterans of the George W. Bush White House for foreign policy tips, meeting with

While I was covering the McChrystal/Eikenberry hearings, the State Department finally fired ArmorGroup, the private security company hired to protect the U.S.

The Southern Poverty Law Center logo (Pic via guidestar.org) “Teaching the Movement: The State of Civil Rights Education 2011,” a Southern Poverty Law Center study, shows that most states fail when it comes to teaching the U.S.

Miracles never cease. In a quiet announcement made earlier this month, the Bush administration said it has canceled plans to outsource the development of an

On Monday, it was Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) unveiling legislation to rein in overdraft fees. Today it’s Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Barney Frank

No one takes greater pleasure in thwarting the progressive environmental agenda than Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.). The self-appointed global warming

Once again, the Iranian opposition demonstrates that it’s comprised of Iranians. From The Times of London’s interview with Green leader Mehdi Karroubi: In a

Charlie Savage digs into the history of a well-remembered visit that Michael Jackson paid to the White House in 1984, and how a 29-year-old associate White

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), one week off of his ACORN forum, tweets proof that the White House served ACORN-shaped treats at a Christmas party last night.

This weekend, Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) announced that she has enough votes and support to put an end to secret holds -- an individual senator’s ability

In January of 2007, just days after the Democrats took control of the House for the first time in over a decade, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) vowed to close