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That’s going to be the focus of this morning’s Senate Armed Services Committee hearing this morning with Gen. David Petraeus and Michele Flournoy, the

Former Iowa First Lady and current Congressional candidate Christie Vilsack raised $330,000 between July 1 and Sept. 30, her campaign says

One of the Right’s most prolific online political writers, Jennifer Rubin, puts out a story today headlined Obama’s Centrism Could Drive the GOP Out of

Republican candidate Allen West, an Iraq war veteran who has caught the attention of multiple conservative and Tea Party groups, for the last quarter outraised

Blink and you’ll miss this, from National Security Adviser Jim Jones’ Meet The Press appearance yesterday: MR. GREGORY: Is it still your belief that Osama

Texas’ smaller universities are reprioritizing in attempts to deal with massive cuts in their budgets, although state-mandated cuts have not been as severe as

The National Organization for Marriage is fighting off legislative efforts by Rhode Island and New York assemblies to offer rights to same-sex couples.

Last week, the House Democrats unveiled their version of the $825 billion economic stimulus package. The proposed bill provides billions of dollars for

The changing demographics of the United States suggest that there would be a lot of support for comprehensive immigration reform that includes legalization of

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on Tuesday passed a resolution calling on federal, state and local authorities to end the war on drugs.

A new report published this week in the Journal Blood may point the way to the Achilles heel of HIV.

The report offers the “most detailed look to date of the human cost and the severity of this recession,” says Lawrence Katz of Harvard. People talk about a lost decade. We’ve already had it.”

A state lawmaker in Michigan is planning to introduce a bill to lift a cap on liability from oil spills from pipelines, legislation that mirrors similar

Earlier today, the Senate also approved -- by an overwhelming 90 to 9 margin -- a bipartisan amendment allowing the Federal Reserve to continue to supervise

While Wall Street’s still occupied by protestors railing against financial policies that help only the rich — and spin-off protests are getting set for cities

2009 is poised to be a big year for the Democrats, but that doesn’t mean we’re going to overlook the GOP here at TWI. I’m pleased to announce that David

Florida Senate President Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island (Pic by Office of Senate President, via flsenate.gov) The Miami-Dade County Commission on Tuesday approved a resolution urging the Florida Legislature to not pass any immigration legislation in 2012.

A battle heats up between Rahm and Brookings. And Bill Clinton appears to side with Rahm. How to interpret the mercurial public mood on

Legislatures in two states that school choice advocates were hoping would pass statewide voucher programs are struggling to corral enough lawmaker

Republicans may have won the House, but immigrant advocacy groups are quick to point out that the party was fairly unpopular among Latinos, who helped Democrats

The Republican Party is hurting for foreign policy and national security standard-bearers. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), chairman of the GOP’s flagging Senate