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As first reported by Firedoglake’s Marcy Wheeler, a federal judge has ruled that the Bush administration illegally wiretapped the defunct Islamic charity

Groups of postal service employees will protest the possible downsizing of the U.S. postal service at rallies all over Florida tomorrow. “Save America’s Postal Service” is hosting rallies (.pdf) at the offices of congressional representatives all over the state.

Jackie Kucinich reports that House Democrats are scuttling Republican plans to send their infamous health care chart, a cartoonish mess put together by Rep.

Among the many housing policy disappointments sustained during the bust, the Hope for Homeowners mortgage refinancing program has to rank as the

It’s official: the House Judiciary Committee has once again subpoenaed Karl Rove, former President George W. Bush’s longtime adviser and aide, to testify before

The U.S. House of Representatives approved an anti-abortion-rights bill Thursday night that prohibits state health exchanges created by President Obama’s

Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano spent some time at the Senate today defending the Obama administration against accusations they are pushing lax

Today, the Labor Department announced that weekly initial jobless claims had fallen to a nearly two-year low -- declining 29,000 to 429,000. That is the lowest

I keep mentioning the Swat Valley in Pakistan as the real center of the war on terrorism. The Al Qaeda-aligned Pakistani Taliban of Beitullah Massoud and

An Iowa radio host questioned former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty on a rumor that his campaign staff has been digging up dirt on Republican presidential rival U.S

All day, we’re re-running our favorite blog posts of the last year. This post was originally published on Jan. 21, 2009. Elana Schor at Talking Points

Are we really going to go through this again? Immediately after the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development finished putting the final touches on a

Gov. Rick Scott’s budget signing was a heavily stage-managed affair. # It was held in The Villages, a predominantly Republican retirement community roughly three and a half hours’ drive from the state capital. The crowd was purged of dissenters before the governor arrived, and they were left standing outside the outdoor town square with signs that read “Pink Slip Rick.” # Charter school students were bussed in from Osceola County to provide an ideal photo op

Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Carl Levin (D-Mich.)’s amendment to strip funding for the F-22 fighter jet passed five minutes ago on the Senate floor. Levin’s

Andrew Sullivan flags an Iraqi McClatchy reporter’s ambivalent reaction to Muntader al-Zaidi’s tossed shoes. He disapproves of al-Zaidi’s emotional reaction.

On Tuesday, Bruce Watzman, spokesman for the National Mining Association, appeared on Capitol Hill to implore lawmakers not to overreact (i.e., legislate)

Hussein Ibish told me earlier today that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas needs to yield a means of easing the siege on Gaza that helps the ordinary people

Here’s Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) last month, commenting on the possibility that Republicans would filibuster President Obama’s pick to

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is back in the spotlight today. He’s scheduled to testify on Capitol Hill about his new plan for the government to greatly

Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld once observed that if you can’t solve a problem, enlarge it. In that spirit, take a look at this press conference in

Remember just a few weeks ago when Sens. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Max Baucus (D-Mont.), the upper-chamber leaders on health care reform, announced their