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Judge Clay Land of the Middle District of Georgia has tossed out Maj. Stefan Cook’s lawsuit demanding proof of President Obama’s citizenship before deploying

Monday, U.S.

This had been coming ever since the 2007 Nisour Square massacre, but now it’s here. From The Washington Post: The Iraqi government has informed the U.S.

I just got off the phone with Frank MacKay, state chairman of the New York Independence Party, a powerful third party which had endorsed Republican candidate

During a press conference this morning in Chicago, ostensibly to officially name former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) as President-elect Barack

Want another example of Mike’s thesis that Bush has lost his congressional mojo? Yesterday the House approved a measure sponsored by Rush Holt (D-NJ) to

If you’re among the 98.3 percent of the U.S. population that resides outside The North Star State, you’re probably confused by the DFL label you keep seeing

Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) just said on the Senate floor that he hopes to move on the nomination of former Raytheon lobbyist Bill Lynn for deputy secretary of

A fascinating CNN/Opinion Research poll (PDF) shows that there really isn’t much change pre- and post-Northwest Airlines Flight 253 in how the American public

The Louisiana House of Representatives Thursday unanimously approved a measure to require all abortion clinics in the state to post a sign (to be measured

Fresh off the heels of its national True the Vote summit, Houston tea party group King Street Patriots (KSP) is seeking to raise $500,000 to achieve its goal of

Rasmussen Reports finds Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) holding a narrow 41-38 lead against Democratic Illinois Treasurer (and likely nominee) Alexi Giannoulias. In his

As I reported today, Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ thoughts on the proper U.S. force posture in Afghanistan is a work in progress, according to Pentagon

One-time child Guantanamo Bay inmate of Mohammed Jawad -- he’s believed to be 21 years old, though it’s unclear, and was detained for about seven years -- was

The latest attempt to push the boundaries of campaign finance law comes from the Republican Senator Mike Lee, who filed an advisory opinion request with the

John Hawkins of Right Wing News has gotten a number of A- and B-list conservative bloggers to co-sign an open letter to the National Republican Senatorial

Vice presidents don’t matter? Think again. More than 30 percent have gone on to hold the higher office.

At a press availability earlier today, I asked Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) about the arrest of anti-ACORN muckraker James O’Keefe and what it meant for

This is getting disgusting. Last year, when General David Petraeus trudged to Capitol Hill to report on the surge’s fortunes, the White House scheduled it on an

A bill in Pennsylvania that would empower the governor to appoint two members to a management board that would have the authority to influence collective

Why is former Vice President Dick Cheney -- who’s planning to speak at the American Enterprise Institute right after President Obama’s national security speech

The Chronicle of Higher Education raises a question worth examining, as the credit stays tighter than usual and the economy remains sluggish: Is higher

Indiana’s Democratic senator announces that he won’t seek re-election despite raising $13 million for the contest and leaving his party four days to find a