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Big News! National security reporter Spencer Ackerman delivers his fifth piece today in his series on the rise of the counterinsurgents. After an exclusive

Legislators may have concerns about the use of chemical dispersants to break apart oil in the Gulf, but testing from the Environmental Protection Agency

Obama’s executive order strengthening the Freedom of Information Act, issued on his second day in office, signaled his intent to open up the federal government to greater public accountability. The harder part will come in delivering results, especially at the CIA.

In 2009, ICE imprisoned 369,483 immigrant detainees -- more than twice the number it held in 1999.

After seven years fighting off custom-made license plates with an anti-abortion-rights message, the state of New York was ordered by a federal judge to allow a

Shane Harris of National Journal has a good, short piece about John Brennan’s withdrawal from consideration for CIA director. (Unfortunately, it’s behind NJ’s

Despite assurances from government officials that the recession is gradually loosening its grip on the U.S., statistics released today by Zillow, Inc. paint a

They started popping up in Houston. But when a billboard appeared in Austin, featuring a smiling African-American child and the words The most dangerous place

Last year, the state of Florida suffered through a round of austere budgets cuts, which largely fell on state health programs and education. Now, the News Service of Florida is reporting that this upcoming budget will also face a “significant” revenue shortfall — requiring the state to cut spending once more

Former Minnesota governor and Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty, who has taken some heat in the past for his seeming unwillingness to criticize his Republican rivals, changed tack this week, openly attacking former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann. Pawlenty has trailed in polls in early voting states

Rep. John Culberson (R-Texas) tweets: Pres Obama says only government that can break...cycle where lost jobs lead to...less spending. They are leading us

A key subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a hearing tomorrow in an attempt to sort out varying accounts of the amount of oil that

It’s earnings week -- and the Federal Reserve system is offering up details on its 2009 balance sheet. The bank notes that though the total value of its

The watering down of the proposal for a new consumer financial protection agency continues, with the latest victim the end of vanilla option. Treasury Secretary

Sen. Barack Obama briefly discussed his grandmother while calling voters during a campaign stop Monday night, but he did not mention that she died. From the

Annual event hosts conservatives not looking for change.

Greg Sargent has the scoop: Senator Harry Reid’s office says that if a final decision is made to pass health reform via reconciliation, the Majority Leader

Bobby Jindal, the Republican governor of Louisiana, is slated to deliver the GOP response to President Obama’s first address to Congress. If I remember it