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So far, this Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Afghanistan is less about Kandahar and more about parsing what President Obama meant when he

Despite mixed economic reports, job growth is almost certain. Massa’s chief of staff had informed a Pelosi aide of incidents. The Byrd Rule can be an

Let’s say you’re a high-ranking figure in the Iranian religious-political establishment. For 30 years, you’ve used U.S. bellicosity as an excuse for social

Interesting fact about the soon-to-be-declassified report from the Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility on the propriety of the Bush-era

Texans filled the pews at Mt. Ararat Baptist Church in Houston Friday night, to join religious leaders and activist organizations in opposing “The

TWI’s David Weigel is on the ground in Massachusetts reporting on the latest developments in the special election. Chris Beam captures the enthusiasm on the

It took until after his corruption scandal-induced resignation, but interim Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert gave an interview in September to the Israeli

Yesterday, the Access to Birth Control (ABC) Act was reintroduced in the U.S. House and Senate by Rep.

Graham’s Gang of 14 proposal isn’t finding many takers among Dems. Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) is pushing for a loophole in the Senate’s financial reform

Obama’s Supreme Court nominee will have to be reasonable to all voters. Reid backs away from his previous pledge on immigration. Technology companies are

This morning marked the opening of Netroots Nation , the national progressive organizing and media conference, at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Formerly called YearlyKos, the four-day summit this year features a keynote tonight by former Sen.

UPDATE: Aug. 10, 2011, 3:15 p.m., with a correction Peter LaBarbera’s Americans for Truth About Homosexuality (AFTAH) last week launched a campaign to prevent

For all their Gandalf-versus-the-Balrog declarations that former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) will resume his seat, Senate Republicans have all but admitted

Fifty percent of Americans say Obama does not deserve re-election. Financial reform could be signed by the end of May, says Barney Frank. Obama’s drilling

As the presidential campaign season heats up, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has vastly outraised his Republican rivals, none of whom managed to raise a quarter of the funds he’s collected

Former three-term Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chávez is running as a Democrat for the U.S. House in New Mexico’s First District, writes Albuquerque Journal. Democratic Rep

State legislators in Missouri passed a bill yesterday that further restricts cases in which women can receive late-term abortions. Missouri’s restriction is similar to language in Florida’s state ban on public funding for abortion.

Thaddeus McCotter praised grassroots activists in Iowa, saying his own “most fulfilling and rewarding” political position was when he was elected as a