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TWI’s Spencer Ackerman caught up with John Kiriakou, a former CIA official who oversaw the interrogation of a high-profile Al Qaeda prisoner, to talk about

Would-be GOP presidential nominee Michele Bachmann began her weekend tour of the Sunshine State today, making a late afternoon visit to a sub shop in Jacksonville Beach. # Angie’s Subs, which is owned by a passionate tea party local , was packed to capacity during the event.

Well, this took some nerve: the military commission judge overseeing the prosecution of Abd al Rahim al-Nashiri, a Saudi citizen accused of plotting the 2000

High-powered computers take over Wall Street. McCain campaign looked into birther lawsuits, found nothing. Did Issa cover for Boehner’s beach

Four days later, the Senate Majority Leader responds to Israel’s deadly raid on the Mavi Marmara, a Turkish-flagged ship shuttling aid to Gaza. “Israel is

Giuliani to Obama: Shut up. Is forgery the new lobbying? Hutchinson gets busted for gay-baiting SEO. Needle exchange makes slow progress. Maybe

Todd Palin attracted enthusiastic crowds in two appearances in northern Minnesota yesterday, reports Minnesota Independent’s Paul Demko. In appearances at

President Barack Obama currently leads all of his main 2012 Republican rivals in Iowa, according to a new poll from Public Policy Polling. The closest

In the aftermath of Sen. Arlen Specter’s (D-Pa.) defection from the Republican Party earlier this week, we wondered about Sen. Charles Grassley’s (R-Iowa) plans

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If Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s message to the AIPAC conference was one of reconciliation with Israel while nudging it toward the peace process,

The credit crunch is hitting people right where it hurts: More consumers are paying their credit card bills late, and credit card companies are becoming

With Judge Timothy Black of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio expected to deliver a ruling on the Susan B. Anthony List’s request for a

Hillary Clinton’s never looked better, writes essayist and friend-of-the-site Anne Taylor Fleming. But is perseverance always a good thing?

Playing off of our story today on yesterday’s TARP oversight hearing, here’s a fascinating exchange between Sen. Richard Shelby (Ala.), the highest ranking

Senator John Ensign (R-Nev.) is raising money for a legal defense fund to fight the numerous ethics charges against him. In his appeal he blames Citizens for

DHS passes along the talking points from the in-progress meeting between Secretary Janet Napolitano and the American Legion, which was called in response to the