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After her surprise victory over Rep. Mike Castle in the Delaware Republican Senate primary, sudden national figure and social conservative heroine Christine

A battle heats up between Rahm and Brookings. And Bill Clinton appears to side with Rahm. How to interpret the mercurial public mood on

Legislatures in two states that school choice advocates were hoping would pass statewide voucher programs are struggling to corral enough lawmaker

Republicans may have won the House, but immigrant advocacy groups are quick to point out that the party was fairly unpopular among Latinos, who helped Democrats

The Republican Party is hurting for foreign policy and national security standard-bearers. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), chairman of the GOP’s flagging Senate

If the Senate is to pass health care before Christmas, it’ll have to follow a ridiculously tight timeline. With so little margin for error, though, the plan

Ten days from now, members of Congress will return to Washington from their home districts, and for the Senate, priority number one will be the passage of the

Count this one as a partial victory for SB 1070 opponents: Arizona’s new immigration law will go into effect tomorrow, but without some of its contested

With the bankruptcy of Lehman Bros. and the Bank of America takeover of Merrill Lynch roiling Wall Street, Sen. John McCain attempted to reassure voters about

Texas’ business-friendly climate has been one of Gov. Rick Perry’s favorite talking points on the campaign trail, and he’s played up the role of incentive

Mitt Romney at the Values Voter Summit this morning: When government is trying to take over health care, buying car companies, bailing out banks, and giving

Take a look at this Washington Post piece about a measure of optimism emerging from the Obama administration about Pakistan. Discount the happy talk --

It’s now or never for health care reform. Angry liberals on Twitter blame Reid and Senate Democrats for health reform’s shortcomings. But they’d still be

Sen. John Gleason, who last week staged a sit-in to protest the failure of the state legislature to pass an anti-bullying bill, has released a Youtube video encouraging people to contact their legislature and pressure them to vote for the bill.

Three more down, 226 to go: Berlusconi says Italy will take a trio of Gitmo detainees. Faced with an economic crisis, unrest in the Middle East and a thicket

Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Ocala (Pic via stearns.house.gov) Though Congressman Cliff Stearns, R-Ocala, is criticizing President Obama’s push for green jobs, the Florida lawmaker was happy to welcome a federally funded green jobs effort in his own district last year.