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If auto manufactures fail, spin off industries could cut thousands of jobs. In all, some 2.5 million workers could lose their jobs.

The Iowa Senate will remain under the control of a slim 26-25 Democratic majority when it reconvenes in January 2012. Liz Mathis , 43, won a clear victory in a special election Tuesday by earning 13,184 votes or 55.8 percent support, according to the Linn County Auditor’s Office.

There were no surprises out of Nevada’s primary election Tuesday, as scandal-plagued Gov. Jim Gibbons lost the GOP nomination for a second term and Tea Party

Chris Cillizza delves into the internals of the Washington Post poll that has support for a public option in health care ticking back up. It’s lousy for

Rep. Michele Bachmann and former Gov.

The Ohio House passed one of the nation’s most restrictive abortion limits today in a 54 to 43 vote. # A direct challenge to Roe v.

Over the last couple of weeks, The Iowa Independent’s team has been tracking the state’s congressional delegation as they hold town hall meetings on health care

During her unsuccessful campaign to replace Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R), four-term Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) said repeatedly that she would resign from

More than a dozen members of the U.S. Congress sent a letter (PDF) to President Obama and to the Inspector General of the U.S

Today, Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, addressed the annual meeting of the Southern Legislative Conference of the Council of State

After spending untold billions of dollars securing the nation’s airlines from ill-intentioned passengers, it seems there’s a new menace in the nation’s skies. A

As Atty. Gen. Michael Mukasey busily works to bury the abuses of the Bush administration, the Supreme Court may be getting ready to hand President George W.

The prime minister of the Caribbean vacation nation Antigua & Barbuda (official name!) has renamed his country’s highest mountain Mount Obama. Seriously. W.

Ana Marie Cox, our newest correspondent, reports from the campaign trail with Sen. John McCain. Here she covers Gov. Sarah Palin’s speech today in Toledo, Ohio.