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Less than a day after Alvin Greene scored an upset victory in South Carolina’s Democratic Senate primary, the state party has begun a PR campaign to push him

This Web ad, now running on sites like National Review Online, caught my eye: Click and you discover that the meddling European is ... billionaire

A statement from Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) on CNN’s John King USA received a great deal of attention in the blogosphere late Thursday night and Friday

PORTLAND, MAINE -- This morning, after spending some quality time in the Bush family compound in Kennebunkport, with the former president and First Father

This is the most stunning poll I’ve seen from Iraq since the war began -- not just because so many Iraqis think things are improving, but because the wide

The College Board, which oversees undergraduate and graduate school entrance exams, released results for the 2011 SATs, revealing mixed news: More students took

Atrios, utilizing his trademark, uh, panache, offers a very well-reasoned response to the small but vocal segment of the Left who are angry about

Although Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) has scheduled a committee vote on the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor for tomorrow, ranking

The terrorist Hambali, a former occupant of a CIA black-site cell, might be tried in Washington, D.C., which doesn’t know a thing about security. An intense

One of the early lights of the national security/foreign policy blogosphere, Marc Lynch, is the latest scholar to sign up with the Center for a New American

“This ‘legally obligated’ stuff is a lot of nonsense,” says one expert on the Wall Street bailout.

<p>Another possible casualty of the Democratic presidential marathon: the Iowa caucuses. John Deeth of Iowa Independent <a title="explains"

Much is being said -- some praise and some criticism -- of the bipartisan outreach that’s marked the first weeks of the Obama administration. But you won’t

Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported a record number of illegal immigrants in the 2010 fiscal year, removing 392,000 illegal immigrants from the

It happens all the time. A thirsty consumer grabs a cup of coffee with a debit card, unknowingly exceeds the available balance, and gets smacked with a $30 fee for the $3 purchase.

No date has been set, but congressional leaders are already vowing to hold hearings on the circumstances leading up to Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch mine

Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, Attorney General Eric Holder said that one reason he decided to try the five suspected 9/11

Breaking news from The Washington Post: A member of the security advance team for President Obama’s recent trip to Mexico is suspected of having contracted the

As Fox News and others excoriate President Obama for easing up on deportations, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has the gall to say that what this country needs more of is immigration. From The Hill: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (I) said Friday that the “single biggest” thing President Obama can do right now to spur job creation in the United States is to allow more immigration. “Most importantly, we want to get immigrants from around the world to come to America,” Bloomberg said in an interview with the “CBS Early Show.” “That’s the single biggest thing that the president could do with Congress, is open up the borders to those that will create jobs here.” He told CBS that immigrants “don’t take away jobs” but rather they create jobs for people already living in the United States

Cutting interest rates and bailing out banks won’t pull us out of the full-fledged credit collapse we’re facing. It’s time to spend.

In Iowa, the state Republican Party is calling for the “reintroduction and ratification of the original 13th Amendment” to the U.S. Constitution -- a

Here’s the Tea Party video of the week, so far: Singer/songwriter Lloyd Marcus (of American Tea Party Anthem fame) re-writes the lyrics of My Girl to pay

Here’s one interesting revelation from today’s House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing on the Michigan pipeline spill: the agency in charge of