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Sen. Barack Obama is off the campaign trail, but his top aides are running hard today. Obama’s senior strategists held a national news conference by

With all the news about partially nationalizing banks, and with the candidates rolling out new economic proposals and facing off in a debate tonight over their

At his oil spill hearing today, Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) questioned Obama administration officials about their testing of Gulf seafood. Markey, the House

Do you know a guy named... K-I-R-I-A-K-O-U, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) asks Ali Soufan, referring to a former CIA official who alleged that -- at an

The big news from today’s Gallup Poll is President Obama’s weak 44-42 lead over a generic Republican 2012 candidate. It’s the kind of support that Bill Clinton

Sen. Jim Bunning’s (R-Ky.) decision to block an unfunded 30-day extension of unemployment insurance, COBRA benefits, and Medicare doctor payments has been

Less than a week after a high-profile, bipartisan health reform summit in Washington, President Obama has said he’s open to adopting four major provisions

It’s true. James Traficant, the former Ohio congressman-turned-convicted felon, is already garnering national attention for his planned congressional bid. The

The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) lost in its bid for a preliminary injunctions to prevent disclosure of its donors in two New England states on

Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), a McCain supporter, challenged Sen. Barack Obama’s judgment and experience on Israel and national security issues, following the

Just wanted to flag this informative comment from one of our readers regarding our story, Affordable Housing Goes Green. Reader pierced talks about an

The state Dept. of Environmental Quality is asking people to weigh in on new aspects of the long-delayed plan to build a coal-fired power plant in Rogers City. Last year the DEQ denied a permit for the proposed 600 megawatt power plant after finding that Wolverine had not demonstrated a need for the facility

Last night, the House Energy and Commerce Committee passed a first-of-its-kind bill capping greenhouse gas emissions and installing minimum-use requirements on

Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), in a floor speech today, called for expanding electric and natural gas vehicles legislation slated to come up for a procedural vote

OK, never mind what I said about Lawrence O’Donnell. Fox News has an item about a possible Colin Powell endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama that relies on

As promised, U.S. House Judiciary Chair Lamar Smith (R-Texas) introduced on Tuesday a bill, titled the HALT Act, which would suspend the Obama

Americans will come to regret the Budget Control Act passed by Congress yesterday, U.S.

Senator Michael Bennet this week published an op-ed in the Boston Globe, saying the country needs to completely revamp how teachers are paid–and needs to pay them more.

In my piece on Friday about Bob Gates’ agenda in the Obama administration, Larry Korb raised the question of what outmoded programs he’s going to ax. After all,

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is softening his criticism of Sen. Chris Dodd’s (D-Conn.) financial regulatory reform proposal, which Democrats

On a conference call today on the Obama administration’s efforts to determine the extent of natural resources damages from the oil spill, an Interior Department