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According to The Hotline’s latest whip count, Michael Steele continues to fall behind former Wisconsin GOP chair Reince Priebus in his bid to maintain his

The same week that anti-abortion-rights advocates and Catholic colleges pushed the Obama administration to repeal a recent decision to include contraception in

Our old colleague Daphne Eviatar, now with Human Rights First, takes to Firedoglake’s Seminal diaries to make the case toward which Eric Holder is inching

The least complex explanation for derivatives, and particularly the credit default swaps that drove this financial crisis, is that they are a form of

The highway connecting Tampa, Lakeland, Daytona Beach and Orlando may be the most important political real estate in the nation because it holds the key to the biggest chunk of independent voters in the biggest of all battleground states. These voters’ anxieties and financial troubles have now pushed the Democratic nominee ahead of his Republican rival in the polls there.

Amid fears that Switzerland might come to an agreement with the United States on banking privacy and tax evasion disclosures, Credit Suisse issued a report

Another banner supporting the Occupy Wall Street movement appeared over Interstate 235 near downtown Des Moines on Monday morning, at least the third such “banner drops” seen in the last month over the major thoroughfare. A member of Occupy Des Moines claimed responsibility for the banners last month, and at that point said more “drops” would be done. Today’s banner on a walkway spanning the roadway simply read “Occupy.” The group in mid-October placed a banner reading “www.occupydsm.org” on a bike trail across I-235 between 42nd Street and Polk Boulevard

Laura Rozen publishes an email that National Intelligence Committee Non-Chairman Chas Freeman sent out in response to his resignation: The libels on me and

WorldNetDaily’s Bob Unruh has a lot of fun with the Southern Poverty Law Center’s report on new right-wing extremist groups, calling up some of the leaders

This morning’s hearing on Florida water pollution rules, sponsored by the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, was much of the same. Agriculture and industry groups remain vehemently opposed to the EPA’s numeric nutrient criteria, a set of rules to govern nutrient overload in state waterways

Harsh words for Chris Wallace. Michele Bachmann, lampooned in seeds. Is McDonnell getting Borked? Tom Ridge walks it back. Jenna Bush gets a new

As a postscript to yesterday’s fact-check of Marc Thiessen, a former Bush White House speechwriter and torture proponent, notice how Thiessen, appearing on

Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (Pic by Gage Skidmore, via Flickr) The Republican Party of Sarasota County will host its 2011 “Statesman of the Year” dinner later this month, at which the party will honor Mississippi Gov. — and once-rumored presidential contender — Haley Barbour.

A single mother is in the media spotlight after joking to Obama that he is a hottie, with a smokin’ little body. Sarah Palin will be the top speaker at the

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (Pic by US Mission Geneva, via Flickr) Operation Rescue has joined other anti-abortion groups in Kansas in a campaign accusing U.S.

Wow oh wow oh wow. Former Department of Justice official and torture memo author John Yoo will be on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on Monday to promote his

Ann Coulter’s speeches at CPAC are simultaneously the least surprising and the most headline-ready parts of the conference. Every year, the lines to get into

Human Rights First has just released a new report updating its previous study of criminal terrorism cases prosecuted since the early 1990s. Once again, it

Conservatism and activism often go hand-in-hand in the Supreme Court. Ben Nelson’s constituents think it’s okay to tax the rich for health care, but he

WEST DES MOINES — About 100 people gathered outside the Sheraton Hotel on Wednesday evening to express their displeasure with Wisconsin Gov.