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As the health care debate slogs on, Republicans are using the town-hall forums of August as proof that Americans oppose the Democrats’ health reform plans,

We are in the midst of a jobs crisis, with the unemployment rate stuck around 9.7 percent. The labor market is particularly bleak in terms of duration of

A three judge panel of the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned a lower court ruling and granted standing to a coalition of human rights groups suing the government over the 2008 FISA amendments. You can read the full ruling here

Just as soon as I finish blogging about how probable-new-Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Janine Davidson is all about smoother civilian-military

Here are some of the shutdown-related news items that made headlines this weekend: • A total of 138 of the state’s legislators have continued to receive pay during the state government shutdown, the Star Tribune reported. Before the shutdown began, DFL Gov. Mark Dayton said he wouldn’t accept pay in the event of a shutdown.

The private security contractor diverted hundreds of weapons, including more than 500 AK-47 assault rifles, from a U.S. weapons bunker in Afghanistan intended to equip Afghan policemen.

Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) just indicated that the Senate might take up the unemployment benefits extension on Tuesday. The federally extended benefits, covered

This poll goes some way toward explaining why, as I report today, ambitious Republican politicians are clambering on board with the idea of lawsuits to repeal

Happy New Year! It might be a good idea to begin 2009 thinking happy thoughts. Here is my contribution: There are now just 19 days left in the Bush

The GOP’s leader in the House pounces on today’s New York Times report that the White House is ready to go it alone if Republicans won’t back a health care

Closing Guantanamo and ending the military commissions is the easy part. It’s what to do with the people imprisoned there that’s already presenting a political problem for the president-elect and his new administration.

Michael Patrick Leahy caps off Republican candidate Dede Scozzafava’s really bad day Tuesday by talking to Oneida County, N.Y., GOP chairman George Joseph, who

The University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service this week released the results of a study on the economic security of families in

With the UAW’s contracts with the Big Three automakers already expired and operating under an extension, it appears that General Motors will be the first to strike a new deal that gives back some of the concessions workers made to help the company survive bankruptcy in 2009. General Motors Co

Web Ecoist showcases 20 of the World’s Weirdest Endangered Species today with some fantastic photos of such exotic creatures as the Solenodon (not a

Tell me if this makes sense to you. During the Aug. 20 Afghan presidential election, thousands of polling stations either didn’t open to the public or didn’t

Sen. Barack Obama’s convention speech may seem like old news, as Americans worry about Hurricane Gustav and the political class focuses on Gov. Sarah Palin and

Greg Sargent catches a May 2006 interview with then-State Senator Parker Griffith in which he refers to himself as a life-long Democrat and a supporter of

The claims process in the Gulf Coast has not gone as fast as I had hoped,” Kenneth Feinberg told an angry crowd in Louisiana, according to The New York

Good for The New York Times and reporter Elisabeth Bumiller, who’ve modified their initial phrasing in today’s piece about Guantanamo so as not to presume that

Forgive me: I’ve been preoccupied with reporting and writing my just-published ArmorGroup whistleblower piece. But don’t miss this amazing first-person account