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The former Tennessee senator and presidential candidate lends his image to an ultra-serious TV ad. (Worth noting: the plain-spoken NY-23 Conservative Party

Staff for the national oil spill commission released preliminary conclusions today regarding the cause of the April 20 Macondo well blowout, which led

Northwestern economist Robert Gordon brings the gloom: belongs to the committee of distinguished economists who officially declared on Sept. 20 that the

Politico reports an outrageous twist to the already-absurd tale of the prosecution of Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), convicted this fall on seven counts of

In the latest issue of The New Yorker, James Surowiecki weighs in on something TWI wrote about recently: The need for a new -- and bolder -- foreclosure

After a marathon two-day markup session that vacillated wildly between partisan hostility and bipartisan comity, the education bill to overhaul No Child Left

“We’re dealing with local contractors on a daily basis and they’re not getting the work,” says Barry Kaufman of the Construction and General Laborers Union Local 689. “There are more out-of-state contractors in here than holes in cheese.

In a stunning break from everything it has stood for in its entire history as a measured voice for neoliberal economic policies, The Economist has endorsed Sen.

In their quarterly filings with the Federal Election Commission, NARAL Pro-Choice America disclosed that they put some of their resources up against GOP presidential contender and U.S.

A new anti-abortion rights website has emerged, its aim focused on the Girl Scouts of the United States of America. Speak Now: Girl Scouts is the product of

Speaking at a labor issues conference in Washington, Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform said that Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Penn.) had just decided to vote

Robin Reid, a language and literature professor at Texas A&M University-Commerce, is working to set up a safe space for the gay, lesbian and transgender

Sen. Barack Obama spoke out on the $85 billion the government has agreed to loan to AIG on Wednesday morning, blasting the news in unusually blistering terms as

Tom Murse reports on a town hall meeting held by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-Pa.) where the congressman chastised his own side. One thing I think is being misrepresented

When asked whether he knew what the appointment meant, Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) responded, simply, “No.”

In the wake of yesterday’s news that long-time conservative columnist Robert Novak is retiring pending treatment for brain cancer, most reports today are

Low inflation is good news, unless that low inflation reflects price deflation in every sector other than food and fuel. Then, it’s not so great.

Two key Afghan officials, in Washington for discussions with the Obama administration about the future of the Afghanistan war, urged the U.S. against scaling back its ambitions in Afghanistan.

Sunday’s Washington Post has a good story detailing why the IRS, which has become the de facto agency for overseeing nonprofit groups’ independent expenditures