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It’s amazing the vitriol that the community-organizing group ACORN has inspired among the right in this election cycle. In recent days, the National Review

American Express cards may no longer be used to purchase medical marijuana. The company has given no reason for the prohibition.

The Associated Press just reworked its earlier piece stemming from a morning interview with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. No longer

Under the current proposal, new construction could consume three times as much funding as public transportation.

Appearing on MSNBC this morning, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, said that there simply isn’t enough money

Adam Serwer covers some testimony Attorney General Eric Holder gave to a House panel today: Holder noted (as Spencer Ackerman reported last week) that the

The Drudge Report just sent out a siren to inform readers that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano wants to see under your clothes. And from the

Gov. Rick Scott has signed the elections bill, HB 1355, according to an announcement from his office, which did not include any statement or other additional information. # Many of the law’s provisions technically take effect immediately

I’ve been surfing the Intertubes for what seems like hours, determined to find new and interesting news about Sen. John McCain. It turns out this is more

The Florida Democratic Party is demanding that Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Sarasota, resign from his role as vice chair for finance with the National Republican Congressional Committee. In a statement released Wednesday, the party says Buchanan should step aside in light of a recent court decision prompted by a Federal Election Commission lawsuit

Former Massachusetts Gov.

U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), chairwoman of the House Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness, told The Chronicle of Higher

According to a lawyer with the respected British human rights group Reprieve, abuse of prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp has actually gotten worse

The bleak housing numbers are raising troubling questions about whether lenders and servicers are genuinely willing and able to do loan modifications on a large scale.

Several reports out today detail the bacterial infection behind a string of dolphin deaths that have occurred since last year’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Der Spiegel released late Sunday photos of U.S. soldiers posing with dead Afghan civilians they were responsible for killing. The German publication released

I didn’t pay too much attention yesterday to the conservatives who tweeted or blogged untoward things about the late Sen. Ted Kennedy. It would have been

Sen. Barack Obama has a strategic model in Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign: ’It’s the Economy, Stupid!’

Today, Kate Sheppard reports at Mother Jones, Kevin Costner -- actor of Dances with Wolves fame, favored heartthrob of my mum -- took to the Hill to argue for

Carly Fiorina’s campaign for U.S. Senate has been trying to make a pretty strong factual argument against challengers Tom Campbell and Chuck DeVore -- namely,

In an effort to further outpace campaign finance disclosure rules, supporters of presidential candidate Rick Perry have formed a group which, under IRS rules,

Colorado U.S. Representative Diana DeGette on Thursday sent a letter to Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Cliff Stearns urging him to invite Brian Harrison, president and CEO of Solyndra, to testify before an investigative subcommittee of which she is a ranking member.