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New organization seeks to prevent Guantanamo detainees from facing trial in Northern Virginia.

Not very. Speaking to reporters today, newly confirmed Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner all but dismissed the idea outright: We have a financial system that

In 2009, Erickson’s RedState blog became a key resource for conservative Republicans. Some of them, such as Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), gave the site exclusive

Here’s a look at some worthy articles from the right side of the blogosphere and journospheres in this, week one of the Obama presidency. 1.) James S.

Good news! It’s not too late to join a 2008 presidential campaign team. Ralph Nader’s latest (and last?) effort is trying to sign up volunteers to help

In the next few decades, promised federal spending threatens to drown the U.S. economy. It could make the financial bailout seem cheap.

The Republican governor of Minnesota on July 30: President Obama is making great progress on climate change. He’s turning the political climate of our

So after I wrote this post, I checked in with State Department contacts to see what’s on the horizon for resourcing the Marine offensive in the Helmand River

Here’s something interesting from my favorite new Washington gossip blog, Unattributable: According to one Democratic senator, the Senate Judiciary Committee

In an interview with D.C. newspaper The Hill, Rick Santorum — a former Pennsylvania senator and possible contender for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination — says based on the reception he’s received on his numerous visits to Iowa, he believes he could surprise everyone with a win in the first-in-the-nation caucuses. The Hill depicts Santorum’s 2012 chances in Iowa’s caucuses as a dependent on which other socially conservative candidates enter the race, such as U.S.

<p>CLEVELAND -- Spend some time in Cleveland, and it&rsquo;s easy to understand why Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Barack Obama

The U.S Census released updated numbers Tuesday on the number of married same-sex couples in the United States. There are currently 152,335 same-sex couples in the country that identified as married and another 440,989 that are unmarried. In Minnesota, there are 1,330 same-sex couples who have married in other states

During what will almost certainly be his last opening statement for a Supreme Court confirmation hearing, Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) pressed court nominee Elena

Just a few weeks after the Army Corps of Engineers approved a controversial mountaintop mine in Kentucky without a peep from the Environmental Protection

For anyone wondering if Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Cal.) is in his right mind challenging Rep. John Dingell (Mich.), the longest-serving Democrat in Congress, for the

Ideological organizations often make for more sympathetic plaintiffs than business groups, and they’ve had considerable success in striking down campaign finance restrictions.

Rep. Randy Forbes (R-Va.) had an exchange with Gen. Stanley McChrystal that underscores both the Republican Party’s predicament and the general’s unwillingness

Attorney General-nominee Eric Holder’s hard line on interrogation (waterboarding is torture) rattled Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and a few minority Senators

The fallout from the Jack Abramoff scandal continues... Lobbyist Todd Boulanger was charged Wednesday with conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection

The Supreme Court seal (Pic by Hayfordoleary, via WIkimedia Commons ) Spanish-language news reporters who spoke Sunday on Al Punto , a Univision program, said the coming Supreme Court decision on Arizona’s immigration enforcement law S.B. 1070 will have an impact on both the 2012 elections and on the lives of millions of immigrants. Alan Rivera of Hispanic News Network said that the Supreme Court decision that would come in June, in the midst of the 2012 presidential campaign, and will greatly influence the Obama campaign against the eventual Republican nominee.