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According to recent reports, Rep. Allen West, R-Fort Lauderdale, has again aligned himself with a controversial group. As reported yesterday by blogger Spencer Ackerman , West will sponsor a July 25 briefing by Citizens for National Security , a self-described group of “concerned citizens interested in education on extremism, terrorism and weapons of mass destruction.” # From a press release on the event: # Less than two months before the ten-year anniversary of 9/11, Congressman Allen West (R-FL) will sponsor a Capitol Hill briefing this coming July 25, on Homegrown Jihad in the USA: Culmination of the Muslim Brotherhood’s 50-year History of Infiltrating America

The New York Times has a (somewhat disorganized) story co-written by its very knowledgeable reporter Carlotta Gall that suggests the arrest of top Taliban

Three weeks after a state-appointed Emergency Manager used new powers to suspend all elected boards in the city of Benton Harbor, Gov. Rick Snyder was met with protests when he went to that city to march as the Grand Marshall of the annual Blossomtime parade.

Ohio’s former Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner stopped short of criticizing her replacement, but made it clear they disagreed on the importance of absentee

Those who signed up to attend The Response, the all-day prayer event hosted by Gov. Rick Perry earlier this month, are now being asked to partake in an

If it seemed quiet in the Senate today, that’s because the chamber was closed, the lights turned off. Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) had postponed

The Obama administration announced today that it is launching an investigation into China’s green technology trade policies. The investigation is in response to

National Review’s managing editor rushes to The Corner to tell readers of a bumper sticker he was alerted to by a Texas reader. BUMPER STICKER OF THE

Politics turns on speed and preemption, so it’s not surprising that some people are already rushing to handicap the political landscape for an Obama

Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kans.) announced today his support for including a renewable energy standard in the energy bill Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.)

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (Pic by US Mission Geneva, via Flickr) Yesterday, the U.S.

Though last Friday’s near-government shutdown did not lead to a major defunding of Title X family planning programs, at least one anti-abortion group, Students for Life of America, still sees it as a “partial victory for the pro-life movement,” and is unlikely to give up the fight to defund Planned Parenthood. # The United States government was on the verge of shutting down over a dispute involving funding for Planned Parenthood and clinics like it.

Tar balls recently washed up on the Alabama shoreline have now been linked to BP, according to preliminary tests performed by Auburn University. Via the Associated Press : Tests show the wave of tar balls that hit Alabama’s beaches after Tropical Storm Lee was from last year’s BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a coastal mayor said Tuesday. Orange Beach Mayor Tony Kennon said the connection was found in preliminary tests performed by Auburn University, and additional tests will be conducted

With the Republican presidential hopefuls participating in a debate about jobs and the economy just a few miles from the city of Detroit, it was inevitable that the candidates would be asked about the federal bailout that saved GM and Chrysler — and Mitt Romney in particular. Romney’s father was a former auto company CEO and former governor of Michigan, so when he wrote a Wall Street Journal column in early 2009 with the headline “Let Detroit Go Bankrupt” and argued against federal money being used to restructure those companies, it drew a good deal of criticism from business, labor and politicians of both parties from Michigan who supported the bailout. During Wednesday’s debate, Romney tried not to back away from that position: He said: “My view with regard to the bailout was that whether it was President Bush or whether it was President Obama (approving financial relief), it was the wrong way to go.” But one of his most prominent Michigan supporters illustrates the fine line Romney is trying to walk on the issue: Saul Anuzis, Michigan’s Republican National Committeeman and a Romney backer, said the challenge for Romney and other Republicans who advocated for a managed bankruptcy is explaining what they mean by bankruptcy.

Bill Clinton wishes the best for a liberated Lil Wayne... ...and Kanye West sympathizes with Bush about being called a racist. Bush says he authorized

Obama would rather be a really good one-term president than a mediocre two-term president. But Obama’s current poll numbers are unlikely to have any

During a brief exchange in Washington, D.C.

“In today’s world, without question, we’ve learned two lessons,” FHA Commissioner David Stevens told reporters this winter. “One: homeownership is important to the sustainability of communities. And two: not everybody should own a home.”

Benjamin Sarlin talks to Ralph Nader, who’s celebrating at least the 20th anniversary of his transition from interesting public advocate to self-defeating

The vote was 59 to 38 on final passage. Three Republicans -- Olympia Snowe (Maine), Susan Collins (Maine) and George Voinovich (Ohio) -- joined every voting

MARION — When told by an audience member that he should tell Iowans urging other competitors to hop into the 2012 GOP presidential contest to read his book and take another look at his record, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty brushed it off. Tim Pawlenty meets with Iowans at the Marion Public Library before beginning his opening remarks