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This is the Obama transition’s official statement on Gaza as of right now, courtesy of chief transition national-security spokeswoman Brooke

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) tells Ryan Grim of the Huffington Post that he is leaning toward voting for two controversial amendments: one

“Not everyone can or should have a single-family home, says Mark Zandi of Moody’s Analytics.

Carl Paladino, the Tea Party-inspired candidate in New York’s GOP gubernatorial primary, has cut what appears to be the first political ad referencing the

On the heels of a letter to the Pentagon from human rights groups, the news organizations of four journalists banned from Guantanamo Bay for allegedly violating

Enbridge, the company that spilled at least 800,000 gallons of tar sands crude into the Kalamazoo River system last year, has announced that it is suspending efforts to scrape the remaining submerged oil from the river bottom. UPI reports that the company said it made a “seasonal decision” to stop cleanup for the rest of the year

As lawmakers continue to weigh in on last night’s health reform speech from President Obama, Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.), the House minority whip, went on Good

It’s a star-crossed nomination, having run into Senate Republican obstruction, but President Obama thinks he’s found an unobjectionable candidate to helm the

Calculated Risk has a smart analysis -- with graphs! -- on the first-quarter housing and rental vacancy rates released by the Census Bureau this morning. The

Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) is cosponsoring legislation with Sen.

Since oil prices plummeted to below $70 a barrel, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries has been talking about cutting oil production to respond to

Regional institutions crucial to providing loans for mortgage lending around the country, are showing the same warning signs as Fannie Maw and Freddie Mac last year.

We’ve long known that the CIA waterboarded at least three Al Qaeda detainees. We’ve also long known that the Justice Dept., at the behest of a Central

Have Illinois legislators read the draft stimulus bill? They might want to: None of the funds provided by this Act may be made available to the State of

Our friends at The Colorado Independent take a look at railroad companies’ sudden interest in political conventions. Two of them, Union Pacific and

At a Saturday barbecue for the Leavenworth County, Kans., Republican Party, former Bush administration lawyer and current secretary of state candidate Kris

Two reports from the Mortgage Bankers Association today -- one mixed, one troubling. First, mortgage loan applications -- measured by the MBA’s purchase

The Christmas-time apprehension after Flight 253 landed in Detroit was more ad hoc and chaotic than the administration has portrayed, according to Dennis Blair.

Former Treasure Secretary Robert Rubin still wields influence in the Obama administration. AARP, Democrats lobby seniors on health care ahead of November