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Judge Sonia Sotomayor has been exceedingly careful not to say anything about any law that could possibly come before her as a Supreme Court justice, much to the

As first reported by Laura Rozen, the White House announced that Lee Feinstein from the Brookings Institution, an early and enthusiastic Hillary Rodham Clinton

The same day that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced that he did not have the votes to pass a cap-and-trade bill, even a scaled-down

Rev. Jeremiah Wright is about to have another moment. Actually, a few moments. Barack Obama’s controversial former pastor has taped an interview with Bill

Let me state up front that I fully support the policy that President Obama announced at West Point last week, said Gen. David Petraeus, the commander of U.S.

To much fanfare, the Obama administration a year ago launched a $75 billion program designed to prevent foreclosures by providing financial incentives to

Things aren’t looking up for Ben Bernanke, nominated by President Obama for a second term as head of the Federal Reserve. Sen. Barbara Boxer (Calif.) has become

Religious conservatives are stepping up the pressure on Republicans legislators as the final week of the legislative session approaches and a proposed amendment to add a ban on gay marriage to the Minnesota Constitution appears stalled. The Minnesota Family Council threatened Republicans that any effort to stall the bill will be redefined as a vote against the bill, while the National Organization for Marriage pleaded that if the bill doesn’t go forward it will encourage “gay marriage activists.” “Contact your legislator and tell them to vote yes on the marriage amendment,” the Minnesota Family Council wrote to supporters

Here’s an interesting tidbit from yesterday’s Legal Times: Attorney General-designate Eric Holder last week revealed to the Senate Judiciary Committee that he

So the Obama administration’s Guantanamo task force has decided that about 50 people ought to be held indefinitely without charge. What’s the remedy to for

So this is what Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) meant when he said he was canceling the week-long Columbus Day recess to work on health care reform.

The New Mexico Independent’s Marjorie Childress attended a town hall meeting yesterday in Albuquerque featuring Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) -- a member of the

The latest in high-minded criticism from National Review’s in-house conspiracy theorist Andy McCarthy. He’s infuriated because Jennifer Daskal from Human Rights

Somewhere, Marcia Clark is pouring prosecutors on the Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) case a drink. NPR is reporting this morning that the Justice Department

Ari Adler, spokesperson for Michigan Speaker of the House Jase Bolger (R-Marshall), says the controversial anti-bullying bill passed last week by the state senate is not what is likely to pass the House. “The bill as passed by the Senate, is not what the final law will look like,” Adler tells Michigan Messenger. This announcement comes as outrage about the bill reached a crescendo over the weekend.

There’s a message emerging from Republicans in Congress that says this: rising unemployment numbers are indication that the Democrats’ strategy for economic

Gov. Rick Perry may join Focus on the Family’s James Dobson and other conservative figures during a two-day Pastor Policy Briefing, in Orlando, Fla., an

Erick Erickson has the news: Dick Armey, the former GOP House majority leader and current grand marshal of the Tea Party movement, will campaign for

Bank employees may not be digging into their pockets to make campaign contributions they way they used to, as Elana reports today, but those pockets are