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The unexpectedly good job numbers -- only 11,000 lost in November, revisions that kicked overall unemployment down to 10 percent -- have been slotted into

Remember about a week ago when Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said he would let the incoming Obama administration decide how to spend the remaining half of

So Dick Cheney takes to Fox News and reiterates the administration’s longstanding claim that the leaders of Congress knew all about the illegal surveillance and

If you’re young and have been out of work for six months or more, you are also more likely to be sick -- and, as a possible cause or effect, much less likely to

Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), in an interview with The Washington Post’s Ezra Klein, says that the government should ban synthetic financial products -- which

As Immigration and Customs Enforcement slates more people for deportation, a new analysis from Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse

The Washington Post opinion columnist Ruth Marcus has a biting critique today of how Washington’s policy makers -- both Democrats and Republicans; both in the

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has decided to delay a procedural vote on a bill to encourage the development of electric and natural gas

In a ruling that slid in quietly under the news radar, a federal court of appeals ruled late last Friday that the government can lawfully use immigration

Chris Cillizza and Paul Kane report that the junior senator from Nevada, the chairman of the Senate Republican Policy Committee, will admit that he had an

Via The Washington Post, the office of Sen. Tom Coburn yesterday denied that the Oklahoma Republican told housemate Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) to pay millions of

Jeffrey Kaye at Truthout has a good piece today on the suicide -- or murder? -- of Yemeni Guantanamo Bay prisoner Mohammad Ahmed Abdullah Saleh al Hanashi in

Michigan State University researchers have developed a brand new version of the internal combustion engine they say could revolutionize the hybrid vehicle.

Here in Washington, D.C., public transportation’s pretty good -- you can get basically anywhere you need to go by Metro or bus. But the vast majority of the

On Friday, the government will release the September jobs report, and some economists are bracing for the worst: a decrease in overall private employment and an

Via Liz Mair, a site opposed to the candidacy for Republican National Committee chair of former Michigan GOP chair Saul Anuzis has emerged, called

Obama administration officials are heading down to the Gulf tomorrow to oversee the ongoing recovery efforts there. The officials will stop in at the Delta

In June, the labor force -- the total number of people either working or looking for work -- was 153.74 million. The number of unemployed people was 14.62

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin raised some eyebrows during Thursday’s debate when she said would like to do more forums without the filter of the mainstream media

Republicans continue to pile on calls to hold hearings on 14th Amendment -- Nevada Senate candidate Sharron Angle said yesterday she thinks Congress should act