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A GOP House candidate won’t rule out a violent overthrow of the government. An escaped crocodile on a plane kills 20 people. Kirsten Gillibrand wishes old

I snarked Wednesday about CIA Director Leon Panetta’s assertion that the CIA has lately dealt al-Qaeda a hefty blow, since we don’t really have the visibility

Mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are going to speed up loan modifications for hundreds of thousands of borrowers, the government announced

Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) is no fan of the Afghanistan escalation. Let me get this straight, he said, the surge in Afghanistan is about U.S. security

Sarah Palin endorses Marco Rubio as mavericky. Meg Whitman says she’ll pull attack ads -- but not the ones attacking positions. James Cameron plans to

A Wisconsin group is alleging that United Way and Planned Parenthood are in cahoots in an effort to draw young girls into abortion facilities in the state.

The Washington Post reports on the difficult situation the United States is in going into United Nations climate change talks in Cancun at the end of the

The Columbus Metropolitan Club was host Thursday to a fiery debate on Senate Bill 5, the Ohio law that has become the central battlefield ahead of the state’s

Forget partisan camaraderie. In the wake of Sen. Ted Stevens’ conviction yesterday on charges of failing to report corporate gifts, Sen. John McCain, the

When President-elect Barack Obama met with Gen. David Petraeus in July, he struck the right tone. Will the White House relationship with the military keep the same tenor?

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio played a pivotal role in the last two presidential elections. With its primary concern -- the economy -- the nation’s primary concern, all eyes are sure to be on what its voters say on Election Day. But with charges of voter fraud swirling in the air, could the state be Florida 2008?

A British High Court on Friday ordered that previously redacted text concerning the alleged torture of former Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed must be

As the presidential campaigns head toward the Democratic and Republican conventions, the candidates are making new promises about how they’ll end the war in

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) employed a Senate rule forcing the committee considering a law to replace No Child Left Behind (NCLB) to come to a sudden halt, even

The Center for Constitutional Rights says it just learned today that the government has videotapes of the interrogation of its client, Mohammed al Qahtani, a

So says the Las Vegas Sun, which has conducted an exclusive interview with Doug Hampton, the husband of Sen. John Ensign’s (R-Nev.) former mistress. Hampton

The Hill has a nice interview with the presumptive next chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, Rep. Doc Hastings (R-Wash.) The key takeaway?

President Obama confirmed Wednesday that he plans to keep the controversial military commissions alive.

The state of Arizona cannot require documents proving citizenship for new voter registration, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today. The court ruled

People who haven’t voted in six years or have received drivers licenses in other states will be subject to extra scrutiny under a package of Republican election reforms introduced this week. Sen.

Earlier this evening, Annie Lowrey made an appearance on MSNBC’s The Ed Show, guest-hosted by The Nation’s Chris Hayes, to discuss her piece today on the