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I almost missed this John Boehner (R-Ohio) comment: “Scrapping the U.S. missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic does little more then empower

INA, the French national television archive, has released a 42-minute documentary depicting life in Hanoi during the Vietnam War that contains four and a half

At Salon, Sara Hepola performs a true public service by personally testing the value menus of several fast-food restaurants, in an attempt to present the

After several reporters spent a good fifteen minutes looking at each other following Sen. John McCain’s speech at the University of Nevada Las Vegas trying to

Gov. Rick Perry will be free to usher, direct parking or join hands onstage with James Dobson one week from Saturday, thanks to a ruling yesterday in

Last week, Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) kicked off his campaign in defense of a law that strips collective bargaining rights of unionized public employees, and the

Something else to keep an eye on in the Senate Armed Services Committee’s defense authorization mark-up: via Satyam Khanna, Steve Vladeck finds the remnant of a

During a Monday night interview with Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul was asked about the enthusiasm of his core supporters and what he would do to broaden his base.

U.S. and Yemeni officials have reached an impasse in their attempts to negotiate the return of Yemeni prisoners currently held at the U.S. detention facility at

The fence under construction along the Arizona-Mexico border aims to keep immigrants out, but it’s also yielding some unintended environmental consequences. At

Southeast of San Antonio, plans are set for the construction of a new immigrant detention center -- one that Immigration and Customs Enforcement calls its first

I’m already hearing speculative groans that the CIA planted this story with Walter Pincus at The Washington Post today about how a military commander in 2003

The New Yorker published a blockbuster story this weekend detailing the many failures of the White House and the Senate to pass climate change

The Minnesota Family Council has ramped up its efforts this week to pass a constitutional amendment that would define marriage as only between one man and one

Gary Boisclair, an anti-abortion activist running in Minnesota’s Fifth Congressional District as a Democrat, launched an anti-Islam ad last weekend. Boisclair works for the Society for Truth and Justice, an anti-abortion group whose staffers are running primary challenges around the country in order to exploit a campaign law loophole and get graphic ads aired on broadcast television, as the Minnesota Independent first reported . In a press release titled, “Christian challenges Muslim for congressional seat,” Boisclair announced that he had launched his first ad

West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin (D) plans to announce his pick for a temporary successor to late Sen. Robert Byrd (D) sometime between Friday and Sunday. In

Erick Erickson, in a show of serious ideological consistency, labels Rep. Parker Griffith’s party switch a huge blow to Obama and quickly puts the heat on the

Sen. John McCain has announced his intention to play on the U.S. women’s field hockey team in the coming Olympic Games in Beijing, China. The presumed

Just in across the transom: Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced a press conference with

The administration’s push to let the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans expire faces opposition from Republicans in Congress -- and some Democrats.

Mike Madden reports that Randall Terry, the anti-abortion rights activist last seen handing out beer and chicken wings at a press conference on Sonia Sotomayor,

The Washington Post has a great piece today on mining safety. According to the story: Federal regulators have increased their inspections at 89 coal mines