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The United States could be the first Western nation in recent years to try a prisoner for war crimes allegedly committed as a child. So says the ACLU, which

Apologies for continuing to harp on the possible appointment of Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano to homeland security chief, but the implications for my home state

Top New York state lawmakers now appear to be on the path toward a showdown on redistricting reform with whoever is governor next year. Various reform

The Starbucks Latte Index often gets cited as an indicator of whether consumers are cutting back on discretionary spending - if they give up expensive coffee

Lawmakers have voting records on immigration legislation that are inconsistent with a significant portion of their constituents, according to the National

The briefing, according to a release from the committee, will be entirely closed to the public. Presumably Nidal Malik Hasan’s intercepted communications with

When journalist Jose Antonio Vargas confessed to being undocumented in a piece for New York Times Magazine, he stated that he had obtained an Oregon driver’s

In his first public comment on TransCanada’s plan to build a new pipeline to move tar sands oil from Alberta to Port Arthur, Texas, Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) criticized the project as unwise. The Washington Post reports that in an Oct.

A public hearing on legislation that would alter collective bargaining rights for Iowa’s public employees, and a rally to protest the bill, will be broadcast live online by the state Senate Democrats. The event will be livestreamed at www.senate.iowa.gov/democrats starting at 4 p.m. At 5 p.m., Democratic staff will livestream a pro-labor union rally on the first floor of the rotunda, and will switch to the hearing at 6 p.m

The Los Angeles Times has a great story this morning on the natural gas pipeline that exploded in San Bruno last week, killing at least four people and

Opponents could take up to 30 hours of precious floor time debating her nomination while Congress debates key legislation on health care, climate change and the economy.

And here’s the once skeptical ambassador to Afghanistan. I believe the course the president outline does offer the best path to stabilize Afghanistan and

Americans for Prosperity might be busy enjoying its conference in DC this weekend, but the group might soon be defending its tax exempt status before the IRS.

President Obama is expected to receive the final report of a Department of Energy commission that he organized to advise him on the proper means of regulating the practice of hydrofracking.

Nice post, Matt, but I’m afraid you’re a bit off the mark. I wrote the real scoop on Burris and Blagojevich in the Washington City Paper, where I do my serious

Keying off what Spencer wrote, those are some telling numbers in the Washington Post poll of attitudes about the war in Afghanistan. Republicans (70 percent