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I was struck by the ability of Alan Keyes to stay on message at the Washington, D.C. Tea Party and not babble about President Obama’s citizenship. But I guess

On the same day that the Washington Examiner’s editorial board blasted Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) for not being conservative enough to become the chairman of the

The administration today announced an expansion of its Housing Finance Agency Innovation Fund for the Hardest Hit Housing Markets program, which uses TARP

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has lied and dissembled about her past support for the Bridge to Nowhere earmark, as many journalists have reported. Now, the Obama

Temporary safety net or permanent entitlement program? That’s the question some conservative voices are asking as Congress eyes yet another filing extension for

The congressional race in Ohio’s second district is shaping up to be an odd one. And it’s not just because one Democratic candidate is a self-described Reagan

The U.S. Environmental Protection agency has released its annual list of cities that have the most Energy Star certified buildings, noting that Des Moines has increased its participation during the past year.

Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt.) Audit the Fed amendment to Sen. Chris Dodd’s (D-Conn.) financial regulatory reform bill just passed the Senate in a bipartisan

Phil Mudd is a counterterrorism heavyweight, one of the first CIA operatives in Afghanistan in 2001, a highly respected former CIA analyst. He’s now at the

Something to warm the cockles of Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ heart: The White House might have disagreed with him over a legislative push to repeal the ban

As control of the Iowa Legislature hangs in the balance and some Republicans push to pass new restrictions on marriage and abortion, political leaders in the Hawkeye State disagree on how much influence faith should have on such topics. Those emotionally-charged issues came up several times during the 2011 legislative session, after Republicans made huge gains in state government.

I have a piece coming up today on how the environment could factor into the youth vote tomorrow. In my reporting for the story, I came across a group called

Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty will participate in a three-city Iowa lecture tour organized by a controversial conservative organization on Feb

Aaron Blake catches State Sen. Laura Kelly, a top Democratic recruit against Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-Kan.), pulling out of the race. Kelly joins several other

Some families, like the Mueller-Holdens of Newark, Del., feel they have no choice but to default on their mortgages.

The Agriculture Coalition for Immigration Reform announced on a conference call Thursday they do not support the “Legal Workforce Act,” which would mandate E-Verify at the national level.

A federal judge in Louisiana ruled Wednesday that oil spill claims administrator Kenneth Feinberg cannot keep referring to himself as “neutral” or “independent” from BP. # The company set up the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (aka the GCCF), which Feinberg oversees, and pays his firm to manage the claims process as part of its obligations under the Oil Pollution Act. An ethics professor hired by the fund said in December that the arrangement was kosher and that Feinberg was “not BP’s lawyer,” but he should clarify what he meant by “independent” in his disclosures to claimants.

It appears the much-discussed joint town hall meetings featuring Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama may not be happening after all, or at most there may be

Philip Mudd, one of the intelligence community’s leading al-Qaeda analysts, has quietly retired from the FBI, where he was associate executive director of the

Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., pushed further than the Obama Administration while responding to the mass protests in Egypt, writing in a blog post for The Hill Monday evening that the country’s embattled president must submit to free and fair elections — in short, Hosni Mubarak “will have to go.” # The administration has so far used cautious rhetoric, which Nelson describes as an effort to avoid retreading the Iranian Revolution of 1979, when the toppling of a U.S.-sponsored dictator allowed a fundamentalist regime to seize power, a prospect that has prompted fears in other countries, including Israel .

The State Department’s decision to spend more time considering a permit for TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline may boost the outlook for a competing pipeline planned by Enbridge, owners of the pipeline that burst in Calhoun County last year.