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The vast Koch Industries-led cabal of GOP donors, free-market ideologues and titans of industry is real, it turns out, and The New York Times has obtained the

The House of Representatives has followed the Senate’s lead and passed an amendment banning ACORN from receiving federal funds. There aren’t many surprises on

With less than two weeks remaining before the Republican National Committee votes to select its next chair, the New Year’s holiday weekend saw a number of new

There’s no good response to the command Prove you don’t support Hezbollah. Acceding to a bad-faith frame is hopeless. That’s why we consider When did you

Western Governors University, the nonprofit online school launching a Texas-specific subsidiary with Gov. Rick Perry’s support, will receive a $4.5 million

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) issued a strong statement today in response to the release of the CIA inspector general report

A proposal by Hillsdale County Republican Sen. Bruce Casswell to allow foster children to purchase clothing only at secondhand stores has been amended.

Gay marriage advocates may have lost a number of battles at the ballot box this past year, but it appears they’re winning the war. From Nate Silver: Here is a

The former and all-but-certain future GOP presidential candidate is coming out next March with a book tentatively titled No Apology: The Case for American

When Merrill Lynch snuck in $4 billion in executive bonuses just before its sale to Bank of America, nearly everyone I spoke with said that while the move was

America’s mayor talks to the Dallas Morning News about whether he’ll run for president in 2012. I’m keeping my options open is how I put it – meaning

Washington is buzzing with the various testimonies and commissions ongoing today. Watch Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and other speakers at the National Commission

Tomorrow afternoon, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee will meet to examine the country’s mine safety policies -- the first such

The Energy Information Administration last week released its monthly report on the short-term energy outlook for the U.S., in which it found that the bad

Among the cases the Supreme Court will consider reviewing in its private meeting tomorrow are two controversial cases arising out of the war on terror. Both

Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) faces a dilemma as he decides whether to vote for Solicitor General Elena Kagan’s confirmation as a Supreme Court justice: He is

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Women’s issues may not be high on the list of Sen. John McCain’s priorities, as we saw this week when he squirmed as a reporter asked about

It’s hard to know whether this is good news or bad, but theoretically, at least, it could have been worse. The Obama administration said on Wednesday that it