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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.

After a Saturday full of partisan bickering, presidential arm-twisting, rowdy protests, and naked racism, the House stands ready to vote today on a historic,

U.S. Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) is the recipient of the second-largest amount of money from the defense industry during the 2011-2012 election cycle as he begins

GUANTANAMO BAY -- There were doubts, after yesterday’s late-breaking release of the Manual for military commissions, whether this morning’s pre-trial hearing to

The National Employment Law Project, which advocates for jobless workers, is criticizing Gov. Snyder and the Republican-led state legislature for making more cuts to unemployment benefits in Michigan. In a new briefing paper , the NELP says: Michigan workers continue to face one of the nation’s toughest labor markets

Newspaper presidential-endorsement season is well underway. The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle and Chicago Tribune announced

As Congress delves into its much anticipated health care reform debate, the discussion thus far has been framed as a black vs. white clash between those (mostly

President Obama is expected at 10 a.m. today to announce his nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court. Kagan, the former dean of

This morning’s jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics contained much bad news.

Several independent experts believe the facility is most likely being constructed to support a nuclear weapons program, though the White House’s explanation should be assessed carefully.

(Via Politico’s Ben Smith) Carly Fiorina, a senior McCain campaign adviser and former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, told a St. Louis radio station earlier today

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

A friend of a friend just received the following email from a junior officer serving in Iraq. It makes for especially powerful reading in the wake of the Second

On Wednesday the Michigan Supreme Court will hear arguments on the constitutionality of Gov.

The United States has reached an agreement with the Motors Liquidation Co -- the part of General Motors that split off during bankruptcy and holds the company’s

<p>Sen. John McCain is <a href="http://www.coloradoconfidential.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=3616">drilling</a> for oil and gas money at