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Some Republican senators, along with centrist Democrats, aren’t happy with Harry Reid’s decision to slip the DREAM Act into a defense authorization bill up for

Members of Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement filed a conflict of interest complaint Tuesday against Environmental Protection Commission member Brent Rastetter, an appointee by Gov. Terry Branstad.

This report is part of collaboration with WNYC’s “It’s a Free Country” to cover the 25 most captivating congressional races from around the country. On

A derogatory, anti-gay comment posted this week on a blog in the run-up to a vote on repealing don’t ask don’t tell appears to have originated in Sen. Saxby

Yet another outside political group with practically zero paper trail (as of yet) is spending heavily against the Democrat in an obscure and heretofore

If you were on your way out of town Friday evening, you might have missed TWI economy reporter Annie Lowrey on MSNBC, discussing Republican obstruction of a

Last year, the State Department couldn’t fill positions in Iraq, so it threatened to conscript diplomats if it didn’t find volunteers. But people stepped up and

Minnesota GOP Sen. Norm Coleman -- who’s busy juggling a contentious election recount and allegations that a wealthy supporter tried to funnel him $100,000 in

The influential Center for American Progress, which has close ties to the Obama administration, is now calling on President Obama to push back the closing of

Clinton, in her own words. Let’s do this liveblog-style. On Sen. John Kerry: I join in offering my congratulations... You have traveled quite a distance

I know, I know: It’s a time of national service today, and of growing excitement about Tuesday’s historic events. But The Consumerist can’t help noting that

Tea Party-supported candidate Rand Paul (R) and state Attorney General Jack Conway captured the major party nominations for retiring Sen. Jim Bunning’s (R-Ky.)

Kevin DeAnna writes about the new Temple University course on Mayor Lou Barletta’s tenure in Hazelton -- a class called, evocatively, War in Hazelton. Week

An ultrasound machine (Pic by redjar, via Flickr) The anti-abortion groups Jubilee Campaign’s Law of Life Project (LOLP) and the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) have filed a motion to intervene in the injunction of a North Carolina law that would have forced abortion providers to show women an ultrasound and describe it to them before providing an abortion. Last month, U.S

A military helicopter. (U.S. Army)

With President Obama set to say goodbye to his Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel in less than an hour’s time, the media is full of reports and profiles concerning his

A statement just released by Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), whose Senate Armed Services Committee discovered widespread fraud in Blackwater’s previous Afghanistan

In response to Lawrence Lessig’s article on Citizens United, the Center for Competitive Politics’s Allison Hayward has published a piece in the Boston Review.

It sounded like a good idea. In this interactive age, the Department of Homeland Security wanted to take advantage of an easy way to get public feedback on its

Former Gov. Tim Pawlenty has spent the past few weeks trying to curry favor with a slew of conservative religious figures, some so extreme they’ve been labeled “hate groups” by the Southern Poverty Law Center. He’s gone public about his plan to reinstate of the military’s ban on openly gay and lesbian servicemembers if elected president and claimed that America was founded “under God.” While Pawlenty has always been a social conservative, he hasn’t worn it on his sleeve this prominently.