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TWI economy reporter Mary Kane breaks some startling news today. In November, mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac quietly slipped a requirement into

I don’t really have much to add to Laura and Matt’s takes. Just one quick item worth mentioning. These two things cannot coexist: the McCain-Palin insistence

A quick dive into Arizona state politics: State Sen. Russell Pearce, the author of Arizona’s controversial immigration law, was selected as president of the

The subprime crisis certainly highlighted the need for American consumers to become more financially literate. But who defines financial literacy? And what

Former Rep. Vito Fossella (R-N.Y.), who chose not to run in ’08 following a DWI arrest and sex scandal, is considering a bid for his old seat. Biden can’t

The federal department of Housing and Urban Development has announced a new policy initiative to prohibit discrimination in housing programs on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. “This is a fundamental issue of fairness,” said HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan. “We have a responsibility to make certain that public programs are open to all Americans.

Powerful groups and members of Congress that quietly accepted Obama’s infusion of 21,000 new troops this spring are finding their footing to oppose the current one.

File this away in your Screams For Campaign Finance Reform cabinet. Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-Texas) is asking the Federal Election Commission for

Michigan can expect a push in the state legislature to pass Right to Work legislation following the end of the summer break at the capitol. Right to Work laws would allow for workers who do not want to be members of a union to have that ability and not be required to pay union dues.

In Florida on Friday, Rep. Michele Bachmann told the Palm Beach Post that she’s been traveling the country to gauge national support if she decides to run for president and that she’s gotten a “fantastic reception” from activists in Iowa and South Carolina

Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) went hunting for Blair to say that the Bush administration didn’t pressure intelligence analysts ahead of the Iraq WMD National

These banks are way too involved in the economy, and they have been way too involved in protesting this bill, one advocate said.

After toxic gasses initially turned them away, two teams of inspectors have re-entered the Upper Big Branch mine this afternoon to begin their investigation

Alex Conant, who until March was the spokesman for the Republican National Committee, has made the smooth transition into insightful conservative punditry. He’s

Even before Rep. Charles Djou (R-Hawaii) was sworn in Tuesday, less than a week after his special election victory against a pair of feuding Democrats, pundits

Last month, TWI examined the schism within the Libertarian Party over the rise of Wayne Allyn Root, a showy Fox News staple and recent libertarian convert who

The Hill reports on the battle brewing between liberal and conservative Democrats over whether to move forward with a clean energy bill that does not address

Senate Dems actually appear to be addressing Joe Wilson’s concerns. And really, his outburst was mild by international standards. Obama gets a health care

Doctors that worked in Rick Scott’s health care company say records show Medicare was being charged 100 percent, rather than the mandated 85 percent, for some visits.

The New York Times editorial board slammed the Koch brothers yesterday, arguing they are disastrously wrong about the science and economics behind climate

From 2006 to 2010, the state spent $11.7 million on its Texas Alternatives to Abortion Services Program, with nearly $7 million of that finding its way to 33