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Following up on Spencer’s post, I must point out the absurdity of the opening of John Yoo’s op-ed in today’s Wall Street Journal. It was instantly clear after

Just hours after President Obama reiterated his plans for overhauling the nation’s health care system to trim costs and cover the 46 million people estimated to

As the social media-sparked Bank Transfer Day approaches, the Credit Union National Association (CUNA) reports that over 650,000 people have joined credit unions in the last four weeks. In Colorado, the group reports 14,000 new accounts and $100 million in new deposits

In an interview with ABC News on Sept. 20, President Obama said that the ACORN scandal “is not the biggest issue facing the country” but that the case

Harmful, smog-causing emissions from the natural gas drilling process of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, should be curtailed as swiftly as possible by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), conservation groups argued at an EPA meeting in Denver on Wednesday. “Addressing air emissions from fracking operations is essential,’’ National Wildlife Federation regional outreach coordinator David Ellenberger said in a release

Five Republican presidential hopefuls have signed a pledge promising to ”not just check off the pro-life box but show true pro-life leadership if elected president.” Only three of those asked to sign — former Massachusetts Gov.

Just as lawmakers could see a flicker of compromise on the state budget, it fizzled, some legislators are saying. Thursday morning, Senate Minority Leader Paul McKinley (R-Chariton) was upbeat about on-going resolutions and negotiations between Democrats and Republicans in both chambers on bitterly fought topics, especially abortion, property tax, education and, of course, the state budget.

Chock full of LOLs is the latest offering from Ralph Peters, a troglodytic New York Post columnist who manages to be wrong about everything. This time, he

The Anchorage Daily News reports that Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) asked President George W. Bush last month to pardon her former counterpart in the U.S.

Not content with the right-wing pundits’ method of evaluating Judge Sonia Sotomayor by hurling epithets and baseless accusations against her, Tom Goldstein, the

A look at polling numbers illustrates how muddled the GOP presidential contest presently is, compared to the outlook at this point in the 2000 White House

Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson will be allowed to participate in Thursday’s Fox News debate in Orlando, Fla., among Republican presidential candidates, The Daily Beast’s Howard Kurtz reports : The former New Mexico governor won the right to participate, according to Fox sources, by cracking 1 percent in the latest five national polls in which he was included—Fox News, CNN, McClatchy-Marist, ABC, and Quinnipiac—which was the criterion the network had set for inclusion. Talking Points Memo reports Johnson has yet to receive final notification that he will participate in the debate, though he told TPM, “It would be good news if we get it.” Johnson is a self-identified libertarian who differentiates himself from Rep.

Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite (R-Fla.) waited until today to announce her retirement from Florida’s 5th District, giving potential successors no time to file the

According to the May 30. 2005 Bradbury memo, the CIA has used “enhanced techniques to varying degrees in the interrogations of 28 detainees. The CIA

A new report has renewed the call among gun-control advocates for tighter firearms laws, but such reforms face tough opposition from the powerful gun lobby and its congressional supporters.

A bipartisan federal delegation comprised of both Iowa and Illinois lawmakers wants answers on the rumored relocation of a Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center away from the Rock Island Arsenal as a budget-cutting measure. U.S. Sens

The specter of job loss is being used by both sides in the debate over Ohio’s Senate Bill 5, the controversial law designed to limit collective bargaining

The first meeting of President Obama’s national security council is scheduled this afternoon, on the topics of Iraq and Afghanistan and the dicey situation in

Rep. Phil Gingrey’s (R-Ga.) climbdown from his critical comments about Rush Limbaugh has been reported elsewhere, but we only now see the transcript of

Following dismissal of his lawsuit against the Transportation Security Administration for security measures like mandatory pat-downs, former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura told reporters Friday that he hasn’t ruled out a run for higher office.

As if we need another example of the Bush administration’s outward contempt for the legislative branch, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), chairman of the House

FreedomWorks’ campaign to pass school voucher legislation in Pennsylvania has now launched a robocall that allows supporters to connect directly with House