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Just a day after President Obama’s speech at the U.S./Mexico border on immigration reform, Sen.

A quick follow-up to my last post: There is a right way to cover Sarah Palin and her PR strategy. Greg Sargent, Ben Smith and Matt Gertz double-check Palin’s

As part of a campaign announcement that Ron Paul would be attending the upcoming Iowa GOP Reagan Dinner , the Texas Congressman’s presidential campaign staff noted their commitment to the Iowa caucus process. “Iowa has always been an important state in establishing momentum and shaping the national debate,” said John Tate, campaign manager.

To take one more crack at Adm. Michael Mullen’s comments after a Columbia University address yesterday, it’s certainly clear that the chairman of the Joint

On Nov. 12, 2008, eight days after California voters stripped gay and lesbian couples of their short-lived right to marry, syndicated sex columnist Dan Savage

California gubernatorial candidate Steve Poizner is not letting up on fellow Republican Meg Whitman after her partial walkback of her praise (from months before

The White House is urging Senate Democratic leaders to drop their plan to expand Medicare eligibility in order to satisfy Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), Politico

About a week ago, I speculated on Gen. James Mattis’ future in the military, now that Gen. Ray Odierno is set to take over for him at Joint Forces Command.

I have a lot of respect for Michael Scheuer. Scheuer, the first leader of the CIA’s Usama Bin Laden Unit (with the old-school spelling) in the 1990s, knows a

As expected, yesterday President Obama signed a supplemental appropriations bill that prohibits the release of Guantanamo detainees into the United States, and

A poll on gay marriage released by the Alliance Defense Fund, a religious right-affiliated group, raised eyebrows last week because it differed starkly from a

Al Franken used a statement on federal appeals court judge Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court to say he expects to be seated as

The author of a House budget amendment on ’traditional values’ centers on college campuses said he doesn’t know if the legislation will affect existing LGBT

A bill passed this morning ended the partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration, which proved hard on those with jobs in the aviation and construction industries and, if estimates were correct, could have cost the U.S. government more than $1 billion in lost revenue. # The shutdown halted more than 250 aviation development projects, and led to the furloughs of almost 4,000 FAA employees, and was caused in part by a standoff between House Republicans and Democrats over a provision in the FAA reauthorization bill that would strip funding for rural airports and make it easier for airport employees to unionize.

Add West Virginia to the list of states suing Countrywide Financial Corp., alleging its loans were predatory and harmful to consumers, Housing Wire reports.

On Monday, it was Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) unveiling legislation to rein in overdraft fees. Today it’s Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Barney Frank

No one takes greater pleasure in thwarting the progressive environmental agenda than Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.). The self-appointed global warming

Once again, the Iranian opposition demonstrates that it’s comprised of Iranians. From The Times of London’s interview with Green leader Mehdi Karroubi: In a

Charlie Savage digs into the history of a well-remembered visit that Michael Jackson paid to the White House in 1984, and how a 29-year-old associate White

All day, we’re re-running our favorite blog posts of the last year. This post was originally published on June 18, 2009. I’ve just conducted a phone

President George W. Bush’s political strategist put up a tweet this morning that’s a reflection of both how much play the forged Kenyan birth certificate is