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To the dismay of many liberal lawmakers, the Senate Finance Committee famously excluded a public option from its health reform bill, instead proposing the

I don’t know if former Vice President Dick Cheney just misses being in the spotlight, or if he actually believes the stuff he spews on television these days,

Since my piece on the intensifying battle over preventive detention was published, Ken Gude from the Center for American Progress wrote to point out an

Since writing my last post, I received this from Tracy Schmaler at the Justice Department, responding to my earlier request for comment on the habeas corpus

News Corp., the parent company of Fox News, gave a cool $1 million to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce this summer, according to Politico’s Ben Smith. When earlier

Former Gov. Tim Pawlenty thinks he has what it takes to steal the youth vote away from President Barack Obama , but Democrats are hitting back

The Associated Press reports that 27-year-old Justin Travis and 28-year-old Michael Carter were both killed after a roof collapsed Wednesday night at the

David M. Herszenhorn at The New York Times points out a curious thing happening in the midst of the debate over student lending reform: Although the plan to

Several farm-state senators are looking to include a provision in a major appropriations bill that would significantly increase the amount of ethanol blended

The Austin American-Statesman’s Jason Embry reported today on the deep ties new University of Texas Regent Alex Cranberg has to the state of Colorado, where

The Washington Post’s A-1 story on Republican opposition to the Democratic stimulus plan emphasizes what I learned this week in talking to Republicans about

In my quest to find former enemy combatants who were required to agree not to sue the United States for unlawful indefinite detention and mistreatment as a

Most of the stories about the Republican filibuster yesterday of the defense authorization bill have focused on two amendments it squashed: a repeal of Don’t

I asked CIA spokesman George Little to respond to Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) charge that the CIA misled Congress about torture. Here’s his response: The

Updated: 12:09 p.m. Seniors and people with disabilities who receive health care through Medicare* might have an additional service covered in the near future:

The memo’s author, Army Col. Timothy R. Reese serves as chief of the Baghdad Operations Command Advisory Team for Multinational Division-Baghdad.

Testifying to the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan and former Citigroup executives Robert Rubin and Charles Prince passed

A coalition of 12 Senate Democrats sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) today outlining principles for a climate and energy bill. The

President George W. Bush, today, Carlisle, Penn., Army War College, magical-thinking tour: While there’s room for honest and healthy debate about the

The Wall Street Journal reports on a J.P. Morgan Chase analysis showing that the oil spill choking off fishing and tourism dollars to the Gulf might actually

In a symbolic gesture, the Senate this afternoon approved a resolution calling for the immediate release of Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese pro-democacy activist

PELLA — What does former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich consider to be the biggest single challenge facing America? Well, being honest about what the challenges actually are