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This New York Times piece about farmers in Marja voting with their feet is perhaps the clearest evidence yet that the holding phase of February’s massive

In the wake of yesterday’s Senate vote on an unemployment insurance extension, there’s been some confusion -- including among TWI commenters -- about what

Detainees U.S. Government 32 11 Click on the numbers in the scoreboard above for a detailed breakdown of the cases. Since the Supreme Court

Part 2: Sen. John McCain’s military service is central to his campaign, despite a record in Congress that raises doubts about his support of veterans.

Bloomberg had the money interview with Don Blankenship: “Whatever happened at UBB is something that needs to be figured out, but it’s not the result of my

Jesselyn Radack at Daily Kos slams The Washington Post for its editorial yesterday praising the Senate Judiciary Committee for its highly compromised Patriot

The American Independent has previously reported on the growing corporatization of the incipient medical marijuana industry at a time when medical marijuana

United Nations drug policy framework is scheduled to be approved next week, with the United States breaking from much of Europe and Canada.

Much was said about walls, borders and welfare during the immigration section of the Republican presidential debate in Ames, Iowa, on Thursday. But the most

Lawmakers in Pennsylvania are not allowing school voucher legislation to fall by the wayside, as news outlets are reporting a Senate committee will vote to

Michael Moynihan points to the cover of Glenn Beck’s upcoming book Arguing With Idiots: How to Stop Small Minds and Big Government. Below the

North Carolina’s House Transportation Committee Tuesday voted down an amendment offering a counter-balance to a proposal to introduce the anti-abortion rights

Providing some evidence that competition between private insurers doesn’t exactly keep coverage costs in check, Families USA, an advocate for health care

Florida resident and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee attended a ceremony Monday marking the further expansion of Israeli housing in East Jerusalem, using the opportunity to expound on his views regarding what much of the international community considers to be illegal settlements on occupied territories and disregarding the notion that building on lands where Palestinians hope to establish a future state are damaging to the peace process: # “It is inconceivable in many ways that we would have to even argue and debate whether or not Israelis could live in Israel, not just in parts of Israel but anywhere in Israel they wished to live,” Huckabee added. “I cannot imagine as an American being told that I could not live in certain places in America because I was Christian, or because I was white, or because I spoke English.

A roundup of the top immigration stories of the week: - Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), a longtime supporter of immigration reform, could become a leader on

That story Barbara Slavin broke about retired Marine Gen. Tony Zinni being promised the next ambassadorship to Iraq only to have the offer abruptly rescinded?

In recent weeks, the media has linked Sen. Ben Nelson’s (D-Neb.) opposition to health reform directly to the abortion language in the bill -- as if satisfying

Massey CEO Don Blankenship said this week that piling up safety violations is simply a part of mining coal. He wasn’t kidding. The Freedom # 1 Mine, a

With mounting evidence of robo-signing and other alleged fraud perpetrated by banks, foreclosure law firms and others, Fannie Mae and Flagstar Bank have filed a new defense of such actions in Ingham County Circuit Court — and Ingham County Register of Deeds Curtis Hertel, Jr. is crying foul. “What they are basically saying is they can forge an assignment and there is nothing the citizen or court can do about it

In an email to supporters last night, former Rep. Rob Simmons (R-Conn.), who had been leading Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) in the polls until the five-term

This one came to me earlier today from USFOR-A, the U.S. military command in Afghanistan: There was no involvement of coalition or ISAF forces in the attack

Republicans hope to hold out on health care until the fall, staving off a public plan.