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In Ohio on Tuesday, voters went to the polls and repealed a law that prohibits collective bargaining by public employee unions. But some voters received robocalls from proponents of that law telling them that the voting was on Wednesday

Over at our sister site, The Michigan Messenger, Todd Heywood reports that he just conducted a phone interview with Palestinian journalist Sameh Habeeb, who is

Washington’s prognosticators have all but written off a strong public option as part of the health reforms working their way through Congress. But don’t tell

While in Israel, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee gave an interview to an extremely sympathetic reporter for PajamasTV. Asked about the Obama

Via Glenn Thrush, Byron York reports that Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) is joining the campaign against Kevin Jennings, the openly gay head of the Education

Who knows if this is true, frankly. But at The Huffington Post, Lawrence O’Donnell kinda-sorta says that Colin L. Powell, the former general and former

The Washington Post, this morning: Senior administration officials are considering the creation of a single agency to regulate the banking industry, replacing

After the House passed its $600 million border security bill this morning, immigrants rights groups are citing a new poll to argue further spending on border

Right as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finishes his first Washington encounter with the Obama administration, the administration is adding a

Josh Kraushaar writes the umpteenth appraisal of former Sen. Norm Coleman’s (R-Minn.) chances for a political comeback: The conventional wisdom, fueled by an

Brown’s win gives the GOP a 41-59 majority in the Senate. Massachusetts Dems are getting skittish about health care. But there’s no reason to think that

Late this afternoon, as expected, the Justice Department filed its brief defending its claim that it can continue to hold Guantanamo detainee Mohammed Jawad,

By all accounts, Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Fla.) loves Congress. I have a dream job, a job I love, he said in January, attempting to quash rumors that he’d join

Texas governor Rick Perry today became the fourth GOP candidate to sign the National Organization for Marriage’s anti marriage equality pledge. Tonight Perry will host a fundraiser in suburban Denver , with admission said to be $5,000 a pop

So I guess the island of Palau isn’t taking all 17 Uighurs after all. The Justice Department today announced that four of them were actually sent to Bermuda

President-elect Barack Obama has offered the post of surgeon general to neurosurgeon Sanjay Gupta, who is better known for his work as a CNN correspondent, The

Politico’s Morning Money reports that a proposal penciled -- literally -- into the financial regulatory reform bill in conference committee last night might put

Here’s another measure of how unlikely it is that Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) can actually bring along GOP votes for closing Guantanamo Bay if only, only, the

As oil from the April 20 rig explosion continues to approach the Gulf Coast, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is not backing down from his advocacy of expanded

Sad news: Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) has been diagnosed with stomach cancer and will begin chemotherapy today. The 86-year-old is the second-oldest

Anti-gay rights groups around the country will see a cash infusion over the next two years through a plan called Ignite an Enduring Cultural Transformation.

To build on one aspect of Daphne’s post, there was an interesting debate during the July 7 Senate hearing on military commissions about the degree to which it