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Two weeks ago, Bob Woodward reported that Jim Jones, President Obama’s national security adviser, flew to Afghanistan to tell commanders not to request more

Some people worried about the environmental degradation involved in pumping water from a spring to a truck filling station, and then sending those trucks, dozens a day, from Buena Vista to Denver to satiate the world’s seeming insatiable demand for water in little plastic bottles. Others were concerned about potential damage to the aquifer. Others thought the whole approval process was a little whack.

Here’s a sentence you don’t see much these days: A new newspaper will hit the streets Thursday.

Controversial statements and tactics by North Carolina Republicans have brought heightened attention to a proposed constitutional amendment banning same-sex

After months of whining, a resignation letter delivered on the op-ed page of The New York Times and warnings of a massive corporate brain drain, only 16

Tony McDonald, senior vice chairman of the Young Conservatives of Texas, credits his organization with helping craft the language of state Rep. Wayne

In response to the Supreme Court’s controversial Citizens United decision earlier this year, Democrats are now pushing legislation designed to limit the

AARP, the GOP’s most recent scapegoat, has been preparing its defense strategy against attacks from Republicans that the nonprofit advocacy group for older

Jill Iscol was giddy. She was scrunched up in a chair in an office of the apartment she and her husband -- the telecom giant Ken Iscol -- own on the Upper

A couple of weeks ago, Gen. David Petraeus, the commander of U.S. military forces in the Middle East and South Asia, demurred on an attempt by David Gregory to

News that’s two days old but worth a second mention: District of Columbia Public Schools is instituting a standardized test that will gauge students’ health

In a McCain campaign conference call with reporters this morning, Randy Scheunemann, senior foreign-policy adviser to Sen. John McCain, took a question from The

Frustrated by decades of automaker resistance to adopting more strict fuel-efficiency standards for their vehicles, Markey and others want to make the rules part of the rescue package.

Obama signed into law a $600 million border security bill last week, part of a months-long effort to show his administration is serious about safety along the

When Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was tapped to run as the GOP vice presidential candidate, there was much chatter about the excitement she brought to the base and

The Florida Current reports that Florida will be receiving $1 billion in Low Income Pool money after negotiations between federal and state officials.

The crocodile tears flow so fast and furious from this Pat Buchanan column that your computer screen might get moist. Fair warning. On blacklist were,

It took a little while, but the group that -- let’s be honest -- did a lot to make today’s news happen is out with a statement on Sen. Arlen Specter’s decision

Just posted to the Senate’s site: 20 Democrats -- mostly from rural, low-population states -- voted in favor of the gun amendment. Two Republicans, Sens. George

The district is the sort of largely white, largely pro-life, conservative area where reporters once found Reagan Democrats, and the sort that needs to flip if Republicans are to take back the House.