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After a one-week reprieve, the Department of Labor reports that new unemployment claims jumped back up above 400,000 again this week, ending at 408,000. That’s 9,000 more than last week, but the four-week average dropped by 3,500 to 402,500

LONDONDERRY, N.H. -- Joe the Plumber’s 15 minutes are not over. Speaking to a crowd of 4,100 here, Sen. Barack Obama mocked his rival’s emphasis on Joe

Rick Santorum is now the third Republican to announce his exploration of presidential run for 2012, after Tim Pawlenty and Mitt Romney. Largely unknown GOP

The Foundation of American Scientists reports today in Secrecy News that in a letter to President Obama, the Public Interest Declassification Board -- created

Democrats are launching fierce negative advertising campaigns against Republicans across the country, noted Sunday’s New York Times, but not all party officials

Ah, CIA analysts: they can’t participate in interrogations, but they can ensure that the interrogations remain brutal. According to the 2004 CIA inspector

Another day, another damning federal report regarding the ease with which potential criminals can purchase guns in America. Just days after issuing findings

Is this really the talking point Republicans want to use in their fight against climate change legislation? At a congressional hearing last week, Rep. John

Having officially announced his Presidential bid, former Minnesota gov. Tim Pawlenty is already making campaign stops – first in Iowa, and later in Florida.

The New York Times reports that President Obama is considering sending a far smaller number of additional troops to Afghanistan than previously

Yesterday, West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin (D) told reporters he hopes to hold a special election to replace Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) in November, rather than

Update, 10:50 a.m. EST: This post now includes a witness list for the hearing. The U.S. House Subcommittee on the Constitution is scheduled to hold a hearing

From Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton’s remarks at the unveiling of the State Department portrait of her predecessor, Colin Powell: Colin Powell served as

Two articles this week take a good look at the Social Security disability insurance program, which has swelled along with the recession -- implying that jobless

Ben Tribbett hears that the NRCC is polling Terry Kilgore, twin brother of former Virginia Attorney General and failed 2005 gubernatorial candidate Jerry

Brooke Obie documents a paranoia that had escaped my attention up to now -- the worry that the Obama administration was altering the Missile Defense Agency’s

Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) is the second Republican senator to propose an amendment that would scrap the entire stimulus and replace it with tax cuts. Via Marc

American Federation for Children is creating a new media affairs position in Louisiana, signaling a redoubling of efforts by the school voucher group in the

Texas A&M University System Chancellor Mike McKinney is stepping down effective July 1, 2011. McKinney announced the move in a letter to faculty: Many

The Democrats’ ginormous $787 billion stimulus bill passed the House this afternoon, without a lick of Republican support. The count was 246 to 183, with seven

Here’s a nice catch by Dafna Linzer at ProPublica. At yesterday’s press conference, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs made two statements about the Obama

An amendment to the defense appropriations bill sponsored by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) to compel Gen. Stanley McChrystal to testify before Congress by