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Common Cause, the citizen lobby group that works in part to curb the influence of special interests in elections, has released a lengthy report detailing the

Melanie Sloan, executive director of the Center for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, just responded to the Senate Ethics Committee’s decision to clear

Byron York has responded to the criticism of his column on the white-black divide of presidential support by (yawn) crying that he’s been accused of

More on the murky aftermath of a joint U.S.-Afghan raid in Kunar province this weekend that left nine Afghans (civilians? insurgents?) dead and generated

Martin Wisckol, who really can’t be disappointed about having such a fun story on his beat, reports that Orly Taitz has qualified for the ballot and will run

Jay-Z has been performing, recording and stumping for Sen. Barack Obama, and when it’s all over, he will be partying. Actually, he will be

On late Tuesday, a Sarah Palin retweet with favorable words for Delaware GOP Senate primary candidate Christine O’Donnell provoked a controversy: was a

Last week it was Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) who blocked legislation to hike the oil industry’s liability for economic damages following spills. Today, it

Republican lawmakers this session have been steadily hammering on Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s onshore oil and gas drilling reforms that were first announced in January of last year and finally implemented in May .

Party-switching Rep. Parker Griffith (R-Ala.) is getting whacked again for his life-long record of supporting Democrats, this time from Tea Party-backed

I’ve been keeping an eye on an idea that seemed to be gaining traction a week ago: suspending the payroll tax to stimulate the economy. The latest entries, from

Well, we knew things were bad for newspapers these days, but this is a really sad sign: The Philadelphia Inquirer has hired John Yoo -- the notorious former

In fairness, this was a rapidly issued apology (near-apology?) by U.S. Forces-Afghanistan. Here’s the statement in full, which I received 20 minutes

Finally, a sovereignty question! I was starting to think the GOP wasn’t what it used to be. Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) is concerned about American sovereignty at

Sen. John McCain, as everyone knows, loves to say that he has never once, in his whole career, requested nor received a single earmark or pork-barrel project

Benton Harbor Emergency Manager Joe Harris said last night that 90 percent of the local citizens believe that he is the “angel of common sense” though he acknowledged that no poll has been taken. Earlier this month Harris used new powers granted under Public Act 4 — the Emergency Manager law — to remove all decision making power from Benton Harbor’s elected officials.

Scientists at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism teamed with researched at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences in Maryland to analyze a sample of suicide deaths among U.S. military personnel on active duty between 2002 and 2008.

With a raft of controversial social and budgetary bills moving through the Republican-controlled state House, Rep. Dave Agema (R-Grandville) is already looking for a possible new job