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The next secretary of state is sure to face difficult foreign policy decisions. Here are four to watch for during Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s confirmation hearing.

The release of the Going Rogue cover reveals two things. First: Sarah Palin’s celebrity and magnetic attraction for the media are in no danger of ending.

That statistic comes to you from Servicemembers United, which opposes Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell and seeks its repeal. It’s lower than in previous years: There

There’s a second round of discussions in the Karzai-Taliban peace dialogue about to get underway. If you’d like a comprehensive primer on the subject that

A new report from the group United for Fair Economy says that if the states adopted progressive tax systems rather than their current regressive ones, they could eliminate their budget deficits and produce surpluses. And that includes Michigan. A progressive tax system is one in which wealthier residents pay a higher percentage of their income in taxes than lower income residents; a regressive tax system is the opposite.

Congressional Democrats are learning the tough way that transparency in the legislative process has its pitfalls. CQ is reporting today that 104 House

In a matter of 48 hours, college campuses across the country organized a nation-wide walkout to show solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street protests that are

Afghan Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak might have been wary of it, but Interior Minister Mohammed Hanif Atmar gave a forceful defense of the Afghan Public

Glenn Thrush highlights a tweet from conservative Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas), bellyaching about a proposed punitive tax on AIG’s bonuses. Tax AIG bonuses? Why

BETWEEN BAGRAM AIR FIELD AND FORWARD OPERATING BASE SALERNO, Afghanistan – When I arrived at Bagram, a public-affairs officer named Chuck asked me what I

On CNN’s American Morning just now, John Roberts pressed Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on whether he was asking that the president interfere with Iran’s internal

Sen. George Lemieux (R-Fla.) wants to know which official at U.S. Central Command or anywhere else in the chain of command is ultimately responsible for these

DENVER--The world was his stage again. Sixteen years after William Jefferson Clinton accepted the nomination of his party, he stood here tonight before an

Back at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday, Victory Solutions Oasis and Rebuild the Party held a post-dinner party with a special guest,

Literally. It was no mystery that Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Cal.) was intent on making environment-friendly changes when he swept the chairmanship of the powerful

The Anbar Awakening -- the collection of tribes in Iraq’s Anbar Province that in 2006 broke with Al Qaeda and embraced a partnership with U.S. forces -- had

As Americans shift back to our habit of spending more than we make, a Marine in Ramadi, Iraq, offers a poignant reminder of just who’s making the sacrifices in

IOWA CITY — Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum told The Family Leader event attendees that the U.S

Even though Yale Law School Dean Harold Hongju Koh hasn’t yet been confirmed as State Department legal adviser, his current employer is apparently pretty

The Michigan Senate may take up a non-enumerated anti-bullying bill Tuesday morning in its regular session.

There simply has not been a problem in handling classified information in civilian federal court trials, one defense lawyer said.

I’m blogging today from Rock Creek Stables, where my daughter is taking a riding lesson, which brings me to the latest manure from the medical conspiracy