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At a time when many states are slicing services for people with disabilities across the nation, the federal government has come through with a welcome offering:

Rachel Hartman has a great roundup of what conservatives are saying about the upcoming Supreme Court battle. But it’s not just on the right that Justice John

Updated at 12:45 p.m. EST to add comments from the Louisiana Democratic Party The Times-Picayune has obtained an invitation for a $1,000-a-plate fundraiser to

Washington is quiet, but that does not mean it is dormant. Staffers on the Hill and in the Treasury Department are working on a plan to restore normalcy to the

Major news publications are paying attention to the fact that a Texas law against homosexual conduct is still in the Penal Code despite being ruled

Roll Call’s Shira Toeplitz reports that former Rep. Chris Chocola (R-Ind.), who went down in the 2006 midterms to Rep. Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.), is the frontrunner

Just got a readout of what’s likely to be included in Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) scaled-down energy bill. According to an environmentalist

First of all, take all the weeks of merger negotiations and throw them out the window: It’s looking more and more like the only way the Democrats can pass

Florida Senate candidate Marco Rubio (R) just agreed to a debate with Gov. Charlie Crist and Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-Fla.), then immediately said yes to six

The consumer advocacy group Public Citizen has released a crack report today called Outside Job: Winning Candidate Enjoyed Advantage in Unregulated Third-Party

The memo’s author, Army Col. Timothy R. Reese serves as chief of the Baghdad Operations Command Advisory Team for Multinational Division-Baghdad.

A coalition of 12 Senate Democrats sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) today outlining principles for a climate and energy bill. The

President George W. Bush, today, Carlisle, Penn., Army War College, magical-thinking tour: While there’s room for honest and healthy debate about the

Testifying to the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan and former Citigroup executives Robert Rubin and Charles Prince passed

“Dumb.” That’s how Rep. Betty McCollum characterized proposed cuts to federal family planning funding and a Republican effort to defund Planned Parenthood. At a St

A TWI analysis of tight House and Senate races finds the recession isn’t slowing the flow of money into lawmakers’ coffers.

In a symbolic gesture, the Senate this afternoon approved a resolution calling for the immediate release of Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese pro-democacy activist

Seriously, that’s the gist of a panel next week at the U.S. Institute of Peace. The peace-building think tank wants to explore the lessons of SMS-based

Here’s what the country’s leading editorial boards had to say about Ted Kennedy. Michael Steele tries to reconcile his support for Medicare with his

PELLA — What does former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich consider to be the biggest single challenge facing America? Well, being honest about what the challenges actually are