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Defense Secretary Bob Gates walked into the Air Force’s War College at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama today and explained why he cut the F-22 fighter

<p>Mike Huckabee started the day in Columbia with a speech before the South Carolina Renewal

As funding for the $1 billion cash for clunkers program has reportedly dried up less than one week after its launch, Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Susan

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), the chairwoman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, has released a letter she sent to President Obama and Attorney

This weekend, Shaun Donovan, the secretary of Housing and Urban Development, said that it was too soon to say whether the Obama administration might revive

As someone who’s lived almost my entire life in Virginia, this election means a great deal to me, as it does to most voters in the state. For the first time

There’s good reason to be confused about the Labor Department’s latest unemployment figures, which showed that the nation’s jobless numbers rose by 11,000 last

Gov. Rick Scott has until Saturday to act on House Bill 1355, the controversial elections bill that passed the Florida Legislature along party lines over objections that it would make voting more difficult

A Denver district judge this week rejected motions by the state of Colorado and a Canadian uranium mining company to throw out a lawsuit challenging the proposed Piñon Ridge Uranium Mill in Montrose County. Denver District Judge Brian Whitney sided with the Telluride-based Sheep Mountain Alliance, which contends the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) may have violated various state and federal laws in issuing a permit for the mill.

This morning, Vice President Joe Biden and Energy Secretary Steven Chu rolled out an $8 billion weatherization program, which they hope will create 87,000 jobs,

As expected, President George W. Bush vetoed the $300 billion farm bill today, citing high costs and numerous giveaways to wealthy farmers. Many outside

Drug companies have been raising prices at the fastest rate since 1992. President 2.0 Barack Obama has never used Twitter. Karl Rove rips into Obama for

The publicity-hungry sheriff of Maricopa County, Ariz., repeatedly stole headlines this year. Dubbing himself America’s Toughest Sheriff, Arpaio starred in

The first meaningful Republican debate of the 2011-2012 primary was held in New Hampshire yesterday, and the candidates had much to say on how they would handle

A Politico story co-written by Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen delves into the political ideal bipartisanship and includes one source that should cause some

The heads of the Governors’ Wind Energy Coalition -- Govs. Chet Culver (D-Iowa) and Don Carcieri (R-R.I.) -- today sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry

Michael Linden and Heather Boushey from the Center for American Progress take a close look at the recently released census data, and find income inequality

The Associated Press reports that at an event in Wakarusa, Ind., President Obama today vowed to deliver health care reform by the end of 2009. Obama on