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Putting an end to the questions about which Republican would replace newly christened Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter (Pa.) atop the Judiciary Committee, Politico

Scott, who has never held elected office, ran on his business experience as a former health care executive despite the fact that he was forced out after his company paid $1.7 billion to the U.S. government for Medicare and Medicaid fraud.

Update: I wrote a second post on this topic after talking with the CJR reporter. Here it is. Reading this post in the Columbia Journalism Review over the

A new study from the Guttmacher Institute find that 14 percent of birth control pill users take the pill for non-contraceptive purposes. According to the study (.pdf), 1.5 million women rely on birth control pills for exclusively for non-contraceptive purposes. The study also found “that more than half (58 percent) of all pill users rely on the method, at least in part, for purposes other than pregnancy prevention—meaning that only 42 percent use the pill exclusively for contraceptive reasons”: The study—based on U.S government data from the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG)—revealed that after pregnancy prevention (86%), the most common reasons women use the pill include reducing cramps or menstrual pain (31%); menstrual regulation, which for some women may help prevent migraines and other painful “side effects” of menstruation (28%); treatment of acne (14%); and treatment of endometriosis (4%)

On Sunday, Jay Matthews of the Washington Post highlighted the cost disparities found among homes existing in areas where the schools are strong and

This morning, I recapped the current legislative efforts to further extend unemployment benefits and aid the millions who have been out of work for more than

Yesterday I highlighted the departure of Gen. William Wallace from the U.S. Army’s Training and Doctrine command as an example of the end of the Rumsfeld era --

Republicans on the Wake County School Board hired retired Army Brigadier Gen. Anthony Tata to be the district’s superintendent, in part for his military

Could America be colorblind in 2028? Sen. Russ Feingold’s (D-Wis.) okay with CIA assassinations, not okay with being kept in the dark. With a little more

From Dexter Filkins’ New York Times Magazine profile of Gen. Stanley McChrystal, which you really ought to read in its entirety: I asked General Flynn to

New HUD program allows first-time homebuyers to borrow against an $8,000 tax credit for downpayments, raising questions about what was learned from the housing crisis.

BOSTON -- Snow is falling in the Bay State, from western Massachusetts to heavily Democratic downtown Boston. In a campaign full of lucky breaks for Republican

Lynne Torgerson announced on Thursday that she intends to challenge Rep.

GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney announced the members of his Social Conservatives Statewide Steering Committee today; the list includes prominent anti-gay rights and anti-abortion rights activists in Florida’s Christian right circles. According to a press release from the campaign: … Each member has been an active voice in state politics and an advocate for conservative causes and issue campaigns. The Romney campaign will utilize this coalition to perform voter outreach and coalition building for Get Out the Vote efforts

The Palin brand is undergoing yet another test today in Delaware among Republicans -- will her endorsement energize conservatives in Sussex County to get out

Latinos are the fastest-growing minority group in the U.S., and their votes could hinge on how the government addresses immigration: A poll released today by

By now, everybody has distanced themselves from a video released last week that shows people exploding into a million little pieces for not being willing to

The Congressional Budget Office last week made a bit of news when it released cost estimates on two different health reform packages being considered by House

“The longer you remain unemployed, the tougher it is to get a job,” one expert said. “Your skills atrophy. Employers -- rightly or wrongly -- take that as a signal that you’re damaged goods.”

And now we know why the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission decided to subpoena Goldman Sachs -- not for a lack of information, but for a surfeit of it. CNBC’s

While everyone’s railing about the incredibly nasty speech by former Vice President Dick Cheney this morning -- who takes credit for preventing terrorist