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While the public battle to stop Eric Holder’s confirmation as attorney general still lacks the heat of those faced by his predecessors, Alberto Gonzales and

No one is quite sure how big an impact Latino voters will have on the upcoming elections. Polling early in the month pointed to low turnout among Latinos, who

Gov. Terry Branstad says statements from the Iowa Democratic Party that he and Wisconsin Gov

Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) and Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) -- the heads of the Senate Banking and House Financial Services committees -- have set an ambitious

In the guts of this Washington Post tick-tock about President Obama’s decision to release the torture memos comes an account of a meeting at CIA headquarters in

Kyrgyzstan may have just sold the United States’ rights to Manas Air Base to a higher bidder -- Russia.

As Democrats in both Congress and the White House appear willing to wait a few more weeks (or months?) to tackle legislation that would allow bankruptcy judges

On his new GBTV network, conservative talk show host Glenn Beck made a point of saying he doesn’t give endorsements, but then appeared to hand an endorsement to former U.S.

While conservatives are planning nationwide “Tea Parties” protesting taxes — and even same-sex marriage — same-sex couples are planning some tea parties

In a post today on The Cato Institute’s @Liberty blog, Andrew J. Coulson writes former Chancellor of D.C. Public Schools Michelle Rhee has some explaining to do

Tim Pawlenty has been touting his record of oppositoin to abortion and funding for Planned Parenthood, but this hard-line on abortion is somewhat new. One acquaintance of Pawlenty’s says that his “pro-life” stance is faked, and a report by Mother Jones on Thursday demonstrates that Pawlenty approved a “dizzying increase” funds for Planned Parenthood and other family planning agencies — according to a local paper at the time — during his two terms as governor, as well as cutting abstinence-only programs

Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) is not the only Democrat criticizing President George W. Bush’s announcement today that the Pentagon will withdraw only 8,000

The Bank of America logo (Pic via blog.firstfoodbank.org) CNN Money is reporting that Bank of America is reconsidering its controversial decision to impose $5 debit card fees. The national bank’s decision to levy a new fee was met with outrage from all over the country

Despite recent reports to the contrary, Spain’s attorney general has now reportedly decided not to prosecute the Bush Six -- the top legal officials in the Bush

Via Zach Roth at TPMmuckraker, Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.) released this statement in response to Jeff Stein’s CQ story: The CQ Politics story simply recycles