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Ted Stevens’ 40-year career in the Senate was marred by scandals involving money, family and power. In the end, failing to fill out a form properly did him in.

The Wisconsin Joint Finance Committee has expanded school choice in the Badger State, increasing the income eligibility threshold in Milwaukee while adding a

The Swat valley in Pakistan might actually be the center of the war on terrorism. Nestled in the Northwest Frontier Province, Swat is home to the psychotic

Reuters reports today that the Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating BP for potential insider trading following the oil spill, though few details

If it’s September in an election year, it’s a Democratic media train wreck. No matter how the Democrats are doing, it seems, their top strategists and party

Former Michigan state Rep. Jack Hoogendyk is likely to announce next week that he will challenge Congressman Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph) in the GOP primary in

For politicians in the U.S. and abroad, it once seemed like a good idea to hitch their political fates to George W. Bush’s wagon.

In a surprise development, the CIA just announced that longtime and well-respected Deputy Director Steve Kappes will retire from the agency in May. Kappes was

China threatens to dump U.S. Treasuries over arms sales to Taiwan. One day it will probably realize that always crying Wolf! means eventually people stop paying attention.

For eight years, the United States has observed a policy that few Americans outside the reproductive rights community probably knew about: International groups

The news that Gov. David Paterson (D-N.Y.) won’t seek a full term of his own in the wake of a new scandal reminds me of this TV ad that Paterson and

Secretary Janet Napolitano and other officials from the Department of Homeland Security testified today on the growing threat of homegrown terrorists and

Wikileaks obtained and published (PDF) a CIA Red Cell analysis -- that’s what the agency presents either to counter received wisdom or to be deliberately

Bloomberg News reports that despite the continued effects of the recession felt by many Americans (unemployment levels, for example, still hover near 9

I’ve confirmed with Pakistan’s Washington embassy that Gen. Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, the chief of staff of the Pakistani Army, will arrive in D.C. early next week.