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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced yesterday that it has found radioactive iodine in rainwater water in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts at levels higher that those considered safe in drinking water. Jeff McMahon blogs for Forbes : “It is important to note that the corresponding MCL for iodine-131 was calculated based on long-term chronic exposures over the course of a lifetime – 70 years

The North Decoder blog unearths some fascinating writing from current Gov. John Hoeven (R-N.D.), then the president of the state-owned Bank of North Dakota and

Foreign policy sage Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) has returned from a fact-finding trip to Afghanistan and has a few thoughts he’d like to share on the House floor.

Those reports about an $80 billion Senate jobs package? Wrong, a Senate Democratic aide told TWI. The staffer indicated this afternoon that Democrats are

The reports this morning that President Obama intends to nominate Judge Sonia Sotomayor to replace Supreme Court Justice David Souter suggest that, while not

In an accident reminiscent of last year’s massive oil spill in Calhoun County, a natural gas hydrofracking operation in Pennsylvania suffered an explosion Tuesday evening and spewed huge quantities of chemicals into the surrounding area. Bradford County’s director of public safety said a Chesapeake well went out of control late Tuesday night. That means the well blew near the surface, spilling thousands and thousands of gallons of frack fluid over containment walls, through fields, personal property and farms, even where cattle continue to graze.

Marc Morano, the communications guru for Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) and his fellow Republicans on the Senate Environment Committee, passes along a piece of

Jeb Bush isn’t terribly happy with President Obama’s willingness to blame his brother George for his administration’s challenges: For months now, Jeb Bush has

Any sanctions would seek to curb Iran’s nuclear program.

Another thing that Noah Shachtman got into during his interview Adm. Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was the military’s newest

Washington, D.C.--Occupy DC is moving to Freedom Plaza by the Washington D.C. City Hall today, with turnout projections at 1,000 participants. The event is

Not long ago, a Marine colonel named Dale Alford who served in Afghanistan had some blunt criteria for how we’d know if U.S. troops were truly partnered with

Several House Democrats will introduce legislation next week to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act, the 1996 law that bars the federal government from

This email came to reporters’ inboxes from the office of the director of national intelligence, Dennis Blair, objecting to this Politico story about Blair’s

The Obama administration is reportedly looking more closely at recess appointments for some nominees who’ve been mowed down by filibusters, with Sen. Richard

I’m going to head over to the Dirksen Senate office building pretty soon to cover the Soufan/Zelikow hearings. But before I go: it looks like Khost

GUANTANAMO BAY -- We’ve just been informed that the recess ordered by Col. Patrick Parrish, the military judge, to ensure Omar Khadr will be advised of his

U.S. Senate Republicans recently introduced a bill that would require a doctor to notify a minor’s parents, and wait four days, before providing an abortion .

The House and Senate have each passed versions of financial regulatory reform, and it will be up to a conference committee comprised of members of both bodies

A Republican National Committee debate reveals how GOP party leaders aren’t planning on ideological changes.