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Ever since Mike Isikoff went live with his apparent scoop that former Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder is going to be Barack Obama’s attorney general, a

They’ve been stalled on it for weeks, but tonight the Senate will vote on final passage of legislation providing a short-term extension of emergency

Talks of an Obama stimulus package didn’t prevent consumer confidence to plunge, leading to a devastating holiday shopping season for retailers. Sellers are about to fight to get buyers back.

Most Michigan city officials dread almost nothing more than the appointment of an emergency manager to oversee their affairs, especially now that those overseers have virtually limitless authority. But Detroit Mayor Dave Bing is threatening to request one if unions don’t accept his demands. Detroit Mayor Dave Bing said Thursday that he’ll request a state-appointed emergency financial manager if the city’s 48 employee unions don’t make health care concessions, or if the state does not agree to extend the city’s special allowance for income and utility taxes

The Associated Press has done the dirty work of sorting through more than 5,000 challenged ballots in the Minnesota Senate recount, and its analysis should

Much of the attention on corn-based ethanol has focused on the role that this supposedly renewable fuel is playing in driving up global food prices.

U.S. Rep. Ron Paul will return to Iowa next week with town hall meetings in three cities on the western side of the state

Lindsay Beyerstein has the goods on Dede Scozzafava, the GOP’s luckless candidate in New York’s 23rd Congressional District. In September, Scozzafava’s campaign

Planned protests against the Keystone XL pipeline began this weekend in the nation’s capitol as activists and celebrities staged sit-ins at the White House, resulting in more than 100 of them being arrested. The protests were planned by the group Tar Sands Action . 70 people were arrested on Saturday at the White House, including some prominent figures: “It’s not the easiest thing on earth for law-abiding folk to come risk arrest.

Nice try from Rep. Howard Buck McKeon (R-Calif.), the ranking Republican on the House Armed Services Committee. In asking Gen. Odierno to explain the case for

This can’t be helpful for General Motors’ efforts to build confidence among American consumers. General Motors Corp is recalling nearly 1.5 million Buick,

For a very good and comprehensive look at why, as he puts it, homegrown Islamic terrorism isn’t a threat, even after the Fort Hood horror, read every word of

From one human rights champion to another, Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) just issued a statement on yesterday’s passing of Howard Zinn, praising the former Spelman

There may or may not be a ceasefire coming soon to Gaza. If there is, the Wall Street Journal reports, it’ll emerge from Cairo: Despite a flurry of other

Gen. Stanley McChrystal effectively settles this calibration of how his strategy for the process of securing Kandahar shifted in reaction to local

Defense Secretary Gates is skeptical that a troop surge is all that’s needed in Afghanistan. Baucus: Health care bill could get through the Senate Finance

On his birthday, no less, President Obama will address the AFL-CIO Executive Council during its meeting in Washington, D.C. today. The Democrats know that

The American Independent recently reported on a federal pregnancy-assistance grant program that has been threatened in Tennessee after the Shelby County

About 10 million people receive health coverage under CHIP.

Pollution in the St. Johns River (Pic by deadgirlsdontdance, via Flickr) The federally mandated “numeric nutrient criteria,” a set of standards to govern water pollution in the state of Florida, have been harshly criticized by industry, agriculture and even lawmakers — who argue the criteria are too stringent and would result in job losses and stymie business growth

The Obama-Biden transition team today released its first monthly list disclosing the names of donors to the transition and the size of their contributions. The

Ft. Hood’s commander, Lt. Gen. Robert Cone, said today that there are unconfirmed reports that Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan shouted God is great in Arabic before

Nader Nadery, a member of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, said that the plan is indeed a mater of concern for us who work to promote the rule of law and protect human rights.