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A proposed deal that would give Fiat a 35 percent stake in Chrysler in exchange for small car technology will depend on what new demands are placed on the

On election night, Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman conceded defeat to Democratic candidate Bill Owens after dramatically under-performing in key

After getting bounced from the ballot in the special election in New York’s 20th Congressional District, former Libertarian candidate Eric Sundwall has endorsed

Via Roll Call, a bipartisan group of senators on Friday urged Democratic leaders to slow the pace of the health reform debate to ensure that the final product

All three witnesses -- the Defense Department’s Jeh Johnson; the Justice Department’s David Kris; and the Navy Judge Advocate General, Vice Adm. Bruce MacDonald

The policy wing of the Roman Catholic Church in Minnesota is asking its members to urge Gov. Mark Dayton and Republican leaders to include a ban on somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) — which it inaccurately calls “human cloning” — in the budget framework currently being worked out. Pressure from the Minnesota Catholic Conference to include the controversial ban follows an agreement by Dayton and Republican leaders to leave social issues out of the bill that would end Minnesota’s government shutdown, which is in its third week.

Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum is making his support of the party calendar and the role of the early states clear. “Anyone who’s watch the debates realizes that, even as Republicans, there are many issues we don’t agree on — but there are two things we should agree on: Barack Obama has to go and Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina should remain first in the presidential primary process,” Santorum said.

The Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on military commissions is underway. Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) is making an opening statement about how the

While most GOP lawmakers are opposing legislation to tighten government regulations over the tobacco industry, one outspoken Republican is making statements not

Yesterday, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) admitted that he probably wouldn’t be able to muster 60 votes to pass a climate and energy bill along the

The latest word on the Justice Department’s Office Of Professional Responsibility review of the Office of Legal Counsel lawyers who drafted the so-called

A bill to renew federal tax credits for solar and wind energy has been stuck in Congress all year. That’s made business owners and employees in the industry

Last month, the Afghan government sent a delegation to Washington to advise the White House strategy review on Afghanistan and Pakistan. Several delegates

Obama administration wants Pakistan to cooperate in plans to confront growing violence in the region.

The Guardian, fleshing out Siobhan Gorman’s Wall Street Journal piece today on the secret CIA significant actions that Director Leon Panetta cancelled last

On Monday a federal court judge ordered the Department of Defense to release a 47-year-old father of two with a heart condition who it has imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay for the past seven years without justification.

When I wrote my earlier post about the group of illustrious Americans urging the Obama administration to close Guantanamo and bring suspected terrorists to

Gay couples in California are being told to put their planned celebrations on ice, once again. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th circuit granted opponents

Mike Huckabee is a master at using the clever quip to deflect tough questions. He toys with criticisms of his “fair tax” policy; at times he ignores

The Miami Herald reported over the weekend that supervisors of elections in the five Florida counties covered by the Voting Rights Act have refused to recognize the sweeping changes to state election laws recently signed by Gov. Rick Scott until the changes are cleared by the U.S.

Deep into the Senate Finance Committee’s marathon debate over health care reform, Democrats Thursday night killed a GOP proposal that would have forced legal

With a legislative compromise over redistricting between the Democratic-controlled Legislature and Republican Gov.

In a recent op-ed in the Clarion Ledger , a University of Mississippi law professor says that the so-called “Personhood” movement could have detrimental effects not only on the rights of women, but on those of families, as well. Fetal “Personhood” initiatives have cropped up in states across the U.S., including Florida, but it is in Mississippi where the measure has found the most support.