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So much for stimulus. Just before the July 4 congressional recess, the House passed a massive piece of legislation: a war-funding bill with billions in

I get accused of breaking some journalism school rules, said Andrew Breitbart. I’m willing to be accused of being a monster.

Near the end of August, the number of deaths by border crossers in Pima County, Ariz., was beginning to climb to near-record numbers. Today, NPR reports that

Two articles this week take a good look at the Social Security disability insurance program, which has swelled along with the recession -- implying that jobless

Ben Tribbett hears that the NRCC is polling Terry Kilgore, twin brother of former Virginia Attorney General and failed 2005 gubernatorial candidate Jerry

Brooke Obie documents a paranoia that had escaped my attention up to now -- the worry that the Obama administration was altering the Missile Defense Agency’s

Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) is the second Republican senator to propose an amendment that would scrap the entire stimulus and replace it with tax cuts. Via Marc

American Federation for Children is creating a new media affairs position in Louisiana, signaling a redoubling of efforts by the school voucher group in the

Texas A&M University System Chancellor Mike McKinney is stepping down effective July 1, 2011. McKinney announced the move in a letter to faculty: Many

The Democrats’ ginormous $787 billion stimulus bill passed the House this afternoon, without a lick of Republican support. The count was 246 to 183, with seven

It was a full six days ago that Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) went after the stimulus package for not allowing money to spent renovating a sectarian instruction,

Here’s a nice catch by Dafna Linzer at ProPublica. At yesterday’s press conference, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs made two statements about the Obama

An amendment to the defense appropriations bill sponsored by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) to compel Gen. Stanley McChrystal to testify before Congress by

Conspiracy-theorist Website WorldNetDaily posts the inevitable connection between Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan and President Obama, and it

Public News Service called up TWI’s own Jesse Zwick to hear more about the financial support the Knights of Columbus are giving the National Organization for

During an emotional eight-hour hearing on same-sex civil unions at the capitol in Denver Thursday, a long list of witnesses on both sides of the issue told emotional stories of life as gay and transgender Americans. More than a few wept as they talked about shame, discrimination and systemic bias

The former chief of the U.S. Department of Justice’s environmental crimes section said Friday that the oil and gas company Enbridge will likely face criminal

In January of 1964, in his first State of the Union Address, President Lyndon B. Johnson presented Congress with a formidable challenge. This

Dozens of groups and individuals are asking the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to suspend licensing and other activities at 21 nuclear plants until the

While the Salt Lake City Republican Party responded to the arrest of James O’Keefe by canceling his scheduled speech at an upcoming fundraiser, the embattled

In addition to Georgia, Indiana is the state brought up frequently in discussions about Texas’ impending voter photo ID law. While Georgia’s Secretary of State

The stalling of legislation to expand unemployment insurance (UI) has little to do with the benefit itself. First, there’s a push to attach an extended