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WATERTOWN, N.Y. - Dozens of activists from Generation Joshua have made the trip to New York’s 23rd Congressional District, and on Monday they organized into

On Sunday, TWI’s David Weigel chatted with The Root’s Dayo Olopade on Bloggingheads.tv, discussing the Super Bowl, snow, New Orleans politics, Tea Parties and

Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) has taken his case against Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor to the public, explaining why he plans to vote against a nominee

Soon, the House plans to vote on a sweeping child-nutrition bill. The Senate passed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, a deficit-neutral bill providing $4.5

Women should screen for breast cancer less frequently and at a later age, according to new recommendations issued Monday by a well-respected preventative

In celebration of this historic Election Day, The Los Angeles Times reaches into the electoral memorabilia vault and profiles what it calls the greatest modern

Rep. Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.), a steadfast supporter of the coal industry, responds to the tragic mine explosion yesterday that killed at least 25 people: West

Obama will announce a national education initiative to help low-performing schools. Dodd’s consumer protection plan may not actually protect

You may recall Michael E. Arth, the spunky developer-turned-Democratic candidate for governor of Florida who took to The Streak’s comment thread to insist he’s

No one will be claiming a turnout of two million, but Howard Dean and company managed to draw a healthy crowd for their health care rally today in Washington’s

Apparently, California Republican candidates Carly Fiorina and Meg Whitman unveiled a new method for attracting Latino voters: tequila shots. The Senate and

On Tuesday, a group of moderate Senate Democrats -- wary that a proposal to scrap billions of dollars of subsidies to private student lenders would cost jobs in

This week, with Congress back from the Memorial Day recess, legislators will again push for a $23 billion aid bill to keep public-school teachers in their

Sotomayor Hearings Toolbox: Here’s a live stream on C-SPAN with multiple cameras angles for interactive fun. The Wonk Room, SCOTUSblog, The Huffington Post’s

One reason I pay a lot of attention to Glenn Beck is that, viewer for viewer and listener for listener, he has a more direct impact on the conservative movement

After noting that the disturbed woman who accused Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) of supporting a Nazi policy was a LaRouche cultist, I checked out the trove of

Glenn Beck claims the government helped fund a video mocking his quotes. Tim Kaine isn’t wild about Joe Manchin’s cap-and-trade-shooting ad. 50 Cent

Here’s your chance to tell the Department of Homeland Security what you think a sound immigration policy is, or whether you should be allowed to take your

Incumbent Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) candidate Chas Roemer appears to have violated state campaign law by accepting a $20,000

Well, this isn’t going to soothe the GOP’s internal critics of Michael Steele, who worry that his celebrity distracts him from the party’s message. He stars in

One can hardly wander around the White House or the Treasury Department without bumping into someone who worked for Goldman Sachs. A short list: The

I reported yesterday that there was some friction between the Tea Party Patriots and Our Country Deserves Better PAC, the organization that launched the Tea