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To the Obama administration’s pattern of sticking up for itself on its counterterrorism record, add this: None of about 48 Guantanamo Bay detainees released or

After a year of talking about the growing federal deficit, one might guess that both Democrats and Republicans would feel compelled to have an adult

Joe Klein conducted a fascinating interview with Sen. Barack Obama recently, and he’s just put the transcript online. There’s a lot to sift through,

While working on something unrelated, I realized that none of the men and women currently being discussed as 2012 GOP challengers to President Barack Obama had

Now it’s really in President Obama’s court: This afternoon, the Supreme Court, as predicted, dismissed the appeal of Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri, the last U.S.

Obama administration officials have been pushing cautious optimism lately, while touting any glimmers of hope for the economy. But some new numbers out today

Here’s one of the most disturbing points made in the Financial Times piece on banks being poised to earn $38.5 billion in overdraft fees this year: Poorest

Sen. Scott Brown’s (R-Mass.) first ad -- which drew the attention of everyone but Martha Coakley’s sleepy campaign staff -- started with President John F.

A report commissioned by the national oil spill commission found that new safety standards put forward by the Interior Department and the oil and gas industry

President Barack Obama will give a speech on financial regulatory reform this morning at New York’s Cooper Union college, located one mile from Wall Street. He

Saturday Night Live’s debate skits and Tina Fey as Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin usually draw all the attention this campaign season, especially from the political

As the parade of Congressman Anthony Weiner’s self-love skin shots continues to tramp across the internet, University of Michigan foreign-policy big thinker Juan Cole says never mind the man’s sad digital life; Weiner’s take on the Israel-Palestinian conflict is much more relevant and lamentable .

Last year the Army released its groundbreaking field manual on stability operations, FM 3-07, a key driver in getting the service to prepare itself for a

Carrie Budoff Brown checks in on something I noticed in February—despite every indication that there would be a health care fight this year, Republicans

That’s the question that Carl Weimer -- executive director of the Pipeline Safety Trust, a nonprofit group that advocates for fuel transportation safety --

Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) today blasted the Obama administration, as well as some of her colleagues in the House and Senate, for including a provision in

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner got an earful last week from House Democrats wary of the White House proposal to pay for government rescues of Wall Street firms

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s promise to add the DREAM Act to the defense authorization bill is good news for immigration reform advocates, but some

In case you missed it...some things are just too good not to mention. ABC reported that while New Orleans braced for Hurricane Gustav to make landfall,

After months of negotiations over the summer between the House, the Senate and the Obama administration, the Senate has passed a bill to triple non-military aid

Via Twitter, Markos Moulitsas leaks the results of the latest Research 2000/Daily Kos poll of the NY-23 special election. Since the last poll, Democratic