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Former Gov. Tim Pawlenty thinks he has what it takes to steal the youth vote away from President Barack Obama , but Democrats are hitting back

The Associated Press reports that 27-year-old Justin Travis and 28-year-old Michael Carter were both killed after a roof collapsed Wednesday night at the

David M. Herszenhorn at The New York Times points out a curious thing happening in the midst of the debate over student lending reform: Although the plan to

Several farm-state senators are looking to include a provision in a major appropriations bill that would significantly increase the amount of ethanol blended

The Austin American-Statesman’s Jason Embry reported today on the deep ties new University of Texas Regent Alex Cranberg has to the state of Colorado, where

The Washington Post’s A-1 story on Republican opposition to the Democratic stimulus plan emphasizes what I learned this week in talking to Republicans about

In my quest to find former enemy combatants who were required to agree not to sue the United States for unlawful indefinite detention and mistreatment as a

Most of the stories about the Republican filibuster yesterday of the defense authorization bill have focused on two amendments it squashed: a repeal of Don’t

I asked CIA spokesman George Little to respond to Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) charge that the CIA misled Congress about torture. Here’s his response: The

Updated: 12:09 p.m. Seniors and people with disabilities who receive health care through Medicare* might have an additional service covered in the near future:

“Dumb.” That’s how Rep. Betty McCollum characterized proposed cuts to federal family planning funding and a Republican effort to defund Planned Parenthood. At a St

Here’s what the country’s leading editorial boards had to say about Ted Kennedy. Michael Steele tries to reconcile his support for Medicare with his

A TWI analysis of tight House and Senate races finds the recession isn’t slowing the flow of money into lawmakers’ coffers.

Facing morning headlines indicating that Democrats are leaning toward a partisan approach to health care reform, Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), chairman of the

With eight days remaining in Congress’ two-week spring recess, Sen. Arlen J. Specter (R-Penn.) is calling on his colleagues to get back to work. In an interview

The White House sent a budget amendment to Congress last night that would set aside money for the reorganization of the Interior Department’s offshore drilling

Ed Whelan digs up an April 17 speech by Sonia Sotomayor in which she praises the election of President Obama and says our challenge as lawyers and court

The much-derided amendment by Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) to gut the consumer financial protections from Sen. Chris Dodd’s (D-Conn.) financial regulatory

The perils of writing posts last night and timing them for release in the morning! Meet re-Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry. His reinstatement meets the basic

When pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer pay billion-dollar fines for illegal off-label marketing (promoting drugs for unapproved uses), prosecutors and the

The Republican candidate in New York’s 20th Congressional District special election, Jim Tedisco -- who loudly denounced negative ads in his race against

Citing budget concerns, the Senate on Wednesday killed a $245 billion proposal to scrap the controversial formula that dictates doctor payments under

Just released from the White House communications shop: The White House today announced that Deputy National Security Director and National Security Council