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Here’s Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) last month, commenting on the possibility that Republicans would filibuster President Obama’s pick to

Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld once observed that if you can’t solve a problem, enlarge it. In that spirit, take a look at this press conference in

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is back in the spotlight today. He’s scheduled to testify on Capitol Hill about his new plan for the government to greatly

At The Wall Street Journal, Sara Murray makes an interesting argument -- that expanded unemployment benefits might reduce the deficit, by keeping people working

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Bradlee Dean, the controversial heavy metal rocker from Minnesota, filed suit Wednesday in D.C. Superior Court alleging he was defamed by

Both liberal and conservative experts are pushing Congress to follow the lead of 17 states that already have job-sharing systems, but some Republicans are balking at the cost.

The FBI seal (Pic via fbi.gov) The number of hate crimes in the U.S.

More from Center for American Progress’ Brian Katulis, who’s in Kabul to monitor Wednesday’s Thursday’s Afghanistan election for Democracy International. He

Iran is placing extraordinary emphasis on its ballistic missile and WMD development programs. The ballistic missile infrastructure in Iran is now more

While opposition to the Employee Free Choice Act will be well-funded, a strategy division, and the size of the Democrats’ majorities in Congress, are making life difficult for the anti-labor side of the debate.

From Washington Post columnist Kathleen Parker comes this simple but not-much-discussed observation: Empathy is not, as some seem to think, a scourge peculiar

In the wake of his somewhat surprising -- and very soft-peddled -- victory in the CPAC straw poll, Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) is gearing up for a big showing at

Good news for people who don’t like their airliners hijacked or their chemical plants blown up. Rand Beers, longtime counterterrorism aide to presidents Bill

Mary’s blog post this morning on The Washington Post’s report today that Fannie Mae is going to pay bonuses to four top executives offers a test of the

Democratic leaders have been busy patting themselves on the back this morning following the tentative deal struck last night between liberal and conservative

On a conference call hosted by the Heritage Foundation, Sens. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) delivered an impassioned plea in advance of

Ben Smith at Politico has a good piece attempting to shed light on one of the most opaque aspects of Obama administration Kremlinology: what in the world the