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Two weeks ago, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce announced its support for sweeping climate legislation. The announcement surprised everyone -- including the Chamber

A six-pack of noteworthy tidbits from this week’s news: # Open government watch : Lawmakers poked some more holes in Florida public records laws this year, but this year’s rollback of open government requirements was “about average” compared to previous years . Gov.

Tallies are still unofficial in the Iraqi provincial elections, but from the perspective of Sunni participation in the political process -- one of the biggest

The Los Angeles Times reports: The California Supreme Court today upheld Proposition 8’s ban on same-sex marriage but also ruled that gay couples who wed

This is a must-read: Jordy Yager’s report on the quartet of Republican members of Congress who’ve endorsed the investigative new book Muslim Mafia: Inside

As the first anniversary of Obama’s election nears, White House staffers and campaigners relive the moment. America’s top health insurers spent more than $8

In 2006, McCain voted against, while Obama supported, an amendment to provide $20 million to the Dept. of Veteran Affairs for health-care facilities. The

Robert Reich, economist and former Clinton administration labor secretary, doesn’t think much of General Motors expected bankruptcy filing today, as the

For when you tire of my piecemeal approach (ahead of my forthcoming wrap-up), Noah Shachtman at Danger Room has you covered: ...Gates will pour $11 billion

Two months before the 2006 election, then-U.S. Attorney Chris Christie let it be known that there was an investigation into a rental deal made by Sen. Bob

It’s hard to imagine a better metaphor for the seriousness with which congressional Republicans have approached health care reform. The Senate Finance

The New York Times reports that Karl Eikenberry, the commanding general of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan from 2005 to 2007, is President Obama’s choice to

Addressing the current Wall Street crisis before an audience in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Sen. John McCain announced a new proposal for preventing the future collapse

Palin often calls herself working class. But over the course of her political career, when faced with policy choices on issues important to blue-collar voters, Palin rarely breaks in their favor.

Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) just held a press conference to outline the broad strokes of the climate bill

Perhaps one of the only big surprises in Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s December congressional testimony was his disclosure that the Taliban pays its soldiers about

The first GOP presidential candidate debate of the 2012 election season has been postponed, according to msnbc.com. Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin, Mike

In February, I was told that Michael Vickers, the assistant secretary of defense for (deep breath) special operations, low-intensity conflict and interdependent

Ezra Klein asks: Can anyone seriously claim that Israel’s attacks will not amplify Palestinian anger? Will they not be strengthened by pan-Arab, and even

U.S. Sen

Can the United States hold a lawful U.S. resident indefinitely without charges in a U.S. prison on American soil? Normally, the answer is an unequivocal no.