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Though former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich has yet to launch a formal presidential exploratory committee, despite his Newt Explore 2012 website, the

President-elect Barack Obama tried to kill two birds with one stone by keeping a campaign promise and reaching out to the GOP, but now he’s in danger of losing Democratic allies.

Georgia Attorney General Thurbert Baker, a Democrat, has refused to file an anti-health care mandate lawsuit, and called other AGs’ decisions to do so

FireDogLake brings this Gorilla Guides translation of Sadr’s cease-fire statement: Based upon our responsibilities under the law and for the sparing of Iraki

President Obama tapped Rajiv Shah, a 36-year old undersecretary of the Department of Agriculture and medical doctor with extensive experience in food security and public heath, to head the agency.

This is a change in personnel, President Obama said, announcing Gen. David Petraeus’ takeover of the Afghanistan war, but not a change in policy. Yes and no.

Tuesday’s rallies drew only small crowds, but the demonstrators were hopeful that passage of health care reform would lead to an electoral and legal backlash.

Barry Ritholtz at The Big Picture has an astounding followup to Matthew Blake’s coverage of Congress tearing into the rating agencies on Wednesday. As Matthew

The House voted Friday to block federal funding to Planned Parenthood, passing 240 to 185. The amendment, sponsored by Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.), has been added

Here’s the latest research on just where all of the oil that gushed into the Gulf of Mexico as a result of the BP oil spill went. According to

Say hi to Adm. James Stavridis, whom Defense Secretary Bob Gates just tapped to become NATO commander (or, for those who prefer formality, Supreme Allied

In an appearance on Democracy Now! yesterday morning to discuss Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, I made the point that Abdulmutallab’s ability to board Northwest

Photo: Chisholm’s Iron Man Statue; Source: Flickr, jimmywayne Minnesota’s Executive Council voted Wednesday for a six month delay on the lease of mineral rights on privately-held land in northeast Minnesota. A handful of non-ferrous mining companies are seeking the 77 leases , but landowners, some of whom attended Wednesday’s meeting, are unhappy with the process and the prospect of pollution by non-ferrous mining.

On Friday, the news broke that hackers had obtained and released thousands of email exchanges between climate scientists at England’s University of East Anglia.

MarketWatch had some additional thoughts on Republican presidential nominee John McCain’s $300 billion plan to have the government buy up mortgages. People

The key question about how Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab retained his visa to enter the U.S. centers on the connection between the terror watchlist he was on and

The unofficial details of the deal carried between the New Zealand ADD 4 I.T. LIMITED and the US-based PNC Financial Services Group are finally available. The banking holding, which manages $300 billion in assets, incorporated the AI fintech team into its structure, paying only publicly $30 million for a controlling stake.

Pakistan became the new seat of the U.N. atomic guard dog's administering body on Monday, in spite of the very fact that it's outside a worldwide enemy of nuclear arms settlement and residential to a dealer who provided atomic privileged insights to Iran and North Korea .

A short essay arguing against John Searle's "Chinese room argument".

Apart from adulterated water, blackouts, and high tariffs, poor sanitation also conspires against local hospitality industry. In spite of these shortcomings, Nigeria remains a gold mine as far as the tourism potentials are concerned