Former President Bill Clinton says he thinks immigration reform will have enough votes in Congress, but its passage will hinge on whether or not Speaker Boehner breaks the Hastert rule. Read More
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Bachmann’s blink
10:22 PM on 5/29/2013
Four-term Congresswoman, and founder of the Tea Party Caucus, Michele Bachmann calls it quits. Read More
Lessons learned
8:00 PM on 5/28/2013
Seven years after the government's botched response to Hurricane Katrina, President Obama has overseen what the White House calls a FEMA "renaissance." Read More
Same surgery, same city, $118K difference
9:24 AM on 5/10/2013
A new government report reveals how hospitals charge wildly different prices for the same medical procedures, even in the same city. Read More
Al Gore has a Nobel, an Oscar, and a big empty house
6:01 PM on 5/7/2013
The man who "used to be the next president of the United States" now has several hundred million dollars. But is there still a sense that something's missing? Read More
GOP adviser: Colbert Busch could win by a point or two
11:10 AM on 5/1/2013
Hogen Gidley, former communications director for Rick Santorum, predicts Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch will carry South Carolina's 1st District. Read More
Inside the mind of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
4:29 PM on 4/22/2013
Suspect tweeted about Nutella, his kitten and, after the bombing, being a "stress free kind of guy." Read More
Editor of The Nation: GOP at risk of ‘committing political suicide’
2:52 PM on 4/2/2013
Republican leaders struggle to evolve its party's values. Read More
GOP’s big flip-flop on debt
2:50 PM on 3/26/2013
Republicans like Reagan, Bushes 41 and 43, and Paul Ryan once believed in racking up large deficits in order to generate economic growth. Why is their Party now calling for deficit cutting at all costs? Read More
President Obama in Israel: Hope and change 2.0
1:59 PM on 3/23/2013
President Obama resurrects his 2008 campaign themes in Middle East strategy Read More
Evangelicals to GOP: Don’t throw us ‘overboard’
4:14 PM on 3/21/2013
Republicans are changing their tune on marriage equality, and objections from social conservatives are falling on deaf ears. Read More
A pile-up of claims: Veterans wait months for benefits
7:40 PM on 3/19/2013
A report finds it takes the Department of Veteran Affairs 273 days on average to process disability compensation claims. In large cities, that wait can be doubled. Read More
GOP autopsy results: Full body trauma
10:50 AM on 3/19/2013
The Republican Party is conducting major surgery on its brand. But as it operates on the skin level, a civil war is tearing it apart beneath the surface. Read More
The danger of ‘slash-and-burn’ budgeting
9:13 PM on 3/14/2013
Congressman Chris Van Hollen warns the GOP budget would "sacrifice" the economy at the "altar" of austerity. Read More
Paul Ryan’s imaginary savings
6:56 PM on 3/13/2013
The House Republican Budget counts the repeal of Obamacare as 40% of the total deficit savings. But there's no rational basis for Ryan's assumption that the ACA is going to disappear. Read More
‘Ghana Must Go’ author talks immigration
5:18 PM on 3/11/2013
Taiye Selasi discusses the struggles faced by first generation immigrants in America, as represented in her new book. Read More
Senate Republican infighting: #awkward
3:31 PM on 3/8/2013
Sen. Rand Paul's marathon filibuster highlights the GOP's identity crisis on national security. Read More
President Obama to speak ‘soon’ on drone program
7:51 AM on 3/7/2013
Sen. Rand Paul launched a talking filibuster to demand answers on the White House targeted killing program, as the U.S. Attorney General says the president plans to personally explain the drone policy. Read More
The White House ‘closer’
7:11 PM on 3/5/2013
Joe Biden is poised to take on a larger role in the second term of the President's administration. Read More
If this is Friday, the White House must be dumping news again
6:51 PM on 3/4/2013
President Obama, like his predecessor, is fond of dumping unwelcome news late on Friday. Read More
