A House panel looks into the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy for the first time since its inception -- but they say nothing will change this year.
When the Illinois General Assembly sent Gov. Rod Blagojevich a budget that was $2 billion dollars short on revenue, he had to veto something. So far, the governor has ordered reductions of $1.4 billion. In Wednesday night's "Truth in Politics"
A powerful earthquake earlier this year devastated parts of China. CBS 2's Mike Parker reports that some volunteers from the Chicago area made the trip to help and now they're back home.
Republican Sen. Norm Coleman's re-election campaign has put out a new television ad that's sharply critical of DFL challenger AL Franken. With the election less than four months away, new ads from both campaigns signal the gloves are coming off.
Al Qaeda's foreign fighters who have for years bedeviled Iraq areincreasingly going to Afghanistan to fight instead, the Iraqiambassador to the United States said Wednesday.
Following yesterday's monumental screw-up by John McCain, proving once again that he either doesn't understand or has forgotten key elements about this war, McCain's campaign has responded to questions about his claim that the surge made the "Anbar Awakening" possible:
Six years ago today, Matthew Rycroft, private secretary to British Prime Minister Tony Blair, wrote a secret memorandum to the U.K.'s ambassador to the U.S., David Manning. The memo contained the minutes of a meeting held that same morning between
Memo to Republican candidates: There is actually an outer limit to fake outrage stories. Let's allow NJ-03 Republican candidate Chris Myers to demonstrate, shall we? Release Date: Jul 22 2008 Myers Demands Adler Apologize to Troops, Veterans, Military Families for
After months of trying to shame Obama into visiting Iraq, Obama is now on perhaps the most successful campaign week the entire campaign, and his trip was the hot media ticket. By contrast, the McCain press corps apparently numbers in
Seriously painful, arguably pathetic: WASHINGTON (CNN) - Barack Obama is not the only presidential candidate who will be front-and-center in Berlin this Thursday. Well, sort of. In the latest effort to counter-program Obama's tour of Europe and the Middle East,
Good news! I just got word from my publisher that the release date for my forthcoming book, Taking on the System, has been moved up two weeks to August 20. James Wolcott liked the book: A guerrilla manual for political
Um, Katharine? I wrote that post a year ago. The 2007 should've given that way. The AP's Ron Fournier really is a problem. BooMan tallies the candidates and elected officials who were present at Netroots Nation. There's a crapload of
CO-Sen: After a series of polls showing Democrat Mark Udall with a 9-10 point lead over Republican Bob Schaffer, here's the first one in a while showing a closer race. From Rasmussen: Udall (D) 47 (49) Schaffer (R) 43 (40)
Emptywheel has Karl Rove's answers to questions from the ranking Republican on the House Judiciary Committee -- you know, the committee before which Rove won't actually go to testify. It's written questions, no follow-ups, so basically Rove's dream scenario. Promising
