Obama Wants "Emergency" Extension of Unemployment Benefits After Signing Spending Bill That Has It Expiring Today For 1.3 Million People
Took a break from his Hawaii vacation
Law & Government
Does the Bell Toll for Excessive Public Pay?
Increasingly, the public may be seeing that the problem isn't a handful of officials who illegally gamed the system, but a system that allows a powerful minority to legally game the majority.
Veterans and Lawmakers Pushing To Prevent Military Benefits Cuts
Obama signed the spending bill implementing the changes yesterday
Don't Let Other Countries Declare War For America
The American people should know that a pending bill could commit the United States to go to war against Iran.
Obama Says Congress Needs To Do More on Guantanamo Bay
Lawmakers have already eased restrictions on transferring detainees
Virginia Bill Would Ban 'Political Retaliation' by State Lawmakers
Result of threats made against a PAC because of its endorsement
Congress Looks to Push for More Foreign Adoptions
Of course, they're doing so by considering making more bureaucracy
Even Santa Can't Survive the Red Tape
Sooner or later, if we restrain the regulators, the market might even produce flying sleighs.
NSA Panel To Appear Before Senate Committee on Reform Proposals
Review panel has made 46 recommendations
Sen. Wyden in Line to Replace Baucus as Finance Committee Chair
Notable critic of NSA behavior
Family of Man Killed by LAPD after Car Chase to Sue for $20 Million
Was unarmed; shooting aired on live television
Pro-Gun Group Unhappy About Brown as Possible NH Candidate
Leans a little too left on gun control for some's liking
Bay Area Special Needs Student Abuse Case Settled for $8 Million
Teacher accused of physical, emotional and verbally mistreating them
Detroit May Sue Banks to Get Better Debt Deal
Over controversial credit swap meant to deal with pension problems
Yellen Set Up for Confirmation Vote in January
Only five Senate Republicans support putting her name to vote
Obama Formally Nominates Baucus as Ambassador to China
Had been revealed earlier in the week
The NSA Recommendations: Preventing Turnkey Totalitarianism
The White House panel's recommendations for NSA reform are a start, but more needs to be done-and soon.
Slouching Toward Bankruptcy
The longer Washington puts off Social Security reform, the worse the shock will be.
Senate Passes Latest Defense Biill, Includes Measures Against Sexual Assault in the Military
Not even sex assault officers have been immune from sex assault allegations
Sen. Majority Leader Reid Joins Call to Change Name of Washington Redskins
Should be more concerns about sports subsidies
Gym Teacher Claims He Was Fired for Being Straight, Having Family
Says athletic director biased in favor of younger women with no children
Three Congressmen Announce They Will Not Seek Re-Election in 2014
Rep. Jim Matheson (D-Utah), Rep. Tom Latham (R-Iowa), and Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.)
Rand Paul Mulling Class-Action Suit Against NSA
Monday ruling makes possibility more likely
BP Sues Lawyer, Accusing Him of False Oil Spill Claims
Firm says he fraudulently claimed to represent thousands of people affected by oil spill to get money
Of Course the Law Should Tolerate Plural Marriages
A legal battle in Utah shows how misguided a crackdown on polygamy can be.
David Brooks' Paean to Presidential Power Is Year's Worst Op-Ed
You'd think it's nearly April Fools' Day, not Christmas.
Recent NSA Ruling Applauded By Some Lawmakers on Capitol Hill
Federal judge ruled the intelligence agency's metadata program was likely unconstitutional
