Politics
Republicans Hint at Legal Response To Obama's Minimum Wage Hike Plan
President expected to announce increase in minimum wage for new federal contract workers
Head of GCHQ To Step Down
Foreign office says the move has nothing to do with the Snowden revelations
NSA Names Its First Privacy Officer
Rebecca "Becky" Richards is leaving the Department of Homeland Security to take up the position
Rick Snyder's Artless Bailout Plan For Detroit
It'll set a bad precedent while preventing a deep restructuring
Sen. Tom Coburn Loses Oncologist After Enrolling in Health Plan Under Obamacare
Oklahoma senator announced he had cancer last November
Farm Bill To Include $9 Billion in Cuts To Food Stamps
$1 trillion dollar piece of legislation
Sen. McCaskill: Karzai is 'Divorced From Reality'
Lawmakers are increasingly frustrated with the Afghan president
57 Lawmakers Say They Will Endorse Clinton if She Runs For President in 2016
Two and a half years before convention
Amid Falling Supply of Lethal Injection Drugs Some States Consider Older Execution Methods
State representative in Missouri has proposed firing squads
John Boehner: Republican Leaders To Outline Principles on Immigration Reform This Week
Senate immigration bill was passed in June
"Duck Dynasty" Star Willie Robertson To Attend State of the Union as Rep. Vance McAllister's Guest
Congressman made the announcement on Twitter
Obama Approval Rating Highest in Hawaii and DC
Lowest approval rating in Wyoming and West Virginia
How Republicans Could Replace Obamacare
A new proposal from three GOP Senators tackles access and affordability.
Congressmen Invite Family of Kenneth Bae to State of the Union
Rep. Rick Larsen, who represents the district where the family lives, and Rep. Charlie Rangel, who is a Korean war veteran
Poll: Christie Approval Ratings at Three Year Low in New Jersey
Still at 48 percent; respondents also disapproved of proposal to lengthen school day
Pentagon Commission Reviewing 2007 Pension Raises
Some officers get paid better in retirement than when they were on active duty
Most Americans Shrug at State of the Union Spectacle
As President Gerald Ford once said, "the state of the union is not good"
Wyoming Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Exempt Up to An Ounce of Marijuana from Possession Statutes
$50 to $100 fines instead, because fytw
California Public School Students Suing Against Teacher Tenure
State DOE says nothing in the law prevents districts from removing bad teachers
Chuck Schumer Using Dead Autistic Child to Push Federal Tracking Program for Autistic Children
No tragedy the New York Democrat can't exploit for self-aggrandizement
Sarah Palin Defends John McCain From Censure by Arizona GOP
State party criticized his liberal record and the harm they said its done to Arizona
Obama to Propose Raising Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors
Expected to suggest a minimum rate of $10.10 at the State of the Union
Crony Capitalism vs. Market Morality
Finding an ethical lobbying line in a fallen age of corporatism
Hillary Clinton: Benghazi Her Biggest Regret
It certainly will be coming up a lot should she run for president
GOP's Obamacare Counter Plan Would Scrap Mandates
Would not require people to have health insurance
Guacamole Is the Real Winner of the Super Bowl
As is so often the case, popular and consumer culture are ahead of our political culture.
Most Minimum Wage-Supporting Democratic Leaders Don't Pay Interns
96 percent of them, in fact
