Climate change is an urgent national security issue. So says a recent National Intelligence Assessment and an influential group of retired military officers and defense experts at the Center for Naval Analysis, a nonprofit policy analysis group.
Left unchecked, they say, global…

What did Nancy know and when did she know it? Those questions are going to have to be answered by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and the sooner the better.

To avoid being a distraction from the debate on torture, Pelosi…

Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the United States of America today in Washington, D.C.

In his speech after the oath, administered clumsily by Chief Justice John Roberts, Obama asked Americans to work hard so that America…

President-elect Obama with Hillary Clinton and James L. Jones Jr. (AP Wirephoto)

As we know, there are known knowns. There are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns. That is to say, we know there are…

The telecom immunity bill surfaces again. Sens. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., and Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., vow to filibuster. That’s a promise we’ve heard before. Read it here, via Huffington Post.

And she returns like royalty. Politico reports on HRC’s return to the Senate.

Meanwhile, Bill…

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