News & Politics

Afghanistan

Yes, it's Obama's war now

An uninspiring speech sells a dubious policy, but progressives who feel betrayed have only themselves to blame
Joan Walsh

Don't blame the White House for party crashers

Why are pundits trying to say White House staffers, not the Secret Service, are responsible for last week's lapse?
Mike Madden
Sarah Palin

Palin's book sales top one million

"Going Rogue" makes it very, very big
Alex Koppelman

Republicans play Scrooge

The truth of Christmas -- rejoice and show mercy to the poor -- is tested as we move toward universal healthcare
Garrison Keillor
Healthcare Reform

Nelson talks Stupak-like amendment for Senate bill

The Nebraska Democrat, a pivotal swing vote on healthcare reform, wants tighter restrictions on abortion coverage
Alex Koppelman
Lou Dobbs

Dobbs talking with CNBC

The former CNN anchor could end up going back to his business roots, if only for a time
Alex Koppelman

Holding on to the dream

As desperate California homeowners take a last shot at averting foreclosure, decimated communities try to survive
Andy Kroll
Afghanistan

What (sort of) worked in Iraq won't in Afghanistan

Good timing made Bush's surge look successful. Obama will probably enjoy no such luck
Juan Cole

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Tuesday, Dec 1, 2009 18:20 PST

Obama announces, defends Afghanistan surge

The president spent much of his speech about additional troops he's sending to the war on the defensive Video
Alex Koppelman
Tuesday, Dec 1, 2009 17:02 PST

"Afghanistan is not lost, but ... it has moved backwards"

The full text of President Obama's Dec. 1 speech about his plan to send 30,000 additional U.S. troops to the war
Tuesday, Dec 1, 2009 12:52 PST

White House talking "surge" in Afghanistan

The administration adopts its predecessor's favorite term, and says the president won't set a firm withdrawal date
Alex Koppelman
Tuesday, Dec 1, 2009 08:02 PST

30,000 more troops headed to Afghanistan

The final numbers are out in advance of President Obama's speech Tuesday night
Alex Koppelman
Tuesday, Dec 1, 2009 06:26 PST

A major defection in the conservative blogosphere

Charles Johnson, founder of Little Green Footballs, announces a final break
Alex Koppelman
Tuesday, Dec 1, 2009 04:01 PST

Police fatally shoot suspect

Alleged cop killer shot
Associated Press
Tuesday, Dec 1, 2009 03:31 PST

Has everything changed for women?

I talk to Gail Collins about what Mad Men gets right, black v. white women's rights and whether Palin is a feminist Video
Joan Walsh
Tuesday, Dec 1, 2009 03:02 PST

No one at the wheel in Afghanistan

A fraudulently elected president is presiding over an empty cabinet, while the parliament plays hooky
By Juan Cole
Tuesday, Dec 1, 2009 02:02 PST

Obama's exceedingly familiar justifications for escalation

The "new" approach to Afghanistan touted by White House officials seems quite old
Glenn Greenwald
Tuesday, Dec 1, 2009 00:01 PST

Obama aunt anguished by exile

"I carry my own cross," says famous relative caught living illegally in U.S.
By RODRIQUE NGOWI, Associated Press
Monday, Nov 30, 2009 20:01 PST

Poll: Rush most influential conservative

Outranks Cheney, Palin by more than 2 to 1
Associated Press
Monday, Nov 30, 2009 17:31 PST

Mike Huckabee's fatally bad judgment

Brutality by another Huck-pardoned criminal suggests the 2012 GOP hopeful listened more to pastors than prosecutors
By Joe Conason
Monday, Nov 30, 2009 17:30 PST

Unemployment: Going beyond short-term fixes

We need massive, permanent federal investment in infrastructure and public services, not symbolism like a new WPA
By Michael Lind
Monday, Nov 30, 2009 17:10 PST

Dem congressman: Bush deliberately let bin Laden go

Rep. Maurice Hinchey says the former president made the decision in order to have reason to attack Iraq
Alex Koppelman
Monday, Nov 30, 2009 15:31 PST

Oh, those wacky Birthers

The Washington Times runs an ad that relies on some eccentric legal theorizing
Alex Koppelman
Monday, Nov 30, 2009 13:50 PST

Moore a sign of things to come for Obama?

A prominent liberal breaks, in a big way, with the president over his Afghanistan policy
Alex Koppelman
Monday, Nov 30, 2009 11:50 PST

Obama back over 50 in Gallup poll

The president's approval rating rises above a symbolically important threshold
Alex Koppelman
Monday, Nov 30, 2009 10:31 PST

Supreme Court sides with Obama on detainee photos

The nation's highest court overturns a ruling that would have forced the images' release
Alex Koppelman
Monday, Nov 30, 2009 08:50 PST

Rumsfeld order allowed bin Laden's escape

A new Senate report says that American military leadership refused reinforcements to block al-Qaida leader's path
Gabriel Winant
Monday, Nov 30, 2009 08:01 PST

Police: Suspected cop killer not in house

After a night trying to communicate with the suspect, he's not there
By MANUEL VALDES, Associated Press
Monday, Nov 30, 2009 07:40 PST

Another black mark on Huckabee's record

A man suspected of shooting four police officers had an earlier sentence commuted by the former governor
Alex Koppelman
Monday, Nov 30, 2009 06:31 PST

On housing crisis, Wall Street feels no shame

While Americans suffer, glutted banks refuse to renegotiate mortgages or scale back bonuses
By Robert Reich
Monday, Nov 30, 2009 06:31 PST

Bigotry wins in Switzerland

By voting to ban the construction of minarets, Switzerland apes the most extreme intolerance in the Muslim world
By Juan Cole
Monday, Nov 30, 2009 06:01 PST

Woods' biggest challenge: privacy

He's fought to keep his life a secret, but it suddenly seems a losing battle
By DOUG FERGUSON, Associated Press
Monday, Nov 30, 2009 03:31 PST

The face of rotted Washington

Evan Bayh demands more debt-financed war - fought by others - while boasting that he's a stern "deficit hawk."
Glenn Greenwald

Glenn Greenwald