News & Politics

Pakistan interrogation center bombed, killing 12

BABAR DOGAR, Associated Press — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:52:00 PST

A suicide car bomber Monday struck a building where police interrogate high-value suspects in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore, killing at least 12 people and wounding 61 more including women taking children to school, officials said.

Massa accuses Emanuel, others of setting him up

Alex Koppelman — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:15:00 PST

The last day that Rep. Eric Massa, D-N.Y., spends in Congress will not be a quiet one.

Iraq awaits election results, parties claim gains

BEN HUBBARD, Associated Press — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:25:00 PST

Iraqi coalitions and political parties jockeyed Monday for position following the country's pivotal vote meant to usher in the next government, as the election commission head estimated a turnout of 55 and 60 percent.

Earthquake flattens Turkish villages, kills 51

KADIR KONUKSEVER, Associated Press — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:04:00 PST

A strong, pre-dawn earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6 struck eastern Turkey on Monday, killing 51 people as it knocked down stone and mud-brick houses and minarets in at least six villages, the government said.

Liz Cheney wants to save torture's good name (and her dad's)

Gabriel Winant — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:09:00 PST

Toward the end of their term in office, President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney were fond of saying that they weren’t worried about their dreadful approval ratings. History would vindicate them, and that's what matters.

Looks like a fight for Rangel's gavel after all

Steve Kornacki — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:08:00 PST

National Journal’s Rich Cohen has picked up on an interesting Boston Globe report from Friday that, he notes, seems to have gotten lost over the weekend: There may yet be a fight to replace Charlie Rangel atop the House Ways and Means Committee.

This week in crazy: Jim Bunning

Mike Madden — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 07:45:00 PST

There was one thing Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Ky., did this week that only seemed crazy. Trying to flee reporters on Monday, Bunning ducked into an elevator in the Hart Senate Office Building and insisted they stay out. "Excuse me, this is a senator-only elevator," Bunning growled repeatedly (before flipping off the reporters who were trying to talk to him).

The right kind of bigotry

Glenn Greenwald — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:07:00 PST

From the long-time Editor-in-Chief and owner of The New Republic, this morning:

Michele Bachmann: Political centrist?

David Jarman — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:01:00 PST

National Journal unveiled its annual list of the most liberal and most conservative members of Congress last week and once again each category is headlined primarily by nobodies.

It's the Democrats' House, but the map belongs to the GOP

Mark Greenbaum — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:02:00 PST

Republicans have a secret weapon in their bid to win back control of the House of Representatives this fall: low-hanging fruit.

Injured abroad, neglected at home

T. Christian Miller — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:01:00 PST

In her first public address after taking office, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis promised to increase enforcement of laws designed to protect workers.