“I just want the U.S. to send my father home”
The family of a Gitmo detainee twice cleared for transfer remains pessimistic, despite Obama's speech vowing reform
Friday, May 24, 2013 6:00 PM UTCPolitics Guantanamo, gitmo, Yemen
Barack Obama
Politics Guantanamo, gitmo, Yemen
Democrats may be even worse than Republicans at regulating Wall Street
A new bill making its way through Congress permits the kind of derivatives trading that bankrupted our economy
Friday, May 24, 2013 3:08 PM UTC 16Business RobertReich.org, Democrats
Eric Holder versus journalism
After AG signed off on warrant granting DOJ access to reporter's email, the question now is: Will Obama let him go?
Friday, May 24, 2013 1:30 PM UTC 31Politics Opening Shot, Eric Holder
A progressive defense of drones
As a liberal I was against drones reflexively. But the moral debate is more complicated than I'd realized
Friday, May 24, 2013 11:45 AM UTC 132Politics Drones, Targeted killing
Closing Gitmo is not enough
Obama admits "No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare” -- but fails to offer way out
Thursday, May 23, 2013 8:48 PM UTC 69Politics Drones, Targeted killing
Code Pink activist berates Obama at national security speech
"Will you apologize to the thousands of Muslims that you have killed?" VIDEO
Thursday, May 23, 2013 7:21 PM UTC 40Politics Video, Guantanamo Bay
Ahead of Obama’s speech, U.S. acknowledges four American drone killings
Letter from Eric Holder and reports on policy shift do little to allay concerns about endless, boundless drone war
Thursday, May 23, 2013 2:26 PM UTC 22News Drones, Eric Holder
Pic of the day: Barack Obama at prom
TIME released a picture of the President at 17, dressed for his senior prom in Hawaii
Thursday, May 23, 2013 2:10 PM UTC 24Politics Barack Obama, Prom, White House
Obama’s drone speech will probably be maddening
His proposed reforms appear positive, but will he continue to ignore the real arguments against his policy?
Thursday, May 23, 2013 1:15 PM UTC 17Politics Opening Shot, Barack Obama
Boehner: “Inconceivable” Obama didn’t know about IRS targeting
The House Speaker doesn't really buy that the President's top aides didn't tell him about the investigation
Thursday, May 23, 2013 1:14 PM UTC 10Politics IRS, John Boehner, Barack Obama
Obama to announce new effort to close Guantanamo Bay
But the Pentagon still wants $450 million for upgrading the prison
Thursday, May 23, 2013 1:02 PM UTCPolitics Barack Obama, Guantanamo Bay
Obama to address drones, Guantánamo
The president will deliver a speech at the National Defense University Thursday
Thursday, May 23, 2013 11:31 AM UTCPolitics Associated Press, Guantanamo
Lois Lerner, IRS disaster
The executive who took the Fifth has bungled this mess from start to finish. Why is she still employed?
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 4:43 PM UTC 106News Lois Lerner, IRS investigation
Experts: Fox News spying scandal a game-changer
Advocates see potential "sea change" now that government crackdown on leaks includes framing journalism as a crime
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 4:15 PM UTC 105Media james rosen, AP, First Amendment
Biden cracks Obama teleprompter joke
"Barack's learning to speak without a teleprompter," he said
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 4:07 PM UTCPolitics Joe Biden, Barack Obama
On freedom of speech, Obama-Nixon comparisons are apt
Comparing Benghazi and the IRS flap to Watergate is wrong, but on First Amendment issues this president disappoints
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 11:45 AM UTC 49Politics Barack Obama, Richard Nixon
FBI identifies 5 Benghazi suspects
Officials still don't have enough evidence to make any arrests
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 11:33 AM UTCNews Associated Press, Benghazi, Libya
Nate Silver: Why the scandals aren’t hurting Obama
Obama's approval losses could be "offset by improved voter attitudes about the economy," Silver argued
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 8:20 PM UTCPolitics Barack Obama, IRS, Benghazi
How to oust Michele Bachmann from Congress
Leading her in the polls, Democratic challenger Jim Graves tells Salon his plan to upset the Tea Party icon in 2014
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 7:43 PM UTCElections Jim Graves, Michele Bachmann
Aloof, shifty Obama: Nixon times ten thousand!
Our evil president managed to both mastermind the IRS flap and be such a bad boss that no one told him about it
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 3:07 PM UTC 44Politics Opening Shot, Barack Obama, IRS
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