The New York Times is also reporting now that the secret Bush-era CIA program kept from Congress and terminated last month by CIA Director Leon Panetta was a plan to assassinate top al Qaeda officials that was never implemented. This is additional co...

The most generous interpretation of what happened is that McCain's lawyer came up with an ingenious legal two step that allowed him to double dip in the campaign finance system, eat his cake and spend it too....

Most of the nets aren't showing it. But John Kerry's giving a really good speech on the foreign policy front. Knocking McCain for standing on an aircraft three months after 9/11 and calling out 'next stop Baghdad.'

When asked about criticisms of Sarah Palin's readiness to serve as president, McCain responded: "If they want to go down that route, in all candor, she has far, far more experience than Senator Obama does."

The Republican party is grasping on to the ACORN story as a way to delegitimize what now looks like the probable outcome of the November election. It is also a way to stoke the paranoia of their base, lay the groundwork for legal challenges...

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Sen. Franken's "rape amendment" was originally opposed by the Obama Defense Department. But now it's in the big defense appropriations bill. So how'd the difference of opinion get worked out? TPM's Rachel Slajda has the story.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid gets what could be an early Christmas gift - Sen. Ted Kennedy's widow Vicki is backing the health care bill. In a detailed op-ed scheduled for Sunday's Washington Post, Kennedy writes that her late husband...

With a major winter storm moving in, Senate staff is setting up cots in Hill offices to spend the night in preparation for an important procedural vote early Saturday morning that all 60 Democrats are likely needed for -- except TPMDC has confirmed...

Only hours left to nominate crooked and disgraced pols for this year's 3rd Annual Golden Duke Awards (and win glorious Golden Dukes T-Shirt). Instructions here.