The Washington Post’s Peter Slevin and Peter Finn report that it is likely the Obama administration will turn Thomson Correctional Center in Thomson, Illinois into a federal prison by “late winter,” enabling the housing of Guantanamo detainees. As my...

Washington Post Obama administration will formally declare danger of carbon emissions –  Juliet Eilperin reports on EPA move to declare excess CO2 a danger to public health Millions’ worth of gear left in Iraq — Ernesto Londoño looks into U.S....

The Washington Post’s Ernest Londono has a really interesting piece on war resources: as it draws down from Iraq, the U.S. military is giving equipment like passenger vehicles to the Iraq government. Some military officials in Afghanistan are upset...

The New York Times’ Jackie Calmes relays a Treasury Dept. report that the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program, b/k/a “The Wall Street bailout,” will not actually cost taxpayers $700 billion. Instead the number will be closer $42 billion:...

Thomson, Illinois A day after Attorney General Eric Holder revealed his plan to try alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed in federal court, the Chicago Tribune reported another change in the “war on terror” – the White House’s initiative...