Its signature foreclosure-prevention plan having definitively failed to actually help very many homeowners, the Obama administration today announced its new strategy to get balky lenders to the table: Nagging. The U.S. government will start to pub...

Supported by $300 million from the economic stimulus package, the government will be offering “Cash for Appliances“, to consumers who get energy-efficient refrigerators, dishwashers, air...

It's entirely possible that this graphic from the Perot Systems website explains, or has something to do with, the company's keen interest in WaPo's Head Count database. Or maybe not. by Ken In March the Washington Post's Federal P...

Earlier this week, President Barack Obama signed the official Presidential Proclamation declaring today as a "National Day of Thanksgiving." It reads in part: Today, we recall President George Washington, who proclaimed our first national d...

Yesterday, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), a breast cancer survivor, accused Republicans of politicizing breast cancer. This afternoon, Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) — a doctor who runs a private orthopedic practice and serves as Chief of Sta...

Fox News reported this morning that Speaker Nancy Pelosi was working on her own draft of the health care bill -- which a Pelosi aide tells us is false. Fox had a breaking news item: "We are learning this morning that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is working on her own draft of the health care overhaul - including another push for government-run health insurance." Again, we repeat: A Pelosi aide confirms to us that this is false...

It's all right for Fox News, I guess -- it isn't as if they pretend not to be Fox News. Original tape after the jump...

A new report from the Urban Institute argues that a “strong” public option — one that is triggered in the event that overall growth in national health spending exceeds a pre-determined target —...

Zimbabwean human rights groups have called out soccer’s international governing body for letting Robert Mugabe, the country’s infamous leader, victoriously hold up the World Cup trophy—what they...

Republicans love to get their hands on the Democrats' health care legislation. They show it to the cameras at every opportunity, even piling one version on top of another to make a big pile look even bigger. Although they...

Confronted with the return of an offensive image of First Lady Michelle Obama to the top of its image search engine, Google is now using some of its own ad space to offer an explanation on how its results are determined. More on Mich...

Public Policy Polling has an interesting survey out today in which they ask about the generic Congressional ballot in the context of the Democrats' actions on health care reform. What they find is that Democrats initially lead the generic ballot...

It was just revealed in a NYT report that in 2007, Rep. Patrick Kennedy was told to stop receiving Communion by a Rhode Island bishop because of the congressman's public stance on "moral issues." Bishop Thomas Tobin divulged details...

In light of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's statement tonight--that he welcomes negotiations on a public option compromise--Sen. Chuck Schumer's spokesman Brian Fallon emails a statement to...

After a successful vote to begin debate on a landmark health care bill. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid addressed the news, first reported by TPMDC, that conservative Democrats are working with...

The Senate voted along party lines tonight to avoid a GOP filibuster and move forward with debate on historic health care legislation. The final vote was 60-39, with Ohio Republican George...

It's going to take him 100 years to get it all done, but Glenn Beck has a master plan. And to find out what it is, all you have to do is buy his new book. I have begun meeting with...

Conservative Democrats are making it very clear that they'll switch their vote and kill the bill down the line if the public option doesn't get stripped out of it. "Let me be perfectly...

The suspense has lifted. Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) will announce on the Senate floor this afternoon that she will vote to debate health care legislation. When she does, she will join her...

Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) takes issue with a George Washington University study, which found that his anti-abortion amendment to House health care legislation would ultimately cause insurance...