House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, at her weekly news conference, repeated her assertion that she was briefed only once on enhanced interrogation methods seven years ago, and she accused the CIA of misleading Congress. Pinocchio Pelosi House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday accused the CIAÂ...

President Obama’s endorsements of Bush-Cheney antiterror policies are by now routine: for example, opposing the release of prisoner abuse photographs and support for indefinite detention for some detainees, and that’s just this week. More remarkable is White House creativity in p...

Before it can clean up Wall Street or do much of anything else, the administration has to clean up the way it’s been trying to clean up Wall Street. Row Row Row Your Boat Obama! One central problem is the lack of transparency. According to some news reports, Treasury Secretary Tim Gei...

U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden is heading to Brussels for talks Tuesday with NATO allies as Washington seeks greater European support in Afghanistan.  Possible U.S. missile-defense systems and ties with Russia may also be on the menu. IGOR...I mean Joe... I need you to goto Afghanistan! ...

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Ahead of her first trip abroad as Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton said she planned to renew U.S. focus on Asia, which she suggested the Bush administration had ignored. In China, that new attitude of engagement has been cautiously welcomed. “...

Can the president ever govern in a bipartisan fashion if Republicans feel alienated already? Obama the centrist? Today’s topic: Congressional Democrats have insisted on passing the $819-billion stimulus package despite Republicans’ objections, even though Obama has called for b...