Oversight

Play of the Day: How, Exactly, is the NSA Using Its Resources?

Leno wonders why the surveillance program can’t catch that Nigerian Prince trying to get our bank information.

Oversight

Analysis: Four Theories on John Boehner's Debt Limit Strategy

In a conference call last week, Boehner said the GOP would push Obama on the debt limit, but not the continuing resolution to fund the government.

Oversight

The Case for Impeaching Obama

What do conservative activists think he's done to deserve it?

Oversight

Analysis: If Washington Wants to Derail the US Economy, This Is the Way to Do It

Wrangling over US fiscal policy is more than political theater. It has real implications.

Oversight

With Fiscal Fights Looming, Can Simpson-Bowles Group Get Congress to Move?

Fix the Debt effort has the cash to make campaigns difficult for uncompromising members.

Oversight

The Date for the Next Debt Ceiling Fight Has Been Set

Mark mid-October on your calendars.

Oversight

Energy Secretary: Obama Not at 'War' With Coal

Moniz also described climate change as 'not debatable.'

Oversight

Lawsuits Against IRS Piling Up

Exempt Organizations division targeted by tax publisher and atheist group.

Oversight

How Eric Holder Can Help Public Defenders and Their Clients

America's most powerful prosecutor is urging Congress to give funding back to defense lawyers. But actions speak louder than words.

Oversight

NSA Bugs United Nations With Enthusiasm, Documents Suggest

The agency also has bugs in 80 embassies and consulates around the world, Der Spiegel reports.

Defense

Analysis: What Snowden and Manning Don't Understand About Secrecy

Government often finds bad reasons to keep information hidden, but the recent indiscriminate leaks are foolish.

Oversight

GOP Wants Conservatives to Trade a Shutdown for an Even Bigger Crisis

Debt ceiling is a better 'leverage point' for concessions on Obamacare, aide to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor tells Reuters.

Management

It's Highly Likely the NSA Hoovered Up Mitt Romney's Emails in 2002

Prior to the 2002 Olympics, the NSA and FBI arranged to intercept all emails and texts in the Salt Lake City area.

Management

Uncanny Echoes of the NSA Debate From the 1970s

Before the Church Committee reports were released, Vice President Nelson Rockefeller described the shocking CIA abuses it chronicled as "not major."

Oversight

Lawmaker Seeks to End IRS’ Role as Political Arbiter

Campaign finance activists join Van Hollen in lawsuit to get at ‘root’ of targeting scandal.

Oversight

Against the Dollar Coin

The COINS Act aims to save the government money by replacing dollar bills with dollar coins.