The White House is hinting that President Bush will sidestep the U.S. Senate by giving John Bolton a recess appointment to be the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.

The Judiciary Committee held hearings Tuesday on the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), which has become the backbone of our country’s fight to end domestic violence and sexual assault since it was first passed in 1994. The current Act will expire on September 30 of this year unless Congress and the President […]

The attacks by suicide bombers in London last week brings renewed focus to America’s own Railway defenses. Since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, less than $450 million has been spent on rail and transit security, compared to more than $24 billion on air security.

Even conservative commentators are starting to question the lack of clear benchmarks Americans can use to measure our progress in Iraq. David Broder picks up themes outlined in Senator Biden’s speech to the Brookings Institution in June.

On Friday, Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor announced her retirement. Senator Biden put out the following statement.