On his way to Kabul in March, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) suddenly found himself stranded in Dubai, banned from entering Afghanistan by Afghan Pr...
Rob Kampia | Posted 05.15.2012
The vote on a major medical marijuana amendment on the floor of the U.S. House on Wednesday night was an exciting development, even though the amendme...
The Huffington Post | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.14.2012
Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-N.Y.) vowed to continue to fight federal raids on medical marijuana after a bipartisan measure he introduced along with Reps. ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.11.2012
WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan measure that would have eliminated funding for federal raids on medical marijuana dispensaries in states where they're lega...
HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.08.2012
WASHINGTON -- Reps. Sam Farr (D-Calif.), Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) and Maurice Hinchey (D-N.Y.) have joined forces in an effort to cut off funding f...
HuffingtonPost.com | Max J. Rosenthal | Posted 04.23.2012
WASHINGTON -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai may not be able to silence his critics in Washington, but he can stop them from entering his country. On F...
Saleem H. Ali | Posted 05.07.2012
Threatening Pakistan with sanctions over an energy project with Iran will only worsen U.S.-Pakistan relations and make it even more likely that the country will espouse more malevolent partnerships.
Malik Siraj Akbar | Posted 04.29.2012
The future of a stable and democratic Pakistan largely hinges upon a free and fair press.
Assed Baig | Posted 04.29.2012
Freedom for the Baloch people is not the primary concern for the US, but countering China is.
Eddie Walsh | Posted 04.24.2012
"Now is a good time for the United States to assert its belief in the self-determination of the Baloch."
Saleem H. Ali | Posted 04.22.2012
Most Pakistani-Americans, including myself, are relieved that bin Laden is no longer able to plan acts of terrorism. However, what is missing from this narrative is the method used by the CIA to glean the information about his whereabouts.
Ediberto Roman | Posted 03.31.2012
Congressman Rohrabacher's baseless imagery of our schools being overthrown by the undocumented was either an amazing display of ignorance. Yet, the demagoguery went unchallenged. Why?
Posted 12.16.2011
By KEVIN FREKING, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON -- Republican lawmakers expressed doubts Thursday about the viability of California's high-speed rail...
HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 12.30.2011
WASHINGTON -- Members of Congress are calling on the Obama administration to end the federal crackdown on marijuana dispensaries in California, citing...
Bennet Kelley | Posted 08.20.2011
Are we still a government of the people, by the people and for the people or have the banks foreclosed on that as well?
AP | Posted 08.10.2011
BAGHDAD -- A U.S. congressman visiting Baghdad Friday suggested that Iraq pay back the United States for the money it has spent in the eight years sin...
Dar Williams | Posted 07.05.2011
Hemp has many uses, but it can't get you high. But it is the identical twin of marijuana, and for that reason alone it's illegal to grow hemp in this country. Sound crazy? It is, and finally some Republicans have had enough of this nonsense.
HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON -- The House overwhelmingly defeated on Thursday a nonbinding resolution to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by the end of the yea...
Gabe Gonzalez | Posted 05.25.2011
The immigration debate is not about law, not about fairness, not about justice. It's about race. Plain and simple. It's about the fear of more brown people coming into our society, our culture.
The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011
Twitter is just as good a place as any to criticize your former president, as Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) proved on Wednesday. The GOP congressma...
Michael Hughes | Posted 05.25.2011
The Afghan Diaspora wants to share its knowledge and talent with their native bloodline connections to bring peace and stability to Afghanistan through prosperity and government transparency.
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011
Democratic lawmakers from California are hoping that a proposition to legalize marijuana on the November ballot will help drive progressive voter turn...
Daniel Altschuler | Posted 05.25.2011
Supporters of last year's coup are demanding that the government let sleeping dogs lie, while their opponents fear The Truth Commission will fail to deliver an honest account of the coup.
HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011
Rep. Bob Filner (D-Calif.) introduced a resolution Thursday calling for the Obama administration to remove the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran...
Daniel Altschuler | Posted 05.25.2011
Last week, Honduran President Porfirio Lobo Sosa publicly acknowledged that the expulsion of President Manuel Zelaya from the country on June 28, 2009...
The Huffington Post | Max J. Rosenthal | Posted 05.22.2012