John McCain and George W. Bush argue that maintaining high levels of U.S. troops in Iraq is essential for the security of Iraq, the region, the world,...
Reuters | Aseel Kami and Waleed Ibrahim | Posted 01.22.2008 | Politics
Iraqi lawmakers have refused to pass the 2008 budget because of rows over allocations, including how much money to give the autonomous Kurdistan regio...
Washington Post | Mowaffak al-Rubaie | Posted 01.18.2008 | Politics
Iraq's government is at a stalemate. As in the United States, there is much discussion here of the need for political reconciliation. What does that m...
NY Times | Solomon Moore | Posted 01.14.2008 | Politics
A day after the Iraqi Parliament passed legislation billed as the first significant political step forward in Iraq after months of deadlock, there wer...
Robert Dreyfuss | Posted 12.21.2007 | Politics
By riding roughshod over parliament, Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki are teaching Iraqis that they have no respect at all for democracy and the rule of law.
AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 12.06.2007 | Politics
Iraqi legislators suspended parliamentary sessions Thursday for the rest of the month to mark the Muslim religious season -- the end of much-delayed e...
Los Angeles Times | Ann M. Simmons | Posted 11.29.2007 | Politics
Dozens of Iraqi lawmakers walked out of parliament Wednesday to protest what they view as overly aggressive and humiliating treatment by U.S. soldiers...
In a candid interview via satellite from China, Olympic...
Update: Keith Olbermann had Rachel Maddow on "Countdown" Tuesday night to celebrate...
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Obama's been to Hawaii. We're moving...
I've read the comments. I know what some of you think. Yawn. It's not a story. He's not...
LOS ANGELES — Barack Obama is getting praise from Nashville, courtesy of one...
The New York Times' Kit Seelye is backing up NBC's Andrea Mitchell, who reported on...
Michael Phelps, Michael Phelps, Michael Phelps. With all the play his name gets right now,...
NEW YORK — The suspense didn't quite compare to the identity of "Deep Throat,"...
As much as I dreaded turning 30, believe it or not I'm actually starting to...
Turning conventional neuroscience on its head, new research suggests the...
BURKE, N.Y. -- Everywhere that Janet and Ken Tacy...
Mother Jones | David Corn | Posted 06.12.2008 | Politics