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In Republicans’ deficit-cutting hysteria, one area that has been targeted for major cuts is the foreign affairs budget, which funds critical diplomacy and development programs. The longer we let [...]

Our political team spent a couple of days last week making the rounds of key congressional offices to strategize, feel out the new political landscape, and push for action on ending the war in [...]

The economic crisis has been dominating the debate lately, from Sen. Bernie Sanders’ epic floor speech to the president’s deficit commission to the raging debate about tax cuts. What is often [...]

The deficit hawks roaming the halls of Congress seem to have no problem reaching into our pockets to fund a war that is now the longest in U.S. history and shows no prospect of success.  [...]

Last week, Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY), chair of the State & Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee, announced that she would cut $4 billion requested for State Department and USAID [...]

Funding for nuclear weapons programs next year is now being proposed at about $7 billion — a 10% increase from last year. Released yesterday, the Fiscal Year 2011 budget for the Department [...]

In the midst of a struggle to provide health care for millions of Americans and create more jobs, President Obama has just announced that he will freeze non-security domestic spending at $447 [...]

By: Fareed Zakaria (editor of Newsweek International) http://www.newsweek.com/id/161204/page/1 Will someone please put Sarah Palin out of her agony? Is it too much to ask that she come to realize [...]

By GARANCE BURKE, Associated Press Writer Tue Sep 16, 6:58 AM ET ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Gov. Sarah Palin may eventually have said “no thanks” to a federally funded Bridge to [...]