Here are some of the highlights. Since September 11, 2001, the U.S. government has created or reconfigured at least 263 organizations to tackle some aspect of the war on terror. The amount of money spent on intelligence has risen by 250 percent, to $75 billion (and that's the public number, which is a gross underestimate). That's more than the rest of... Read More

Writing in these pages in early 2008, we put the total cost to the United States of the Iraq war at $3 trillion. This price tag dwarfed previous estimates, including the Bush administration's 2003 projections of a $50 billion to $60 billion war. But today, as the United States ends combat in Iraq, it appears that our $3 trillion estimate (which... Read More

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday called President Barack Obama "tone deaf" to the voices of the American people, slamming the president for putting forth the "most liberal agenda of modern times." "The only way the president could possibly survive is [by coming] back to the middle," Graham said on NBC's "Meet the Press." "He's tone deaf - putting... Read More

At least five of the 34 House Democrats who voted against their party's health care reform bill are highlighting their "no" votes in ads back home. By contrast, party officials in Washington can't identify a single House member who's running an ad boasting of a "yes" vote - despite the fact that 219 House Democrats voted in favor of final passage in... Read More

With the rise in the unemployment rate to 9.6% eighteen months after taking over as President, and Gallup showing a 3 point one-day drop in his approval rating among American Adults and Rasmussen showing a 5 point one-day drop in his approval index of voters and the chances of losing control of both Houses of Congress looking more possible every day, is... Read More