Karzai Accuses Taliban of Serving U.S. Interests, Slams (Nonexistent) U.S.-Taliban Talks

Juan Cole / Truthdig Mar 11, 2013 Once again, the erratic president of Afghanistan had US officials shaking their heads in disbelief after he gave a speech in which he blamed the interactions of the U and the Taliban for his country’s security problems. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Senate Confirms Hagel, GOP Lawmaker Says Cheney Going to Hell, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Feb 27, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including Chris Christie being omitted from a major conservative event and Stephen Colbert breaks character to make his first political endorsement. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Breitbart Editor Believes Hoax About Hagel’s Ties to ‘Friends of Hamas’

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Feb 21, 2013 After getting suckered into reporting a fake story that defense secretary nominee Chuck Hagel had ties to a terrorist organization, Breitbart.com editor-at-large Ben Shapiro is refusing to admit his error, choosing instead to stick by the false piece. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Hagel Nomination Stalled

Daryl Cagle, CagleCartoons.com Feb 19, 2013 Dig deeper

German Spies’ Sex for Secrets Replaced by Free Love

Staff / Truthdig Feb 18, 2013 The location of a former training camp where Stasi operatives were taught to retrieve secrets through sex now houses a free-love commune; filibuster reform was blocked and now, for the first time in history, a secretary of defense nomination has been filibustered; meanwhile, Al-Jazeera has been accused of developing a political agenda since the Arab Spring. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Hagel Attack

Steve Sack, Cagle Cartoons, The Minneapolis Star Tribune Feb 18, 2013 Dig deeper

‘Left, Right & Center:’ A Hagel Filibuster, SOTU, Pope and North Korea

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 16, 2013 Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other "Left, Right & Center" panelists take on the Senate Republicans' filibuster of Chuck Hagel, the president's State of the Union speech, North Korea's nuclear test and the pope's resignation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Senate Republicans Take a Stand Against the Public Interest

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Feb 15, 2013 It is bizarre that Chuck Hagel, a war hero with a long record of sensible views on the deployment of military power, gets blocked as the president's nominee to run the Pentagon, while Jack Lew, steeped in Wall Street greed, sails through as Treasury secretary.It is bizarre that war hero Chuck Hagel gets blocked as the president's nominee to run the Pentagon, while Jack Lew, steeped in Wall Street greed, sails through as Treasury secretary. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Republicans Block Hagel, Stewart Ridicules Rubio, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Feb 15, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including the retirement announcement of a longtime U.S. senator and a tea party group comes under fire after details of a Hillary Clinton "sex tape" emerge. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

GOP Lawmaker’s ‘Socialist’ Obama Claim, Will Ferrell’s Mayoral Endorsement, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Feb 14, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including an assertion made by Sen. Marco Rubio during his SOTU response is questioned and the Republicans' so-called Benghazi witch hunt makes its way into Treasury secretary nominee Jack Lew's confirmation hearing. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Senate Passes VAWA, O’Reilly Visits Letterman, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Feb 13, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including an excerpt from President Obama's State of the Union speech and Chuck Hagel clears a big hurdle in the Senate. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

A State of the Union Preview, ‘SNL’ Mocks GOP on Israel, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Feb 12, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including Nate Silver's warning to Karl Rove and the latest Republican threat against defense secretary nominee Chuck Hagel. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )