Stevens Will Hang Up His Robe

Staff / Truthdig Apr 9, 2010 Liberal Justice John Paul Stevens has announced his retirement from the U.S. Supreme Court. The 89-year-old will step down when the court's term ends in June or July, giving President Barack Obama the opportunity to make his second appointment to the high court. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Remodeling Karzai’s Cabinet

Staff / Truthdig Jan 2, 2010 Hamid Karzai is having issues in his second term as Afghanistan's president. It seems that the Afghan parliament has nixed 17 of his 24 Cabinet nominees. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Picks ‘Country Doctor’ as Surgeon General

Staff / Truthdig Jul 13, 2009 If she is approved by the Senate, Dr. Regina Benjamin has a big job ahead of her as the next surgeon general during a time of upheaval in the health care industry. Luckily, given her résumé, she seems more than qualified for the position. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Another Nominee Bites the Dust

Staff / Truthdig Feb 13, 2009 Apparently nobody wants to be President Obama's commerce secretary. The second candidate for the post, Sen. Judd Gregg, has dropped out. The Republican senator cited "irresolvable conflicts," including the stimulus package and the census. That's what you get for trying to make nice with those fussy Republicans. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Nominee Confirmed or Your Money Back

Bob Englehart, The Hartford Courant Feb 5, 2009 Dig deeper

Yet Another Oscar Snoozer?

Staff / Truthdig Jan 23, 2009 Well, the Academy has spoken, picking this year's Oscar nominees, and they couldn't be safer or more boring except for those categories in which "Milk" figures in somewhere At least that's what the San Francisco Chronicle's completely unimpressed critic Mick LaSalle thinks. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Mrs. Biden’s Oops Moment on ‘Oprah’

Staff / Truthdig Jan 21, 2009 One of the cardinal rules for any politician or spouse thereof must be: Don't ever ad-lib on "Oprah." Jill Biden found this out during a taping of Winfrey's show on Monday when she let it slip that Barack Obama initially offered Joe Biden either the vice president position or that of secretary of state. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Holder States the Obvious

Staff / Truthdig Jan 17, 2009 Attorney general nominee Eric H. Holder Jr. has announced a groundbreaking hypothesis on waterboarding: It's torture. The position, which contradicts piles of Bush-era law literature defending the practice, is just one step in an avowed process to fix many of the problems riddling current Justice Department policy. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

One for the Workers

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Jan 13, 2009 Hilda Solis does not have star power. What the nominee for labor secretary does have is a record of loyalty to those who work and want to work, and who wish to receive in exchange a decent wage and a measure of dignity. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Palin Milks Georgia Runoff

Staff / Truthdig Dec 2, 2008 As Sen. Saxby Chambliss squares off Tuesday against challenger Jim Martin in Georgia's runoff election, a certain Alaska governor has managed to work her way back into the spotlight. Stumping for Chambliss, Sarah Palin continues to draw throngs of Republicans while others wish she would simply go away. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Rolls Out Economic Team

Staff / Truthdig Nov 25, 2008 To fix the ailing economy, Barack Obama has turned to two men who helped break it. On Monday, the president-elect announced Timothy Geithner as his choice for treasury secretary, and Giethner's former mentor in the Clinton Treasury Department, Lawrence Summers, as his pick to head the White House Economic Council. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Palin vs. Palin

Bruce Fein / Truthdig Oct 10, 2008 Would the Republican VP nominee vote for herself? During her debate with Joe Biden, Sarah Palin said "we have to fight for" and "protect" our freedom, but her party and the policies she seems to support have crippled American liberty. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )