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Jim VandeHei Talks Politico Pro

“We’re going to dig really deep… really cover what’s happening.”

By Joel Meares   Nov 16, 2010 at 03:44 PM

Politico has just announced it will be launching a subscriber service, Politico Pro, next February. According to a press release,... More

Leakapalooza on the Hill

Public relations bends this morning’s banking committee previews

By Dean Starkman   Nov 16, 2010 at 12:45 PM

Bank of America previewed and helped to soften its executives' planned apology before Congress today by letting the Times... More

The Education of Congressman-Elect Andy Harris

What does he know about health insurance?

By Trudy Lieberman   Nov 16, 2010 at 12:33 PM

Politico published a rather astonishing story yesterday that should make the constituents of Maryland’s first congressional district scratch their heads... More

Good Ship MSNBC Prone to Leaks

Is it a trickle-down effect?

By Joel Meares   Nov 15, 2010 at 02:54 PM

There must be something in the water at 30 Rock, the spiritual and actual home of news-breaker/news-maker MSNBC. It feels... More

The Treasury Stops by Freakonomics

By Felix Salmon   Nov 14, 2010 at 11:31 PM

I love the way that Michael Mundaca, the assistant Treasury secretary for tax policy, has taken to the blogs to... More

Re-examining the mortgage interest deduction

By Felix Salmon   Nov 14, 2010 at 11:21 PM

One of the positive effects of the deficit commission report is the way that it has brought the stupid mortgage-interest... More

The NYT’s attempt to fix the budget

By Felix Salmon   Nov 14, 2010 at 11:05 PM

In the wake of his excellent rent-vs-buy calculator, David Leonhardt has helped create another interactive tool, this one called... More

Database Shows L.A. its “Worst Legislator”

But is it fair? And is it news?

By Joel Meares   Nov 12, 2010 at 03:39 PM

San Jose Mercury News social services reporter Karen de Sa earned accolades this July for an investigative series which revealed... More

Well, What Do You Know, Sherlock?

The media discover Social Security

By Trudy Lieberman   Nov 12, 2010 at 03:15 PM

Ouch! That was the media’s general reaction yesterday to the ideas in the report issued by the co-chairs of the... More

The Education of Sen. Bennet

NPR passes along misinformation about Social Security

By Trudy Lieberman   Nov 11, 2010 at 11:34 AM

The squeaker victory of Colorado’s Sen. Michael Bennet landed him a spot on NPR’s Morning Edition the other day, and... More

“Might” of Politico

Two stories on 2012 show the website stretching

By Joel Meares   Nov 10, 2010 at 01:29 PM

Midterms are over, the prez is in Asia, and Olbermann’s back at his desk—what’s a niche political site to do?... More

Gag Time in Cairo

An interview with Egyptian journalist Ibrahim Eissa

By David Lepeska   Nov 9, 2010 at 01:42 PM

Few leaders stay in power for thirty years without occasionally embracing their inner gangster. So it is that the aging,... More

What Should John Boehner Do?

Kaiser asks the health cognoscenti

By Trudy Lieberman   Nov 8, 2010 at 11:24 AM

One of the more interesting and informative pieces of journalism to cross my computer screen in recent months was a... More

A Referendum on Energy Issues?

Not so fast

By Curtis Brainard and Cristine Russell   Nov 5, 2010 at 05:14 PM

There is something ironic about the post-election surge of articles about the environmental consequences of various outcomes at the polls... More

Olbermann Out For Now

But was it the right call?

By Joel Meares   Nov 5, 2010 at 04:21 PM

MSNBC head honcho Phil Griffin announced this afternoon that he was suspending Countdown host Keith Olbermann indefinitely, after it... More