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Texas oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens, who’s leading a virtual march on Washington this week to push his energy plan, participated in a Center for American

President George W. Bush, the Treasury Dept., the Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. are all out in force today, as they should be. You own

A recent Salon article exploring the “surprisingly warm” relationship between Texas Gov. Rick Perry and the Muslim community leans on the Republican

Eight years after it was passed, the USA Patriot Act remains among the most controversial pieces of counterterrorism legislation in the so-called “war on terror.”

A crop of Tea Party candidates have been shaking up primaries and special election contests this cycle. But how have they actually fared in the contests that

... but that won’t stop me from sharing my Washington voting experience, and a few photos, with you. I cast my ballot this morning in the Petworth

A poll released by Elon University on Friday shows a majority of North Carolinians oppose a proposed constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. The

The Wright-Obama drama this week is more universal than racial, writes law professor and friend-of-the-site David Troutt. From Roman mythology to the Old

Former FEMA Director Michael Brown’s Obama oil spill criticisms are unlikely to rehab his post-Katrina image. Energy interests along the Gulf Coast will

Opponents of the Kennecott nickel sulfide mine under development west of Marquette are asking Attorney General Bill Schuette to investigate the process by which state regulators permitted the mine. Conservationist Laura Gauger and mining engineer Jack Parker say that the Michigan Dept

A new field manual, based on lessons from Iraq and Afghanistan, seeks to move the military away from its traditional role of fighting a hostile state’s forces to stabilizing weak governments. But can the service accept a subordinate role?

Today, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the independent federal agency headed by Sheila Bair that regulates banks and insures deposits, announced it

Speaking of ousted United Nations deputy representative to Afghanistan Peter Galbraith, Galbraith was recently accused in a New York Times piece of promoting

It’s been almost exactly 18 months since Philip J. Berg, a Pennsylvania lawyer and Hillary Clinton supporter, filed a lawsuit demanding that his state keep

Comedy Central host and super PAC architect Stephen Colbert considered Gov. Rick Perry’s entry into the “embarrassment… of riches” that makes up the

That’s the apparently sincere wish of Larry Kudlow: With so many weak-kneed leaders in business and politics today, Gregg has just provided an incredibly

Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-W.Va.) tonight became the second incumbent in a week to be ousted by his own party, losing to state Sen. Mike Oliverio 56-44 percent in

In times of economic downturn, young people often bemoan their job prospects: The ranks of the unemployed swell with people slightly older, more experienced and

U.S. District Judge Ellen Huvelle this morning denied the government’s attempt to further delay the hearing of Guantanamo Bay prisoner Mohammed Jawad and, as