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The conference committee to merge the Senate and House financial regulatory reform bills begins on Thursday, but the negotiating has long been underway behind

A military veterans group is arguing that a Republican bill to block the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gas emissions would weaken national security by harming efforts to reduce dependence on oil. Operation Free , a coalition of veterans and national security organizations focused on the security benefits of clean energy, is condemning the Energy Tax Prevention Act as a short-sighted bill that would support continued reliance on oil producers that fund terrorism and endanger U.S

This little primer from the Wall Street Journal on bank nationalization is worth a look, especially if you are trying to figure out whether the government

Roy Moore has come a long way, done a lot of things and stirred a few controversies since the days when he made 85 cents an hour bagging groceries at a Piggly Wiggly. Moore has tried professional kickboxing in Texas, ranching in the Australian outback and politics in Alabama.

The congressional Democrats leading the effort to protect consumers from overdraft fees said today that, despite Tuesday’s news that Bank of America and JP

After prodding from President Obama, House Democrats have reversed their earlier position that condoms should be part of a stimulating economic package. This

The conference committee to reconcile the House and Senate versions of financial regulatory reform is up and running, with conferees currently hashing proposals

Secretary Clinton’s distortions are typical of a politician, said Marc Sageman, a former CIA official and terrorism researcher, who distorts reality to muster support for a policy.

Is this it? some asked. The few dozen Tea Party activists who made it to upper Senate Park in Washington this morning were confused at the size of the

An uneasy mix of town hall meeting and self empowerment lecture, Michael Steele puzzled some members of the crowd at Howard University.

In the latest bit of brazen slander from the right, Republican Senators are trying to invent a scandal about Justice Department lawyers who -- horror --

When Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania defected to the Democratic Party last week, there were questions about just what kind of deals had been cut with

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Remember when Condoleezza Rice, perhaps the most disastrously inept national security adviser in history, snapped at a Stanford student that the United States

The Obama administration may have just failed the first big test of its promises to end unwarranted government secrecy. According to a decision issued

Looking for a one-stop shop for everything President George W. Bush did wrong in the security arena? The progressive National Security Network has you

The Weekly Standard’s intrepid John McCormack tried, with some success, to ask Dede Scozzafava some uncomfortable questions. He got the N.Y. special election

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