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Last night, the Senate agreed to a proposal by Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) to reduce the funds available to TARP, the Troubled Asset Relief Program, from $700

This is my favorite rejection under the Freedom of Information Act ever. In May, following a wealth of disclosures about the role of the Survival Evasion

In an internal 2003 memo, then-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld famously warned that the struggle against terrorism would be a long, hard slog. His

House Minority Leader Rep. John Boehner quietly launched yet another fundraising committee last week to aid Republican efforts to take back the House this

Rep. Steve Pearce, R-N.M., told KUNM there is “no constitutional authority” for funding public broadcasting like NPR or PBS

The National Organization for Marriage is at it again, this time suing Rhode Island’s Board of Elections for the right to run TV ads in the state’s

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Much has been written about McCain’s inability, or unwillingness, to even mention the name of President George W. Bush. Huffington Post’s Sam Stein has a nice

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) looks forward to a public option, but Rahm Emanuel offers a new compromise. The Washington Post is not the only one hosting

That’s the word coming from Capitol Hill, where Democratic leaders are wary that Republicans would stall a formal conference, thus delaying passage of the

NEW YORK -- Despite a cold and steady rain, the 9/11 Never Forget Coalition managed to attract a few hundred people to Foley Square in downtown Manhattan today

Of the $1.9 billion worth of vouchers submitted by car dealers under the Cash for Clunkers program, the Department of Transportation has sent payments

Atrios, utilizing his trademark, uh, panache, offers a very well-reasoned response to the small but vocal segment of the Left who are angry about

This is the most stunning poll I’ve seen from Iraq since the war began -- not just because so many Iraqis think things are improving, but because the wide

The College Board, which oversees undergraduate and graduate school entrance exams, released results for the 2011 SATs, revealing mixed news: More students took

Although Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) has scheduled a committee vote on the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor for tomorrow, ranking

I saw in my RSS reader that four U.S. troops have died in Afghanistan in the last 24 hours. Hmm, I thought, I get emails from the International Security

Gen. Jim Jones is close to getting the job, according to Dave Rogers at Politico. If so, it would be a good choice. With Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton very likely

RedState’s Erick Erickson announces a blanket ban on conspiracy theorists at his site, taking some whacks at liberals and Clintonistas for starting the

Responding to the creeping notion that the government might be forced to swoop in and nationalize some of the country’s flailing banks, Washington’s financial

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