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Just weeks ago, sightings of oily sediment washing up on Gulf Coast shores served as a pointed reminder of the continued devastation of last year’s Deepwater

Announcing the nomination of Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske to head the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the White House yesterday said it would

The Nov. 11 prayer rally at Ford Field being organized by The Call, one of the groups that was also behind Texas Gov

Most of California’s high-profile ballot initiatives -- from rolling back the state’s greenhouse gas reduction efforts to legalizing marijuana -- failed last

Is this mere coincidence? Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson says he’s considering using funds from the $700 billion rescue package to help homeowners avoid

Jason Linkins, in fine form after Jerome Corsi’s conspiracy ramblings about Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan and President Obama, does some reporting: I contacted Frank

A 16-year-old Illinois abortion parental-notification law was sent back to the circuit court for trial on Friday. The law, which states that a physician

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is testifying this morning before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee about his role in catalyzing Bank of

As the dust settles from Tuesday’s midterm elections, Latino and immigrant rights groups that worked to register Latinos and newly naturalized citizens to vote

I continue to receive emails from Gulf Coast residents who are battling with the Gulf Coast Claims Facility for compensation for their oil spill losses. Lonnie

Miss California, Carrie Prejean, arrived at the National Press Club today to introduce an ad she stars in (via footage of her famous gay marriage answer to Miss

I asked Geoff Morrell, spokesman for Defense Secretary Robert Gates, for a reaction to Gates’ victory in the Senate over the F-22 just now. Morrell: Secretary

As an update to my piece this morning, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday called Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who’s traveling in

House Minority Leader John Boehner entered the 14th Amendment fray Sunday, telling Meet the Press Sunday that granting automatic citizenship to babies born in

This morning, Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) said he will introduce a deficit-neutral version of the jobs bill. His Fiscally Responsible Relief for Our States Act

Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) said he would consider the financial regulatory reform bill over the July 4 Senate recess. He’s back, and he says he is a yes: I’ve

Former FEMA Administrator Michael Brown (you know, the guy that became a walking metaphor for the Bush administration’s slow response to Hurricane Katrina) is

The Natural Resources Defense Council released a report yesterday ranking the states that are most vulnerable to gasoline price spikes. The report is meant to

Digging through Wasilla’s municipal records is a lesson in the very essence of tedium. You’ve got pages of proposals to rename streets, assess sewers, build