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On Thursday, Trita Parsi of the National Iranian American Council suggested that one way for the Iranian opposition to keep its resistance to the re-election of

The Texas branch of FreedomWorks has thrust itself into the debate over controversial higher education policies pushed by Gov. Rick Perry and allies. An online

President Obama, in an interview with Rolling Stone published on the web today, said he would push to pass energy legislation next year. While his commitment is

With an emphasis on help for civilians, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard Berman (D-Calif.) just issued a statement applauding President Obama for

Today, the House Ethics Committee released a number of documents related to the three charges against Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), accused of working to

Pontiac Emergency Manager Lou Schimmel’s recent decision to fire the city clerk led the ACLU to warn that today’s election has been jeopardized . The Treasury Dept., which is responsible for overseeing Emergency Mananger, however, says that it is not worried about the election.

You didn’t really think that Al Qaeda’s deputy leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, could become any more of an asshole, but it turns out that the intellectual architect

Here’s a quick wrap-up of today’s health care news. President Obama gave a speech today in support of health care reform at a General Motors plant in

The Alliance for Climate Protection, the environmental advocacy organization founded by Al Gore, says that ABC refused to run its TV spot promoting alternative

A civil rights group is pressing Sen. John McCain to disown the ugliest attack on voting rights in recent history, referencing a Republican scheme to

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee still has a strong lead with evangelical Republican voters in Iowa that helped give him a surprise 2008 win in the Iowa

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Two dozen Occupy Des Moines protesters are seeking a jury trial for charges of trespassing at the State Capitol grounds on Oct. 10, their lawyer says, while five have pleaded guilty. Wednesday about a dozen of the demonstrators appeared before a judge in Polk County District Court.

Whatever you do, don’t miss The New York Times’ epic interview with a Pakistani Taliban tactician about what has become a seamless conflict on both sides of

The Wall Street Journal reports: A suspected al Qaeda organizer once called the highest value detainee at Guantánamo Bay was ordered released by a federal

Here’s a brief summary of the day’s health care news. President Obama is slated to address a joint session of Congress on Sept. 9 to lay out more detailed

The Wall Street Journal picks up an extraordinary illustration of poverty and government assistance in America. At WalMart, before midnight on the 30th or 31st

The national oil spill commission has made headlines last week for its reports that heavily criticized the Obama administration for its response to the Gulf oil