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Muntader al-Zaidi, the 29-year old journalist arrested for throwing his shoes at President Bush this weekend, faced an Iraqi judge today. Via Siun at

We know what John Nagl of the Center for a New American Security thinks about the future of the U.S.-Iraq relationship. What does Samir Sumaida’ie, the Iraqi

Retiring Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel was once called (R-France) on the cover of National Review for his various conservative unorthodoxies. According to Sam

Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), who seems to have made a second career in this sort of thing, is accusing the White House of promoting Democratic power lawyer Bob

As more details emerge on workplace safety abuses in Michigan after the Enbridge oil spill, a new report by the Center for Progressive Reform argues the

In advance of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s audience with President Obama tomorrow, Meghan O’Sullivan, the Bush White House’s Iraq director from 2004

Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) didn’t mince words today in calling for the repeal of the long-standing ban on gay men donating blood. Not a single piece of

Speaking at Carnegie Mellon University yesterday, President Obama did what environmental advocates have been urging him to do for weeks now: He turned public

CEDAR RAPIDS — For nearly an hour Tuesday evening, former U.S. Sen

Mark Kirk and Sharron Angle break their silence. Angle says unemployment benefits should be cut to get jobless back to work. Kagan thinks there’s a

Rep. Denny McNamara, R-Hastings, told the South Washington County Bulletin on Monday that he hasn’t yet decided which way he will vote on a proposal that would codify a ban on same-sex marriage into the Minnesota Constitution

Today at TWI, we started running a series of stories on New Orleans five years after Katrina, trying to investigate some of the overlooked, unexpected

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Ah, the tease. By the time the McCain press corps boarded the Straight Talk Boeing 747 we had been worked up in a frenzy worthy of a Hannah

I reported last week that Cass Sunstein, the Harvard Law School professor whose nomination to run the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs is in Senate

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (Pic by US Mission Geneva, via Flickr) A federal health agency yesterday denied two states’ requests for waivers of a provision in the health care reform law that requires a profit cap for health insurance companies. Florida is currently waiting for a decision on a similar waiver from the agency. Via The Hill : The Department of Health and Human Services said Indiana and Louisiana do not need an adjustment from the health law’s medical loss ratio

On CBS’ Face the Nation on Sunday, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said he opposes prosecution of former Bush officials for torture, because even though the abuse

Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) is set today to unveil legislation overhauling the way the banking industry is regulated. On certain points, the Dodd bill mirrors the

Traverse City Commissioner Jim Carruthers and Traverse City Schools Superintendent Stephen Cousins were among the local officials who gathered at Traverse City’s public waterfront Monday to announce support for efforts to repeal the Emergency Manager law.

Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet on Friday sent a letter to U.S.

GUANTANAMO BAY -- As an addendum to my piece this morning, it’s worth noting an unexpected and unusual attack on the integrity of Omar Khadr’s attorneys and the

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