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A lot of Jonathan Alter’s (extremely credulous) account of the Obama administration’s fall 2009 internal deliberations over Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy will

WATERTOWN, N.Y. - The small conservative protest outside of yesterday’s rally for Democratic candidate Bill Owens brought out some of the people who’d backed

For most of the summer and through the Democratic and Republican conventions, I spent a considerable amount of time traveling with both Sens. John McCain and

The stock market dipped Monday following news that the S&P Index dropped its outlook on the United States’ credit rating from “stable” to

Speaker of the House John Boehner has contracted high-profile conservative attorney Paul Clement to uphold the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) on behalf of House of Representatives. Boehner has agreed to pay Clement initially up to $500,000 to defend the law, although analysts say that figure is sure to rise. Colorado Springs Christian right organization Focus on the Family celebrated the arrangement, touting Clement’s resume as one of the nation’s top attorneys.

A new group called Andrew’s Round Table, which is named for Cpl. Andrew Wilfahrt, a gay soldier who was killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan in February, has launched to educate Minnesotans about equal rights for same-sex couples

Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) will travel to Copenhagen this week to tell delegates at the international climate talks that the Senate will not pass legislation

Dr. Robert S. Nelsen, president of the University of Texas-Pan American in Edinburg, said that state budget cuts have dealt a particularly harsh blow to

The Supreme Court heard a case yesterday that serves as a good example of the complexities of immigration law: A Mexican-born man who grew up with an

In February, the director of national intelligence, Dennis Blair, told a congressional panel that there were certain counterterrorism cases that could involve

Amid all the reactions to last night’s vice presidential debate, one thing seems clear: moderator Gwen Ifill went pretty easy on Sarah Palin. Ifill may have

An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege. The program has already come under fire for being booked and presented in probable violation of Michigan laws related to sex-education programming.

As the Senate idles awaiting a procedural vote on unemployment legislation -- a vote that’s held up activity on all other pending legislation and nominations --

Following a ruling Friday by a federal judge, thousands of farmers who endured racial discrimination by the U.S. Department of Agriculture during the decades of the 1980s and 1990s should start receiving portions of a $1.25 billion settlement. U.S.

UK newspaper The Guardian reports today that U.S. Central Command (Centcom), responsible for military operations in the Middle East and Central Asia, has

On Thursday, the House Health and Human Services Reform Committee will hear a presentation on vaccine safety by a researcher who asserts that the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine may not be safe for children — and part of the basis for the concern appears to stem from her religious opposition to the use of human cells in the vaccine. The testimony of Dr

The Environmental Protection Agency finalized rules today that require the oil and natural gas industry to report its greenhouse gas emissions. While the EPA

Hearing pushed for public plan, sidelined in new Senate bill.

The Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it has granted a waiver allowing for gasoline to be mixed with up to 15 percent ethanol for vehicles of

Fox News presents a good test case for demonstrating how an unverified account of voting machine irregularities in Nevada can become a national story about how