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Breaking news from The Associated Press: the Iranians may in fact accept a crucial nuclear deal: Iranian negotiators on Wednesday expressed support for a deal

Legislation to restore federal regulation of fracking would not protect households that draw water from private wells because such wells are not overseen by the

Things just keep getting worse for Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.). An attorney for U.S. Sen. John Ensign says the senator’s parents gave his mistress and her family

New documents obtained by an environmental news service show that an EPA analyst believes that wastewater from fracking may be partly responsible for a fish kill in a West Virginia river. Scientific American reports : U.S

Well, that was fast. The Environmental Protection Agency has rejected a petition by environmental and conservation groups to ban the use of lead bullets and

Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) said today she stands by her hold on President Obama’s nominee for White House Office of Management and Budget director because the

Husain Haqqani, the Pakistani ambassador to Washington, assures Josh Rogin that he has yet to be fired. So who else isn’t resigning?

Political candidates often invoke God and spirituality on the campaign trail, but Rev. Richard Killmer, executive director of the National Religious Campaign

Lawyers and court-watchers have been eagerly waiting to see how the Obama Department of Justice will define an enemy combatant -- and wondering whether the

The growing furor over AIG executive bonus payments has President Obama concerned enough that he’s even speaking out against them now, The New York Times

The primary beneficiary of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline is a company that wants to refine tar sands oil into diesel and ship it to Europe while avoiding taxes, according to a new report by Oil Change International . TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline would move diluted bitumen — oil from the tar sands region of Northern Alberta, Canada — across the U.S. to refineries in the Houston area at the rate of 700,000 barrels per day

Former President Bill Clinton now says that letting Lehman Bros. fail was a mistake that wound up clinching the election for then-candidate Barack Obama,

OK, so I’ve now read S.454, the Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009, introduced today by Sens. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.). And it

On Wednesday, the Institute of Medicine will announce its recommendations about preventative health-care services for women to help the U.S. Department of

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California illegal immigrants could face a tuition hike at public universities if the state Supreme Court rules in favor of 42 out-of-state students who claim

The news that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg underwent surgery yesterday for early-stage pancreatic cancer has already led to much speculation about

The head of the new consumer financial protection bureau will be one of the most important figures in the financial world. This has led to serious speculation

Former Rep. Nathan Deal (R-Ga.), a candidate for governor who delayed his resignation from the House to vote against health care reform, was also fleeing an

If ever you want a distillation of the differences between Obama’s conception of how to handle the emerging problem of domestic extremism and how his right-wing