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Organizations connected to the Service Employees International Union reported spending $759,000 in independent expenditures on the Massachusetts Senate race in

Activists see a potentially galvanizing figure in Gov. Sarah Palin.

The United States in 2010 slipped to third in the world in the amount of private capital invested in the clean energy sector, according to a recent report by the Pew Charitable Trusts . The U.S. saw $34 billion in private equity invested in the sector last year, a 51 percent jump from 2009, but China received $54.4 billion, increasing the lead it’s held over the U.S.

CIA Director Leon Panetta has just sent this letter to the CIA in advance of today’s anticipated release of the 2004 CIA inspector general report on torture --

Here’s new video released from Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s command in Afghanistan of McChrystal issuing post-speech strategic guidance to some of his deputies. He

Ben Smith has a smart preview of today’s primaries in Illinois, and an analysis of which candidates voter anger will help. One storyline that looks likely to be

Does the conservative Minnesota Republican congresswoman now support abortion rights? How else can one read the following statement, made earlier today Tuesday

Politico’s Laura Rozen obtained a formal dissent filed by a senior USAID development economist, C. Stuart Callison, against the development approach for

Romney appears to have endorsed federal mandates in 2008. Hoyer predicts it’ll take the House several hours to re-approve the health care fixes. One

A new form of obstructionism by Republicans in the Senate is delaying confirmation of Obama’s nominees for federal judgeships, writes Doug Kendall, president

Well, look at this: While we were riveted, watching that AIG public lashing on Wednesday, top executives other spectacularly failed companies -- Fannie Mae

It’s a tactic that puts supporters of Occupy Wall Street beyond the reach of pepper spray, and it spreads far and wide in a public and private way the message of crippling financial disparity that’s at the heart of the movement. It’s a literal take on the medium being the message.

And the first use of Orly Taitz in a 2010 campaign video goes to Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), facing a stiff challenge from former congressman/radio host J.D.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (Pic by US Mission Geneva, via Flickr) Eighteen Catholic colleges from around the country, including Ave Maria University in Florida, have asked the Obama administration to repeal a recent decision to include birth control in a list of preventive health care services. Catholic groups from all over the country have been the main opposition to a recent decision by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that would require insurance companies to cover birth control without making women pay a co-payment.

WorldNetDaily breathlessly reports the latest from the birtherverse: two owners of Chrysler dealerships are going to sue to get their businesses back, on the

Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), who’s been one of Sonia Sotomayor’s harshest critics and questioners at her confirmation hearings, just said to Sotomayor: “I

Rasmussen Reports gins up the does President Obama hate America and love Europe controversy — which doesn’t seem to be, er, denting Obama’s improving poll

Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) gets his first good news in a while with a Quinnipiac poll that has him recovering a lead over Pat Toomey, the GOP candidate who

I noticed something odd in Rep. Mike Pence’s (R-Ind.) floor speech today about conservative pundits, and Politico transcribed it. As evidenced by the hundreds

Jan Brewer’s gubernatorial campaign and the Arizona Republican party planned protests this week outside union offices to pressure them to end an economic

According to David Freddoso, the Department of Veterans Affairs has yanked Your Life, Your Choices: Planning for Future Medical Decisions, a guide to writing

Now that former Rep. Nathan Deal (R-Ga.) has finally secured the GOP nomination in the state governor’s race, Democrats -- including White House Press Secretary

... or actually, the pirates’ reprisals might be direct, too: Pirates attacked another cargo ship early Tuesday morning in the Gulf of Aden, continuing a spate

A vote on Harold Koh’s nomination to be legal adviser to the State Department is scheduled for 4:10 p.m. Yesterday, after cloture passed on Koh, I asked Tony