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So far it seems those banks and financial institutions fortunate enough to receive billions of dollars from the government are showing their gratitude by

Sen. John McCain said one substantive thing about Afghanistan in Friday’s debate: we should take Gen. David Petraeus’ Iraq strategy and move it a few thousand

ANCHORAGE -- In case trooper-gate’s not enough, Gov. Sarah Palin, the GOP vice presidential nominee, has another investigation on her plate. The police

If there was any question that Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) was enjoying his newfound celebrity, he was back on Sean Hannity’s syndicated radio show today -- his

In its 2008 annual report, Mariner Energy, the owner of the rig, paints a detailed picture of Vermilion Oil Rig 380, the shallow water rig that exploded off the

PHOENIX, Ariz. -- At a press conference at Central High School in downtown Phoenix this morning, Sen. John McCain received the much-sought after endorsement

Following up on my photos earlier, here’s some video from today’s tea party in our nation’s capital. It was a patriotic ceremony all around, and it kicked off

If you weren’t watching MSNBC at around 7 a.m. EST today, you missed some great television. TWI’s Spencer Ackerman appeared on Morning Joe alongside NBC chief

The Washington Post, this a.m.: President Obama, convening his fifth war council meeting in as many weeks, pressed his senior national security advisers

Though Republicans control the U.S. House and Democrats’ hold on the Senate took a hit in the 2010 election, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is trying once more to

Sunday’s inaugural same-sex marriages in New York were met by thousands of protesters blasting the New York Legislature’s passage of the Marriage Equality

A measure that would override city and county ordinances that help workers cheated out of wages by their employers cleared another hurdle in the state legislature this week. # The Senate Community Affairs committee on Monday approved a bill sponsored by Sen

Sen. Ted Stevens, who was found guilty Monday on seven felony charges related to his failure to disclose gifts from an oil services firm, told the Fairbanks

As Colorado’s state legislature is set to take up the issue of legalizing civil unions , Barbara Bush, daughter of former president George W.

For fourteen years, FAIR has sponsored a mass lobbying campaign they call Hold Their Feet to the Fire. This year’s event, days after the 9/12 taxpayer march on Washington, was the biggest yet.

We are now eight months into the Obama administration and the U.S. Agency for International Development still doesn’t have an administrator. The vetting process

Today, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia released a survey of 44 economic forecasters. The forecasters -- all economists in the private sector -- see a

Delaware Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell’s GOP primary victory might be old news, but her campaign’s financial improprieties dredged up during the primary

Via Derrick Crowe at The Seminal*, a new CNN poll has found that support for the Afghanistan war has dropped yet again, and now it’s at 39 percent, with 58

The Supreme Court will hear a case this session that could clarify whether states have the right to crack down on illegal immigration. The case, to be heard