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Immigration judges are denying fewer requests for asylum than at any other time in the past 25 years, according to a report out today from Syracuse’s

Official negotiations among United Nations members begin today in Vienna over a U.N. declaration to guide global drug policy for the next decade. As we’ve

Benjy Sarlin talks to Tea Party leaders -- the type of people who were supposed to be the targets of RNC fundraising appeals discussed in a leaked 72-page

The Tea Party movement is slowly starting to shift its focus to illegal immigration, an issue that’s beginning to see a lot of attention, with rallies during

Without any ceremony, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) took to the floor this afternoon and filed a motion to hold a cloture vote Monday on a 10-year,

UPDATED: March 28, 11:54 a.m. As The American Independent reported earlier this week, Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Cliff Stearns’ proposed Informed Choice Act

Anti-abortion activists recall Clinton-era consequences to rise in abortion clinic violence.

Last week’s speech from President Obama outlining his plan to withdraw from Iraq made a point to emphasize sustained diplomacy as a pillar of his strategy.

The White House just released a statement touting a provision in the financial reform bill, which President Obama signed into law Wednesday, that requires

In the how-dare-you-question-my-virtue category of political certitude, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Cal.) had a somehow refreshingly honest response

In his press briefing yesterday, State Department spokesman Ian Kelly took a beating over the fact that department bureaucrats didn’t revoke Umar Farouk

Just announced by committee chairwoman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.): “I very much regret the fact that the Republican side of the Intelligence Committee has

In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the white firefighters in the Ricci v. DeStefano case, overturning a U.S. Court of Appeals ruling

Meet Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), the only man in Washington who’s actively working to undermine legislation he’s in the process of writing. Graham’s

The United States Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals today upheld the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule passed by the Clinton administration for the management of more than 50 million acres of federal land across the United States designated as roadless areas. The Clinton rule limited road building on federal lands for industries such as mining, logging and oil and gas development, including more than 4 million acres in Colorado. The Bush administration set aside the Clinton rule, paving the way for more than a decade of litigation.

In December 2006, HarperCollins fired editor/publisher Judith Regan. News Corporation, the parent company that owns HarperCollins, said at the time that the

Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General John Yoo has been spewing his grandiose views on presidential power ever since leaving the Bush administration. So

As Tax Day looms (April 18 this year, thanks to the anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation), several recent reports serve as reminders that the wealthiest

Wondering what exactly is up with the Pakistanis capturing Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the deputy commander of the Afghan Taliban? Perhaps the beginnings of

After nearly two weeks worth of diplomatic tension, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told a room packed with thousands of American Israel Public

Greg Jaffe in The Washington Post, really earning his money. Anything I add would be redundant. Go read.