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In 2006, McCain voted against, while Obama supported, an amendment to provide $20 million to the Dept. of Veteran Affairs for health-care facilities. The

Economists call for Congress to put together wage subsidies to spur hiring.

As the first anniversary of Obama’s election nears, White House staffers and campaigners relive the moment. America’s top health insurers spent more than $8

This is a must-read: Jordy Yager’s report on the quartet of Republican members of Congress who’ve endorsed the investigative new book Muslim Mafia: Inside

After weeks of escalating Republican attacks on the Assn. of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN, for alleged voter registration fraud, it turns

You’re not going to believe this, but Scott Carney’s got a post up at Danger Room interviewing Somali pirates on their strategies for hijacking cargo ships,

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) made headlines a few weeks back when he killed the Democrats’ hopes of passing an unemployment benefits extension before the arrival

Speaking of Rick Santelli, The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart takes him on. (Santelli bailed out on an invitation to appear personally, as Jon Stewart put

This took pretty much forever. Rumor has it -- and it’s pure rumor, but blog-worthy rumor -- that there was friction over making former Clinton administration

The Los Angeles Times reports: The California Supreme Court today upheld Proposition 8’s ban on same-sex marriage but also ruled that gay couples who wed

Tallies are still unofficial in the Iraqi provincial elections, but from the perspective of Sunni participation in the political process -- one of the biggest

Sen. Barack Obama is on his first extended vacation of the campaign, but his aides are working hard to counteract Sen. John McCain’s recent celebrity offensive.

A six-pack of noteworthy tidbits from this week’s news: # Open government watch : Lawmakers poked some more holes in Florida public records laws this year, but this year’s rollback of open government requirements was “about average” compared to previous years . Gov.

Yes, I’m embarrassed by my headline, too, but what would you really do if you had to report this item? The U.S. Global Leadership Coalition is hosting the first

In a followup to yesterday’s news that a British court ruled that it would conceal information about the rendition and alleged torture of Guantanamo Bay

Two weeks ago, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce announced its support for sweeping climate legislation. The announcement surprised everyone -- including the Chamber

Jessica Barba, campaign spokeswoman for Rep. Tom Perriello (D-Va.), tells TWI that President Obama will stump for the embattled Democrat on Friday in

Economists often describe unemployment as cyclical or structural. Cyclical unemployment results from broad economic slowdowns: As the economy turns,

Sen. John McCain has the answer to the fundamental questions that have plagued economists for decades.

Out of context, the picture seemed ordinary, open to interpretation. It showed the butt end of five or six rifles, sloppily stacked in a pile inside an armored

Roll Call reports: Mexican President Felipe Calderon called for the reinstatement of a ban on the sale of assault weapons in the U.S. while reiterating his

On Wednesday, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) appeared alongside New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg at a New York police station to announce his intention to

Politico’s Laura Rozen had a good post this morning about agita on the Hill after the seemingly unimpeachable Kerry-Lugar-Berman bill that grants $7.5 billion