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Former Bush administration officials are urging the Justice Department to soften the criticisms contained in an ethics report examining the work of the lawyers

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The national security adviser, upset by Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s recent speech, told CNN that it’s better for military advice to come up through the chain of

Obama’s new mortgage assistance program looks great, until you realize that it’s 2 percent of the money he unsuccessfully gave banks to fix the same problem.

It ain’t uplifting, but it’s arguably the most pressing issue facing the country right now, so after the jump, check out TWI’s Annie Lowrey and the omnipresent

Can someone please bring an element of coherence to U.S. policy on civilian casualties in Afghanistan? The New York Times reports that a military inquiry into a

Greg Sargent has the details of a very conveniently leaked House Democratic memo on tomorrow’s 9/12 Tea Party march on Washington. A top House Dem leadership

Documents released quietly over the holiday weekend raises doubts about the Bush administration’s portrayal of Gitmo.

Ryan Grim at The Huffington Post has a nice piece about former House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s recent foray into opposing the resettlement of Uighur detainees,

The New Mexico Independent’s Trip Jennings reports that Gov. Bill Richardson (D-N.M.) is getting in on some of that sweet, sweet executive privilege

Greg Sargent reports: Uh oh. It looks like GOP Senators may make an issue out of the fact that they were kept out of the loop on today’s announcement of the

Stepping off my usual beat for a moment -- Terry McAuliffe, the Democratic fundraiser who has faltered in his run for governor of Virginia, is out with a final

As Josh Kraushaar points out, that domain name has been snapped up by Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), the GOP’s likely 2010 U.S. Senate nominee, to politick against

CINCINNATI, Ohio -- As we noted previously, Sen. John McCain took a pretty harsh position on whether gays should be allowed to adopt children in a recent

The Response, a prayer and fasting event featuring rumored presidential candidate and Texas Gov. Rick Perry and financed by the American Family Association, has

In a big win for the pharmaceutical industry, the Senate on Tuesday killed legislation that would have made it easier for Americans to buy their prescription

In an interview with Sean Hannity on his ABC News radio show, Sarah Palin chastised President Obama for telling Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), during the health

Steve Rosen, who’s trying to derail Ambassador Chas Freeman’s chairmanship of the National Intelligence Council, says this about M.J. Rosenberg from the Israel