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I talked briefly to former Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.) last night, before he addressed the inaugural meeting of Young Americans for Western Civilization, a new

Yesterday at the Heritage Foundation, U.K. Secretary of State for Defence Liam Fox spoke about the state of the war in Afghanistan. He argued that effective

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has added four new members to his Iowa leadership team that represent all three sections of the state

A new round of confrontation between demonstrators in Des Moines and law enforcement may erupt Friday night when a temporary permit allowing for 24-hour occupation of grounds on the west side of the Iowa Capitol expires. Participants and supporters of the Occupy Des Moines movement — a loosely-knit group that generally objects to perceived ongoing political and economic inequalities — are currently meeting to discuss a possible path ahead if their permit, state officials say was only issued for a three-day time period, expires at 11 p.m

CNN political reporter Peter Hamby has the non-Iran tweet of the day: What is it with those two?

This afternoon, health advocates and Medicaid recipients are protesting the state’s plan to privatize Medicaid in front of WellCare’s corporate headquarters in Tampa. WellCare is one of the insurance companies that could receive Medicaid recipients and taxpayer funds if the federal government approves Florida’s plans. The protest is being led by Florida PIRG , a public interest group in the state that also released a report (.pdf) today that criticizes the state’s plans to expand the Medicaid Reform Pilot statewide.

Speaking at the Center for a New American Security’s annual Washington policy conference, Michele Flournoy, the undersecretary of defense for policy (and CNAS

The Judiciary subcommittee didn’t, ultimately, get a copy of Philip Zelikow’s 2005 memorandum opposing torture, written when he was counselor to the State

GUANTANAMO BAY -- The prosecution in Omar Khadr’s pre-trial hearing screened what may be its trump card when the actual trial portion of the military commission

As we noted, the White House and Senate Democratic leaders yesterday killed legislation that would have significantly lowered prescription drug prices for

In another fascinating segment from CNN’s immigrant attack dog Lou Dobbs, the popular prime-time anchor last night accused President Obama of pandering to

Rassmussen Reports, the pollster whose surveys of likely voters most often show the worst numbers for President Obama and the Democrats, finds support for

Speaking of returning the United States to an active role in Arab-Israeli peace processing, here’s a statement just issued by new White House press secretary

So now that Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman is the de facto Republican candidate in NY-23, what happens? Local Republican parties in the district,

The Natural Resources Defense Council says that last weekend’s leak of 42,000 gallons of oil into the Yellowstone River, along with more than 800,000 gallons spilled into the Kalamazoo River last year and a rash of pipeline leaks along the Keystone I pipeline, should convince the State Department to nix the Keystone XL pipeline. As we saw from the BP oil spill disaster in the Gulf, toxins in the oil can take a lethal toll on aquatic life of all kinds. Exposure to these toxins can also cause genetic damage, liver disease, cancer and harm to reproductive and immune systems

The eighty-eight applicants to officially declare their interest for Jerome Block Jr.’s vacated District 3 commissioner of the Public Regulation Commission, seat include: an American Telepsychiatrists sales representative, the owner of a Santa Fe optical store, a substitute teacher, a musician, a rancher, a stay-at-home dad, a solar-power products designer, a graphic designer of a free monthly newspaper, an insurance agent, a resort director and an equipment maintenance technician at Intel. Fred Nathan and Jason Espinoza, directors at Think New Mexico, a think tank that released an influential assessment of the PRC one week ago, say they have never heard of most of the candidates.

As the presidential campaign draws to a close, election reformers, best known for battling GOP-led vote suppression efforts, are tuning out any talk of a Sen.

Over the weekend, residents of Southwest Ranches — a town in western Broward County — protested the proposed construction of a privately run immigration detention center. # Southwest Ranches has partnered with the private prison firm Corrections Corporation of America — which manages approximately 75,000 inmates in more than 60 facilities in 19 states and the District of Columbia.

ALEXANDRIA, VA. -- Outside of the Collingwood Library and Museum, a stately home a few miles down the highway from Washington, D.C. -- and a few miles north of

So President Bush took on the enormous task of explaining the financial crisis to Americans in simple, clear terms last night - and singled out Fannie Mae and

The Comcast’s acquisition of a controlling stack in NBC Universal, approved on Tuesday by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), included a stipulation