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Not long ago, a number of foreign-policy progressives in the Obama orbit vented to me about how they were concerned Hillary Rodham Clinton would shut them out

Though Exxon Mobil initially insisted that the pipeline that ruptured and spilled into Montana’s Yellowstone River this month carried only low sulfur crude from Wyoming, the company has now acknowledged that the pipeline is used to transport tar sands crude from Alberta. Oil from the Canadian tar sands is produced by melting asphalt-like deposits and must be diluted with lightweight and volatile chemicals in order to flow through pipelines. Tar sands oil is known to be more corrosive that other types of crude and it contains more heavy metals

In this fourth edition of The Iowa Independent’s 2012 Presidential Power Rankings, the panelists give nods to their widest field of potential candidates thus far, spreading their predictions between 13 individuals. Most also see 2012 shaping up as an outsiders-versus-establishment gambit, with the establishment winning if the grassroots are fractured. Former Arkansas Gov

In May, House Republicans created a new website, America Speaking Out, that allows regular folks to submit ideas for policy solutions on jobs, the debt,

The Wall Street Journal reports that the Gil Kerlikowske, the newly minted head of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, is calling for a

Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Attorney General Eric Holder said today that the Justice Department will soon issue its opinion and

This dropped in the last hour and I’ve obtained the full text. Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.), the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has changed

I wrote yesterday about Adm. Robert Harward, the deputy commander of Joint Forces Command in Norfolk, Va., a key ally of Gen. Stanley McChrystal who’s been

Is Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kans.) really talking about protecting fetuses under the Americans with Disabilities Act right now? Really? Someone has already

While the lame-duck session appears to be one of the best opportunities for Democrats to pass key pieces of energy legislation before they have to compromise

Though medical marijuana is legal in New Mexico, the drug is still regarded as an illegal scheduled substance by the federal government. Given the federal government sets the rules on who can own guns, medicinal marijuana smokers of this state and 15 others are barred from owning guns

This morning, the Labor Department announced that the number of people making initial jobless claims increased sharply last week, up by 37,000 to 464,000. The

Anyone who pooh-poohed Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-S.C.) politically courageous decision to work with Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) to help craft bipartisan climate

The Obama administration is announcing new job initiatives in Peosta Tuesday that have been recommended by the White House Rural Council. The initiatives are specifically geared toward growing the economy and creating jobs in rural America. The Council’s recommendations focus on key areas of need in rural communities, including helping rural small businesses access capital, expanding rural job search and training services, and increasing rural access to health care workers and technology

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) pressed Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan on her handling of military recruiters at Harvard Law School just now, implying that the

We’re not trying to supplant or replace RedState or Townhall, John Solomon said. We love those sites.

Two big, competing narratives are dominating media coverage of the upcoming 2010 elections. The first is that the GOP primaries keep producing candidates who

Remember when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-Calif.) ran for re-election? Here’s a refresher: Californians dodged a bullet. Instead of having their taxes

The Pawlenty presidential campaign has launched a new television ad in Iowa contrasting the former Governor’s Minnesota record with his goals for the nation. In a fundraising pitch launched in conjunction with the new ad, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty flatly states in the subject line of the message that “it all starts in Iowa.” … For three years, Americans have ad a President who has made things worse and has no economic plan, only a campaign plan.

The Democrats aren’t really running Washington these days; the deficit is. Deficit fears have prompted lawmakers to shy away from even the most popular

As the debate over the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act rages on following the decision handed down by a Florida judge representing that the health care overhaul contains unconstitutional mandates, much of the media has ignored the fact that nearly all GOP lawmakers in Congress pushing for repeal — as well as their staffs — currently accept government-sponsored health care. # Only eight Republican members of the House have opted out of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Plan, which in 2008 covered some 8.5 million federal workers and their dependents at a cost of $15 billion to taxpayers.

Sen. Charles Schumer says there are enough votes in the Senate to pass an immigration bill.