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Greg Sargent has obtained the request Dick Cheney filed for CIA documents he claims will prove that torture worked. They’re for two CIA reports: One is dated

Many undocumented immigrants without criminal records who are up for deportation will be allowed to indefinitely stay in the United States and apply for work

A few months ago, Congressman Jared Polis told the Colorado Independent that he thought it would take a majority of states legalizing medical marijuana or otherwise liberalizing their laws before Congress would be likely to do anything at the federal level.

Building a Better Ohio, a group formed to support anti-collective bargaining legislation that will go before voters in November via a veto referendum known as

I spent the weekend at the Knob Creek Machine Gun Shoot in Kentucky, where it was not hard to find and buy Third Reich memorabilia, so this, about the man who

As Sen. John McCain continues to tout offshore drilling -- and others in Congress start to jump on the bandwagon -- he’s found it necessary to downplay the

Here’s the internal American Petroleum Institute analysis that breaks down the economic effects that regulations proposed in light of the Deepwater Horizon oil

The New York State Education Department (NYSED) and its Board of Regents has made preliminary steps in satisfying the federal government’s grant of roughly

About 200 people, representing a diverse array of organizations and unions, marched in Miami on Tuesday to demand accountability from Bank of America and to support the Occupy Miami movement . The protest came on the same day the Bank of America announced it is dropping a controversial proposal to charge $5 for using debit card use. The march originated at the Greater Bethel AME Church in Overtown, a historically black neighborhood, met with members of Occupy Miami, camped out in what they call Peace City, and arrived at the downtown building of Bank of America

Ezra Klein talks to Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.), the senator who wants end-of-life planning in the health care bill, and who inadvertently inspired Rep. Michele

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) continues to make the case to the Obama administration that he can deliver the Senate votes to close the detention facility at

The Justice Department has brought charges against a Pennsylvania woman whose internet handle is Jihad Jane. Her actual name is Colleen LaRose, and she’s

Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney has struggled to win over social-conservative primary campaign voters , but he recently took up the hard-core anti-abortion, anti-birth control, anti-stem cell personhood movement, which would grant full citizen rights to fertilized human eggs. It’s a move that will surely doom his chances to win a general election in Colorado, according to First District Democratic Rep.

The Home Valuation Code of Conduct makes getting an appraisal costlier and more time-consuming for would-be buyers -- and the added time can prevent purchasers from getting the best possible mortgage on their new home.

How many TV ads has Marco Rubio run as he’s muscled past Gov. Charlie Crist (R-Fla.) in the Florida GOP’s primary for U.S. Senate? None. Rubio’s surge has been

The top executives at some of the state’s largest businesses will serve on a board overseeing Iowa’s new public-private economic development efforts, Gov. Terry Branstad has announced, although he says any potential conflicts raised by their positions will be approached “carefully.” Branstad on Monday announced 11 appointees to the Iowa Partnership for Economic Progress board and seven to the Iowa Innovation Corporation board

Today Next Friday is Dennis Blair’s last day in the office as Director of National Intelligence. His farewell message to the intelligence community workforce

The annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) has drawn the ire from sections of the socially conservative base over their decision to allow

Congressman Justin Amash is one of nine members of Congress, and the only Republican, to vote no on a resolution reaffirming “In God We Trust” as a national motto. The resolution would also encourage the motto to appear on all public federal, state and local buildings.

Never heard of him? Neither had just about anyone, until a hacker leaked some awkward emails written by Jones and his colleagues at the University of East

Baseball’s Jose Canseco is making the news again, this time for the fact that his $2.5 million Encino, Calif. house has been foreclosed on. But some of the

Fox News reported Sunday that based on information from the Department of Homeland Security, local authorities in Arizona were pursuing possible ties between

Michelle Goldberg profiles Alex Jones, the explosion-voiced radio host who spent eight years of the George W. Bush administration being dismissed as a