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The Department of Labor this morning released its much-anticipated employment numbers for March, indicating that the economy created 162,000 new jobs last

Via Jonathan Chait, we see Vietnam War hero Bud Day -- known these days for his support of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and his habit of constantly wearing his

Frustrated by decades of automaker resistance to adopting more strict fuel-efficiency standards for their vehicles, Markey and others want to make the rules part of the rescue package.

Obama signed into law a $600 million border security bill last week, part of a months-long effort to show his administration is serious about safety along the

When Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was tapped to run as the GOP vice presidential candidate, there was much chatter about the excitement she brought to the base and

The Florida Current reports that Florida will be receiving $1 billion in Low Income Pool money after negotiations between federal and state officials.

The crocodile tears flow so fast and furious from this Pat Buchanan column that your computer screen might get moist. Fair warning. On blacklist were,

It took a little while, but the group that -- let’s be honest -- did a lot to make today’s news happen is out with a statement on Sen. Arlen Specter’s decision

More Republican lawmakers are expressing disdain toward Gov. Terry Branstad for issuing a line-item veto to allow the closure of 36 Iowa Workforce Development field offices throughout Iowa. Republicans started speaking out last week , with at least two rural representatives stating the details of Branstad’s plan — closing 36 field offices and replacing them with computers for the public to access — were not made clear, and the savings and expenditures of either closing or operating the field offices were not apparent.

The confrontation between Rep. Bob Inglis (R-S.C.) and some conservative constituents has been getting a lot of play today -- Inglis told people to stop

Former Gov. Michael Dukakis (D-Mass.) has been dodging questions on whether he was likely to get, or likely to accept, an interim appointment to the

Mark Mazzetti has a blockbuster piece in today’s New York Times about a secret order issued by Gen. David Petraeus last fall, with the aid of Adm. Eric Olson,

Casey Mulligan, a University of Chicago economist, writes over at The New York Times’ Economix: Adjusted for inflation, residential property values were still

A flash mob at Bachmann & Associates, a Christian counseling clinic run by Michele Bachmann and her husband Marcus, protested the clinic’s acceptance of state and federal money Thursday and poked fun at allegations that the clinic performs therapy to “cure” homosexuality. The mob, dressed as barbarians — a nod to one of Marcus’ comments about LGBT people — danced a choreographed routine to Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way.” The barbarian outfits were in response to a radio interview Marcus Bachmann gave in 2010 that insinuated that LGBT people were “barbarians” who “need to be educated.” The dance troop also featured a fake Marcus Bachmann who was “baptized” in glitter during the stunt

Late in 2008, Mike McConnell, then the director of national intelligence, issued a directive instructing CIA officials at overseas outposts directly responsible

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Peter Orszag, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, will leave the Obama administration in July, making him the first cabinet-level

Over the past year, Democrats in Congress have fought three times to reauthorize federally extended unemployment benefits, which provide up to 99 weeks of

The Washington Post has an interview with Attorney General Eric Holder in which Holder, for the first time, appears to give himself breathing room to abandon