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As chairman of the House oversight committee, Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) uncovered critical information about the worst reported abuses of power in the Bush administration.

Apparently Sen. John Kerry’s (D-Mass.) remarks to CNN about waiting until the Afghan election is sorted out before committing more U.S. troops was Obama

In the spirit of self-criticism, something that I see my New START coverage has taken for granted is the support of Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), the leading

The oil and gas industry’s water needs may be just a sliver of all the water use across Texas — less than one percent, according to one recent study — but

Some blunt talk in a local news interview from Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), tying in to my story from last night on how Republicans are trying to make Ted Kennedy’s

The endlessly repeated remark that Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor made in speeches and law review articles that she would hope that a wise Latina woman,

With federal lawmakers on recess and unlikely to reauthorize No Child Left Behind (NCLB) — the current reiteration of the decades-old Early and Secondary

From the anti-AIG bonus tax statement of Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.), who is no one’s idea of a disloyal Republican: The blame for these bonuses rests solely

After meeting with Defense Secretary Robert Gates at the White House today, President Obama issued a directive giving Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton

Members of Congress jockey to take credit for consumer-friendly legislation, though the Fed already applied the same rules.

The $700 billion bank bailout was supposed to stabilize banks and get them lending again. However, some of the recipients seem more interested in rallying big

Karl Rove (Pic by DavidAll06, via Flickr) Former George W. Bush adviser Karl Rove and talk show host Neal Boortz will speak in Jacksonville on Fri., Nov. 18, as part of “Stand Up for America: Debt, Taxes, and You Decide 2012.” According to a press release, the event will be “a lively and entertaining discussion of the important issues in the news, including the 2012 election, spending, debt, and taxes.” WOKV radio’s Andy Dean and Jamie Dupree will also be participating in the event.

Mortgage lenders aren’t selling subprime loans much anymore, but apparently the credit rating agencies that certified them as safe and profitable investments

That’s what I asked Joshua Dratel, Chair of the John Adams Project Advisory Committee and a prominent defense lawyer who has represented numerous terror

The Washington Post’s headline -- McChrystal: More Forces Or ’Mission Failure’ -- does what the persons who leaked Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s Afghanistan

According to a Pentagon fact sheet on the now-scrapped plans for a missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic, Defense Secretary Bob Gates and the Joint

The House might create a new border security bill to address jurisdictional issues over the $600 million border security bill passed by the Senate last week,

Want a rundown on all the incidents of voter fraud and voter intimidation that have been reported thus far today? The New Republic’s Eliza Gray has set up shop

First it was Byron Dorgan; now Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) has decided to throw in the towel: Senator Christopher J. Dodd, the embattled Connecticut Democrat who