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A background briefing for defense experts last week reveals that plans for the new units are still in the works.

Sen. Barack Obama’s emphatic denunciation of his former pastor, Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., for a series of comments the reverend made during a sort of media

David Espo of the Association Press says that the part of President Obama’s jobs bill that includes another extension of federal unemployment benefits is likely to pass the U.S.

Who said telecom immunity? With the economy in the tank and Washington distracted by gazillion-dollar industry bailouts, it seems like forever since that

For a domestic audience, President Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize is arguably awkward. Concern-troll Mickey Kaus is already editorializing that he should turn it

As expected, President Obama this morning signed into law the Senate’s package of health care reforms, a number of which will go into effect this

All day, we’re re-running our favorite blog posts of the last year. This post was originally published on July 13, 2009. The explosive inspectors general

One by one, the powerful Democrats of coal country are calling for an investigation into yesterday’s explosion that killed at least 25 coal miners in Raleigh

Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) is scheduled to announce his retirement today, according to multiple media outlets. His decision complicates Democratic efforts to

Following up on my item earlier today, a source inside the VA tells me that the pulled copy of a guide to living wills that’s been made available to veterans

On Tuesday, Rep. Tim Walz joined all but one of his Minnesota DFL colleagues in support of a repeal of the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which prevents the federal government from recognizing legally married same-sex couples

Controversial statements and tactics by North Carolina Republicans have brought heightened attention to a proposed constitutional amendment banning same-sex

Prosecutors today unexpectedly canceled the first court hearing scheduled for the underpants bomber -- the Nigerian man suspected of trying to blow up a

Some people worried about the environmental degradation involved in pumping water from a spring to a truck filling station, and then sending those trucks, dozens a day, from Buena Vista to Denver to satiate the world’s seeming insatiable demand for water in little plastic bottles. Others were concerned about potential damage to the aquifer. Others thought the whole approval process was a little whack.

The 10-member commission appointed by Congress to investigate the causes of the nation’s financial meltdown holds its first meeting this morning. But with

Hundreds of people rallied at the state Capitol on Saturday in support of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Capitol officials say an estimated 500 people rallied there in blustery winds

Here’s a sentence you don’t see much these days: A new newspaper will hit the streets Thursday.

In the latest effort to ensure that California’s Proposition 23 is defeated, activists have purchased a number of domain names that appear to be affiliated with

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) on Tuesday staked out a role for himself in cap-and-trade policy, hosting a hearing on how