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The oil industry is pushing back against new restrictions on environmental waivers for offshore oil and natural gas projects. In a statement, American

If you weren’t already a little nervous about where the economy is heading, today should give you plenty of reason to start worrying. Stock markets in Asia

The unfolding foreclosure fraud crisis centers on mortgage servicers, companies that collect and organize mortgage payments on behalf of banks. (Many are

The Washington Post sits down with the CIA director, who has lots of great things to say about how the CIA is disrupting al-Qaeda: Panetta credited an

In the face of widespread suspicion that health care reform is stalled indefinitely, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told reporters this afternoon that

Jonathan Martin writes that the RNC Voyeur scandal isn’t likely to change the political facts of life keeping Steele in his job until he’s up for re-election

Noting that the Progressive Policy Institute is holding a panel on the defense budget with Rep. John Spratt (D-N.C. S.C.), the chairman of the House Budget

In an interview with Business Week, Obama said that he didn’t begrudge J.P. Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon or Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein their bonuses

That’s what Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) is saying now on the Senate floor. Word is that chamber leaders are nearing an agreement to stage the final vote within

ABC News is reporting, despite strong denials from both the Obama administration and the CIA, that CIA Director Leon Panetta is going to leave the agency fairly

The Obama-Biden transition team released a statement today reaffirming President-elect Barack Obama’s previous statements that neither he nor any one in the

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, confirmed earlier this month after a bruising battle with Republicans, has cast her first vote on the court in a case

Considering that former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty vowed to continue his 2012 presidential campaign regardless of the results of the Iowa Straw Poll, it was a bit of a surprise when he called it quits the day after he finished third place.

The Obama administration’s Guantanamo task force has concluded that there are approximately 50 detainees held at the facility in Cuba that the government should

Laura Rozen reports that both the Obama administration and the Netanyahu government are trying to climb down from the past week’s diplomatic acrimony. But the

The Senate this evening took a long stride toward (finally) passing an $18 billion proposal designed to tackle the nation’s jobs crisis, voting to end debate on

The Iowa Independent’s Chase Martyn reports that the anti-gay marriage group is spending money in Iowa to support a Republican state house candidate. According

It’ll take some time before Defense Secretary Bob Gates issues his fiscal 2010 budget, capped by the White House at $537 billion, not including the cost of the

Culver is governor of a highly competitive state crucial to national politics. And Culver has already proven his loyalty to the president: the governor

The Obama-Biden transition team this morning announced several key posts for the Justice Department: David Ogden as Deputy Attorney General; Elena Kagan as