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According to the Associated Press, Muntader al-Zaidi’s shoe-throwing display of anger at George W. Bush is becoming a signal moment in the Middle East. The AP

Maggie Gallagher Both sides of the debate over a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage met at the University of St.

Rep. Joe Sestak (D) has defeated Sen. Arlen Specter (D) for his party’s Pennsylvania Senate nomination, while the Democratic candidate won the late Rep. John

A roundup of the top immigration stories of the week: - If Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) don’t introduce an immigration bill in

The Spanish newspaper Público reported Saturday that Judge Baltasar Garzón is pressing ahead with a case against six senior Bush administration lawyers for

Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) becomes, I think, the first member of Congress to join Tea Party activists in pushing back against one of the big narratives of the

Gen. Raymond Odierno is testifying before the House Armed Services Committee, the first time he’s addressed the panel, about the Iraq mission he commands. I

Mark Gentry, of Panama City, Fla., is in danger of losing his marine supply business and his home. The Gulf oil spill completely disrupted’ his business and,

A top Democrat on Monday warned the nation’s banks that, unless they get more aggressive in modifying mortgages to prevent foreclosure, Congress will renew previous efforts to empower families to keep their homes through bankruptcy.

Smart progressives like Christy Hardin Smith, Eric Martin, and Steve Benen are overthinking Richard Perle’s insistence that neoconservative foreign policy

The White House will be live streaming President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address. Watch here, starting at 8 pm CST; transcript of the address below. CNN will be streaming the speech , along with replies by Republicans Paul Ryan and Michele Bachmann, who is speaking on behalf of the tea party

Don’t miss British photojournalist Jerome Starkey’s wonderful slideshow of what Afghanistan’s beleaguered Helmand Province looked like on election day. We’re

The federal immigration program that allows local law enforcement to enforce federal immigration laws is becoming a thorn in the side of the Obama

In the absence of meaningful legislation to curb greenhouse gas emissions in Washington, the fight surrounding California’s ballot measure, Proposition 23, is

Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) spokesman Jim Manley has confirmed that the DISCLOSE Act will be brought up for debate tomorrow and a possible vote on Thursday in the

The Justice Department is stepping up its crackdown on illegal immigrants, with the latest data available showing an almost 20 percent increase in criminal

The Los Angeles Times reports further details on the EPA’s internal communications prior to Administrator Stephen L. Johnson’s refusal to let the