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The extraordinarily comprehensive bankruptcy examiner’s report on Lehman Brothers is the gift that keeps on giving to financial reform advocates, above and

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

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. -- Marc Ambinder today posted on something reporters on the McCain plane have been talking about for the last few days. As we previously noted,

DAYTON, Ohio -- After finishing an education address that was supposed to drive his campaign message today, Sen. Barack Obama tacked a press conference onto

It’s so dry it borders on passive-aggressive. Immediately following the attempted attack, Director Blair initiated reviews to identify -wide shortcomings and

Conservative data hound Matthew Vadum shows how several left-leaning groups, such as the Center for Constitutional Rights, were bilked by the just-convicted

After being rebuffed last month, chief executives of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler try again to persuade lawmakers that a government bailout is necessary.

The insurance industry over the weekend released a controversial report indicating that Americans’ insurance premiums would shoot up by thousands of dollars if

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has given Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) an ultimatum: Stop trying to pass comprehensive immigration reform this year,

Usually when a journalist says this is a thoughtful piece of writing what s/he means is this is a well-expressed recapitulation of things I already believe,

For five years, the reasoning behind the U.S. occupation of Iraq has been that the Iraqi government believes that a U.S. military presence is needed to

Is pleading ignorance the new spin of the coal industry? A leading spokesman for the coal lobby told CNN today that he “didn’t know” if burning coal

These musings from Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-Minn.) don’t seem to add much to the status of the Minnesota Senate race. I’m prepared to sign as soon as they give

This should bolster the hopes of state lawmakers who want to pass Arizona-style immigration legislation: The Virgina Attorney General ruled police can check

Real estate mogul Donald Trump has pulled out of the Republican Party of Iowa’s annual Lincoln Day Dinner June 10, party officials said Thursday, leading the party to cancel the entire fundraiser for this year. Trump was to be the keynote speaker.

Five years after Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Penn.) beat him in a Senate primary by only 17,000 votes, and months after he ruled out a rematch, Club for Growth