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Speaking at the U.N. conference on Afghanistan today at The Hague, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said: The status of Afghanistan’s army, the

UPDATE: March 30: Life Always erected three, not one, billboards in Chicago Tuesday; the three are identical and joined side-by-side. Barack Obama is back in

Some GOP figures are being coy about their 2012 presidential ambitions; others, like former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.), are broadcasting them loud and clear.

In an interview with Katie Couric, Eric Holder dodged specifics on Justice Department plans.

The bravely flip-flopping Republican congressman from New Orleans, Anh Joseph Cao, has inspired a recall petition. The reason: his vote against the economic

U.S. Rep. Ron Paul hasn’t declared publicly which office he’ll aim for in 2012, but he’s officially started raising money. Paul is strongly considering a

Earlier this month, a CNN poll found that more Americans oppose the Afghanistan war than support it for (what I think was) the first time since the 2001

On Tuesday, TAI reported that the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), a body that is part of the U.S. Justice Department, made a decision on August 11 arguing

The results of a new Gallup poll show that between 2001 and 2009, the percentage of Americans who identify as Republican or lean Republican has declined in

Always a sign of strength and capability: Unnerved by another wave of deadly pre-election attacks by Taliban insurgents including a rocket assault aimed at the

There’s a ton of last-minute changes currently happening to Sen. Chris Dodd’s (D-Conn.) financial regulatory reform bill. Below are my updates on the most

Crossroads GPS, a conservative policy and advocacy organization based in Washington, D.C., is targeting Iowa voters with TV ads in the state’s largest media market. Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies, which has ties to former White House deputy chief Karl Rove, has spent $85,125 so far at KCCI, the local CBS affiliate in Des Moines and the state’s largest network TV station.

The Mississippi House on Wednesday sent a bill to Gov. Haley Barbour, which, if he signs it, could mean more comprehensive sex education for state public

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Minutes after Senate aides briefed reporters on the details of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) energy bill, disappointed interest groups -- both

Afghan Ambassador Said Jawad doesn’t like people saying candidly that his government and its NATO partners aren’t winning the war against the Taliban-led

From The Times-Picayune of New Orleans: Former Democratic Congressman William Jefferson was found guilty of 11 of 16 corruption charges today by a federal

We’d already set aside the January 2010 deadline for closing the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay that President Obama set on his first day in office. But now the

A new New York City education policy that mandates comprehensive sex education in all city public schools has caused ire within the Vatican. The Papacy’s

The Los Angeles Times reported today that a California agency is set to approve renewable energy standard that is significantly more stringent than the one

Housing Wire weighs in today with a cautionary note on the bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, making the same point we did in our pieces this week on loan