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This morning we ran a piece from our finance reporter Mary Kane on how the Bear Stearns deal struck a nerve with housing advocates who have been calling for

Critics of the conservatives who’ve brought guns to rallies outside of President Barack Obama’s speeches have found an unlikely ally: Bernard Kerik, the former

The Massachusetts state Senate will debate Kennedy’s succession today -- and Dukakis picks up a key endorsement. Who leaked McChrystal’s strategy review?

One more point about the Rasmussen poll that’s refocused some attention on Massachusetts. On Nov. 24, 2009, Rasmussen did the last big poll on the Democratic

DES MOINES — Lyndsay Harshman grew up in a small southern Iowa town that had no pediatrician. In May she’ll graduate from medical school to go into pediatrics while balancing $135,000 in student debt.

Last week, Richard Goldstone, who investigated Israeli and Hamas war crimes in Gaza for the United Nations, wrote to Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.) to say that a

Catholics and clergy dined over $65 plates of sausage, bacon and scrambled eggs Wednesday morning at the Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, D.C., to celebrate

Although the National Rifle Association has -- at least officially -- stayed out of this fight until now (though judging from some senators’ heavy questioning

A scheduled McCain campaign fund-raiser in Atlanta next week is raising questions about Sen. John McCain’s commitment to cleaning up Washington. Ralph Reed, one

Pic via dbmathews.com The waiting list to enroll in Florida’s AIDS Drug Assistance Program grew to more than 1,070 people by last Thursday, according to the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors. AIDS Drug Assistance Programs, known as ADAP, are a nationwide payer of last resort for people who cannot afford their HIV/AIDS medications

The national oil spill commission released today four reports written by commission staff assessing the government’s response to the Gulf oil spill. The reports

Lawmakers have a choice: let the foreclosure grind on for perhaps years, at the expense of millions of homeowners, or take the crisis head on.

The saga of the Pat Buchanan and Tom Tancredo employee who pleaded guilty to a hate crime is over, for now. At about 10 am on July 8th, in the District of

State Sen. Arthenia Joyner, D-Tampa (Pic by Minority Office, via flsenate.gov) State Sen.

Jonathan Martin and Manu Raju’s fun story about the surprisingly oppositional role Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has played this year includes what has to be a

Counterinsurgency made-man Dave Kilcullen -- you remember him: counterinsurgency adviser to David Petraeus and Condoleezza Rice -- has expressed skepticism

Maybe it’s a cultural thing, but Canadians seem so much more willing to apologize for their mistakes than Americans do. According to the Canadian

In about three weeks, upstate New Yorkers will decide who should replace former U.S. Rep. Chris Lee, who in early February resigned after Gawker exposed

Don Blankenship, the CEO of Massey Energy -- whose Upper Big Branch coal mine exploded in April, killing 29 miners -- spoke at the National Press Club