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The U.S. government has agreed to pay a total of $1.26 million dollars to five men who claim they were illegally detained and mistreated after the Sept. 11,

Once it became clear that failed insurance giant AIG got away with far more than it deserved in negotiations for its government bailout, led by Treasury

Recently, South Carolina Republicans have attracted a fair amount of positive national attention (a welcome change from last summer). Not only have they tapped

Eric Kleefeld and Matthew Yglesias point out something that hasn’t gotten too much attention. There were two-anti tax measures on the ballot yesterday in Maine

Turns out the final language included in the agreed-upon stimulus bill does indeed include protections for employees of government contractors -- like KBR,

One advantage President Obama’s foes have in mounting their domestic agenda of obstruct and obscure is the luxury of the content-free talking points. For

The McCain campaign has kicked into overdrive for its final full day of campaigning before Election Day. While Sen. John McCain maintained a leisurely

Toward the end of President Bush’s remarks today announcing his plan to throw GM and Chrysler a lifeline, he included a line about American workers. He

Talk about rubbing salt in the wound. Now that Sen. John McCain has officially lost the presidency, Politico reminds him that he still has an audit to look

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, wants to know why the U.S

Human rights experts say there is a serious risk that some of the Guantanamo detainees cleared for release could face persecution or torture.

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Over the weekend, yet another hapless prisoner stuck at Guantanamo Bay for the last six years was determined to have been wrongly detained, this time by a

At a town hall meeting in Minnesota Tuesday, Rep. Collin Peterson (D), the moderate chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, reportedly urged President

If Florida Gov. Charlie Crist wants a glimpse into the life of a newly declared Independent candidate, he need look no further than Massachusetts’ Tim

Auditing the Pentagon often turns up billions in weapons waste and scandalously overpaid private contractors. But the latest Pentagon inspector general report

What Republican Congressman Cory Gardner hopes to do for offshore oil and gas drilling in Alaska , his fellow Colorado GOP House member Mike Coffman is looking to do for onshore drilling on federal lands across the country — strip away perceived environmental regulatory hurdles.

FloridaToday.com is reporting that state Senate President Mike Haridopolos , R-Merritt Island, will indeed run for the U.S. Senate in 2012 — a move that should come as no surprise to those who have followed rumors of Haridopolos’ ambitions since the Nov. 2 election.

Weeks before U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) pushed for the elimination of government-backed loan programs, she and her husband, Marcus, signed documents to finance a $417,000 home loan, which experts told The Washington Post was backed by the very programs Bachmann had aimed to destroy