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The unemployment numbers spell trouble for Dems in the midterms. DeMint dismisses Cornyn’s big tent strategy. And in response to assurances on Honduras,

With about six weeks to go until Gov. Rick Perry’s prayer and fasting event in Houston, a growing handful of Republican governors are saying they won’t be

Last year several Senate Republicans supported the cap and trade idea, but are now shying from President Obama’s push.

Lawrence B. Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell, writes in The Washington Note about the utter incompetence of the battlefield

Via Matt Welch at Reason, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) has proposed an amendment to the jobs bill requiring that recipients of unemployment insurance or welfare

The election of Barack Obama and the increased push for energy independence have helped Congress make strides toward passing comprehensive climate change

Rep. David Scott (D-Ga.) asked if U.S. troops will be able to enter Pakistan, the first headache of the morning for Gen. Stanley McChrystal. My

Would you believe I was IMing with Hussein Ibish, senior fellow with the American Task Force on Palestine and a wise observer of all matters Arab-Israeli, about

When Nouri al-Maliki’s Iraqi Army runs for the rear against Moqtada al-Sadr’s Jaish al-Mahdi, U.S. armor rides to Maliki’s rescue. We’re now in the thick of an

Sadly, I’m working on other things, but I’m listening to the livestream of an extremely powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing featuring

Huge piece from Barbara Slavin of The Washington Times. Before the June 12 election, President Obama wrote a letter to Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali

Among the many facets of the broad health care reform plan that President Obama offered tonight during a speech before a joint session of Congress was a small

The Troubled Asset Relief Program’s inspector general, Neil Barofsky is out with a scathing report today, contending the program already is marred by tax and

That in-state tuition law that sailed through the Texas Legislature and across the governor’s desk 10 years ago continues haunting Rick Perry’s presidential

So many awesome signs. (Click to enlarge.) This one was interesting. When I asked her if she was on Medicare, she said no, but she was carrying the sign

Shortly before his appearance alongside Rep. Allen West, potential U.S. Senate candidate Adam Hasner and others at a “South Florida Tea Party Tax Rally” on Saturday , Donald Trump spoke with The Shark Tank , a conservative Florida blog, about his belief in a conspiracy to cover up the fact that President Obama was not born in the United States.

In a sign that Republican-led attacks on public unions’ collective bargaining rights may be reaching a tipping point on their way to widespread application,

Why has MSNBC embedded one of its top on-air talents with Sarah Palin’s book tour? That’s a good question, but I thought Norah O’Donnell’s grilling of a young

Praising an Italian court’s recent ruling that CIA agents broke the law in an extraordinary rendition case, The New York Times today highlights a growing