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Traders on the Iowa Electronic Markets seem convinced Republicans will retain control of the U.S. House in 2012 and gain control of the U.S. Senate

A relatively obscure document released by the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday bodes particularly ill for the chances of any form of meaningful campaign

The New York Times ran a front-page story on Sunday that tackles a thorny scientific and political issue: whether individual extreme weather events are evidence

Less than a week now remains until the beginning of Elena Kagan’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings -- the Senate Judiciary Committee announced today that

Word from my ever-alert colleague Mike Lillis: Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) just announced a classified briefing on Afghanistan to be held in the Capitol Visitors’

Just-released remarks from the Rose Garden on the Senate’s decision to strip funding for the F-22 fighter jet: I want to say a few words about a very important

For most of the summer and through the Democratic and Republican conventions, I spent a considerable amount of time traveling with both Sens. John McCain and

The stock market dipped Monday following news that the S&P Index dropped its outlook on the United States’ credit rating from “stable” to

Dr. Robert S. Nelsen, president of the University of Texas-Pan American in Edinburg, said that state budget cuts have dealt a particularly harsh blow to

Amid all the reactions to last night’s vice presidential debate, one thing seems clear: moderator Gwen Ifill went pretty easy on Sarah Palin. Ifill may have

As the Senate idles awaiting a procedural vote on unemployment legislation -- a vote that’s held up activity on all other pending legislation and nominations --

On Thursday, the House Health and Human Services Reform Committee will hear a presentation on vaccine safety by a researcher who asserts that the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine may not be safe for children — and part of the basis for the concern appears to stem from her religious opposition to the use of human cells in the vaccine. The testimony of Dr

Hearing pushed for public plan, sidelined in new Senate bill.

Fox News presents a good test case for demonstrating how an unverified account of voting machine irregularities in Nevada can become a national story about how

The Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it has granted a waiver allowing for gasoline to be mixed with up to 15 percent ethanol for vehicles of

Many conservatives live in fear of the Democrats’ plans for health care reform, and they’ve been proportionately critical of the possibility that Democratic

In a Sen. Barack Obama campaign-organized conference call with reporters, Bob Bauer, the Obama camp’s general counsel, had this to say hen asked if the 40 to 45

This post is going to get filled, really fast, with irresponsible speculation. So let’s have some fun. This Washington Post story about the Washington debate

It’s a Friday afternoon, but there’s no shortage of palace intrigue filtering through the ranks of both Democrats and Republicans as members announce their

Speaking of Afghanistan, the Dutch government has become the first to fall over the Afghanistan war after the Labour Party walked out of a governing coalition

One of my oldest and best friends, Sam Goldman, takes up my half-serious proposal to speak forthrightly against torture as a conservative. He’s writing at First