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Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) hand-delivered a letter to President Barack Obama today requesting 1,000 additional troops to the Texas-Mexico border. Obama deployed

If you can’t get enough of Andrew Restuccia’s coverage of the Gulf oil spill and claims process, check out these recent radio appearances to hear more of his

Congressional Republicans have, for months, insisted that they’re interested in a bipartisan compromise on health reform this year. It’s the Democrats, they

TWI’s David Weigel appeared on MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show once again last night to talk about recent GOP efforts to co-opt the Tea Party message ahead of

Michigan is one of a dozen states that have taken no action to implement state-based health care exchanges in advance of the Affordable Care Act coming into full force in 2014. The Washington Post’s Ezra Klein reports that 33 states have considered bills — with 10 passing their bills — nine states have passed legislation which do not create exchanges but do declare an intent to do so, and a dozen remain without any action on it all.

Adam Serwer has an absolutely sterling post about the dangers of assigning collective guilt to American Muslims for the actions of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan: In

Erik Prince, the founder of the private — and embattled — private military contractor Blackwater (now Xe) is reportedly engaged with a South African organization to provide security for Somalia’s battered government.

Via Fred Thompson (yes, that one): Andrew Langer, organizer of DC @TeaParty, just reported 1 of their 2 permits was cancelled this AM by Secret Serv at last

We interrupt hearing-bloggery for this message, just released from Gen. Stanley McChrystal, to the troops in Afghanistan -- and, presumably, those on the

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) just sent out a statement responding to criticism for renewable energy advocates about the state aid bill that passed

The law may be on the side of California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman (R) in the case of employing an undocumented housekeeper, immigration lawyers told

Can a single ad tip an election? After a rocky primary victory, businessman Rick Scott (R) has been narrowly leading Florida CFO Alex Sink (D) in the state’s

When I last wrote about conservative attacks on potential Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, I noted that the one case she’s really been pilloried for is

ANCHORAGE -- Tuesday afternoon, the Mat-Su Frontiersman, in Wasilla, hosted me in their offices so I could dig through their print archives to get a sense of

For many years, credit rating agencies like Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s played a large but mostly hidden role in the financial system, giving marks of

As Dave just mentioned, the Supreme Court this morning freed corporations to make unlimited donations to candidates for the White House or Congress. The

As expected, President Obama reappointed Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to another term today today, noting in remarks delivered in Martha’s Vineyard

<p>Update/Correction:&nbsp; We <a href="http://www.washingtonindependent.com/view/providing-needed">reported</a> on Feb. 29,

One more thing really quickly about Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s ascension to commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan. On Friday, I blogged about changes in

What, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) wanted to know, would Gen. McChrystal have achieved in 18 months? We will have convinced the Afghan people that we and the