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To understand why the next phase of the nation’s housing crisis might mean financially troubled owners just give up and walk away from their homes, look no

Rev. Gregrey Renstrom of Minneapolis’ New Harmony United Methodist Church is facing a formal complaint within the United Methodist Church for his participation in the recent Twin Cities LGBT Pride Festival

This isn’t the long-awaited ethics report from the Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility that Spencer referred to this morning, but

Last month, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ordered the federal government to arrange for the release of Fouad Mahmoud Al Rabiah from the detention center at

A potpourri of libertarians, anti-war protests, opponents of the Federal Reserve, combat veterans and labor groups descended onto Freedom Square today in the

Has it really come to this? The Wall Street Journal reports that professional white collar workers in small towns are turning to running hot dog stands in their

President Obama’s decision not to campaign for Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) ahead of his tough primary tonight has been the subject of media chatter in the last

As expected, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence voted to send CIA Director-designate Leon Panett’a nomination to the full Senate this afternoon. Vice

Richard Holbrooke made a forceful, unequivocal and wide-ranging endorsement of the Pakistani president in his first appearance before Congress in his new job.

Last month, RNC Chairman Michael Steele called the race a “battle royale” that could give the party a crucial win. But last week, polls showed the race tightening.

After weeks of threats, arguments and a secret session thrown in for good measure, the House on Friday passed a controversial bill to renew the administration’s

Even as the emerging consensus among Washington prognosticators is that Republicans will have a tough political time opposing President Obama’s choice of Sonia

God it feels good to be back in D.C., where I don’t have to worry about getting shot in a Chinook or blown up by a cross-dressing Taliban. It appears, however,

In order to learn more about the mysterious prolonged diapering technique formerly employed by the CIA -- possibly the technique nebulously referred to in the

The Department of Justice said earlier this month the Gulf Coast Claims Facility’s pace in compensating victims of the Gulf oil spill is unacceptable. In a

It’s not just Mohammed Jawad. In 2007, U.S. courts blocked Khalid el-Masri, a German citizen who was kidnapped and tortured by the CIA in Afghanistan in a

Three retiring Democrats’ combined $20 million could help their party win elections in November. Grassley: Obama is turning the U.S. into

The Texas Railroad Commission, which oversees surface coal mining, asked Attorney General Greg Abbott back in August to step in and sue the U.S. Environmental

<p><a href="http://tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=3b95b82c-fa7a-4d8c-b5cb-ebc4a8a8d038&amp;p=1">Leon Wieseltier</a> on the

If there’s anything notable about David Brooks, it’s that he’s wedded to both literary analogies and sweeping, ideologically tinged judgments about the public.

Michelle Rhee, former chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools, has a warning to unions: a new organized and national interest group advocating for

Pittsburgh, Pa. -- For hundreds of college students across this city, voting is an exercise in multitasking. Students read, work on crossword and Sudoku

The Washington Post today ran a story on several members of Congress who are crying for budget cuts while spending thousands on mailers, radio ads, emails and robo-calls for their respective campaigns. At the top of the paper’s list of those who spent the most taxpayer money on fliers, brochures, etc. in the first quarter of 2011? Florida’s own Vern Buchanan