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Unemployment insurance is widely popular, and economists say it’s an effective stimulus. But there’s one obstacle it can’t overcome: the U.S. Senate.

Over at Human Events, Rowan Scarborough attempts to advance the story, first floated by House Republicans, of David Axelrod’s long-disclosed financial gains

Just how fast are those prospective Karzai-Taliban peace talks advancing? According to this Voice of America report, a mini-jirga meeting of Afghan and

Over a complete Republican boycott, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee passed its climate bill last week by a vote of 11-1. The lone dissenter

The Detroit Free Press reports that hospitals in Michigan are taking on a project that helps reduce the number of medically unnecessary C-sections in the state. The project “considered a national model is helping women avoid medically unnecessary C-sections and contributing to healthier outcomes for their babies, project organizers report,” according to the Free Press .

Phil Klein has the ultra-Shermanesque statement (which cites Sherman!), made in New Hampshire last night by the Centcom commander: I thought I’d said no

The tripartisan group of senators crafting climate legislation -- John Kerry (D-Mass.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) -- plan to release

Three immigrant brothers were sentenced to life in prison Tuesday for their roles in a murky plot to kill military personnel, maybe at the Fort Dix army post in

There is little doubt of the continued fluidity within the GOP field, and Iowa — as home to fiscal and social conservatives searching for an ideal candidate — remains one of the best places (if not the best) to ride the roller coaster of the 2012 Republican nomination and presidential election. Our 14th edition of the GOP Power Rankings is compiled in the same way as our first was in March. We rely on the opinions and predictions of Iowans — academics, grassroots activists, political reporters and consultants.

Byron York, the Washington Examiner’s political correspondent, is coming off a few slow weeks by relentlessly hammering the White House over the firing of

It is my personal belief that allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly would be the right thing to do, Adm. Mullen said.

WATERTOWN, N.Y. -- I don’t blog everything that Sarah Palin writes on Facebook, but her response to Vice President Joe Biden’s jab at her energy policy -- made

Photo: John Steven Fernandez, Flickr Some teachers at Anoka-Hennepin School District have failed a teachers test because they refused to affirm that the district’s policy limiting discussions of LGBT issues in the district’s schools is intended to make “students feel safe.” The district’s policy is at the heart of a culture war in the district and is the subject of a lawsuit by six students and their parents who say the district has not taken appropriate steps to prevent bullying against students who are, or are perceived to be, LGBT.

The finance industry, seeming to forget that it was responsible for the economic turmoil that’s pushed unemployment above 10 percent, is lobbying furiously (and

I’m set to write a piece on Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s just-wrapped speech in, oh, an hour, but a few policy highlights: The biggest U.S.

A new poll shows Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) is holding onto a comfortable lead over Rep. Charlie Melancon (D-La.) in his Senate reelection bid. According to a

A great piece in The Washington Times today reveals a remarkable degree of hypocrisy from some GOP critics of last year’s $787 billion economic stimulus

On the front page of The Washington Post, Jerry Markon has an excellent, lengthy look at the conservative movement’s newfound -- or at least newly invigorated

Twenty-seven days, four votes and a long lesson in tedium later, the upper chamber has passed legislation extending unemployment benefits by at least 14 weeks

Forget auditing the Fed or breaking up the banks. Before senators address those proposed amendments to Sen. Chris Dodd’s (D-Conn.) financial regulatory reform

On ABC’s This Week on Sunday, both Paul Krugman and Robert Reich offered far more pessimistic views of the economy than the rosier outlook put forth by

The Washington Post’s resident ’Fact Checker’ Glenn Kessler has accused Herman Cain of spouting historical fiction about the origins of birth control in the

The Senate Judiciary Committee just voted 13-6 to endorse Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan’s confirmation, sending her on to the full Senate for further

The FDIC’s attempt at mass restructurings of mortgages comes with risks -- and insiders are divided on the wisdom of the plan.