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A new Democracy Corps/Third Way poll bills itself as a wake-up call for Democrats on national security. Last May, Democracy Corps found that Obama’s election

As the head of the Chamber of Commerce’s Environment, Technology and Regulatory Affairs Division, Kovacs wields considerable power as a lead voice for the

Just released from Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair’s office: Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair announced today that Ambassador

The foreclosure crisis is far from over. Rather, as this chart from Daniel Indiviglio at The Atlantic shows, it is in some ways just peaking. Last month, banks

A major theme of last night’s speeches at Americans for Prosperity’s Defending the American Dream Conference was, ironically, out-and-out gloating about

The aging song stylist uses the latest edition of his Newsmax.com column to demand the president’s birth certificate (it’s here, by the way), repeating some

In Texas, a bill to renew a five-year-old Medicaid women’s health program that is due to expire in December is under threat from passage, all given that

Congress is poised to cut food stamps again, taking more away from an extended benefit created by the 2009 stimulus, before its original expiry date, and

The battle over Medicare has hit the airways in Iowa, as a group dedicated to fighting cuts to the popular government program has begun buying TV ads in Des Moines. The Partnership to Protect Medicare spent $39,390 at the local CBS and NBC affiliates in Des Moines between Nov

Here’s the Office of Legal Counsel memo from May 10, 2005, which outlines approved interrogation techniques, including

As the battle over gun reform has raged on Capitol Hill this year, it’s become ever-more clear that this is more a regional issue than a partisan one. Indeed,

GUANTANAMO BAY -- As Omar Khadr’s defense team rushes to present as much of its case as possible this week before a court-mandated government psychological exam

Laura Rozen takes a crack at it. In other words, be willing to try to get back to diplomatic negotiations with Iran, slow down their program, protect regional

Just a few days after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testified before House lawmakers about his role in Bank of America’s controversial buyout of Merrill

On the heals of Rep. Diana DeGette hosting a women’s business forum with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Colorado U.S.

In public, Pakistani officials complain about missile strikes in the tribal areas from the CIA’s Predator unmanned aerial vehicles. Barely two weeks ago, for

News of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and Hurricane Gustav has eclipsed a series of police raids that took place in the Twin Cities over the weekend, in which FBI

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