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Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), the architect of the financial regulatory reform bill, just released a statement saying that he and Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) have

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,

I’m at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington for Afghanistan: Planning for Success, the first conference put on by the Foreign Policy Initiative, the new

COMBAT OUTPOST ZORMAT, Afghanistan -– Leaving Salerno, I asked someone what he knew about Zormat, an area in southwestern Paktia Province to the west of the

After losing its argument before a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that the state secrets privilege requires the dismissal of a

Yesterday, to honor Hemp History Week (who knew?), Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) used the occasion to promote his proposal to legalize the domestic production of

The decision by leadership in a small Iowa town to provide the public additional information on write-in municipal candidates has raised a few eyebrows, but state officials indicate that there is nothing inherently unethical or unlawful regarding the instance. Tim Box, Linn County’s deputy commissioner of elections, said his office was alerted to information posted on the website for the City of Ely , which he described as being “odd” and “unusual.” Staff at the city, posted announcement on the website for the Nov

Last week, the House Select Committee on State Sovereignty fielded testimony on legislation seeking to challenge or replace ’Obamacare.’ One particular set of

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

Last night, Orly Taitz told readers of her blog that she’d taped an interview on The Colbert Report and expected it to be edited to maker her look silly. I

Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said that initial weekly jobless claims declined slightly to 472,000. Initial claims need to fall into the 300,000s for

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is close to approving laser technology for enriching uranium -- technology that arms control advocates fear might fall into the wrong hands.