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As the number of displaced people rises due to the fighting in Pakistan’s Swat Valley, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations

Last night, the Senate agreed to a proposal by Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) to reduce the funds available to TARP, the Troubled Asset Relief Program, from $700

This is my favorite rejection under the Freedom of Information Act ever. In May, following a wealth of disclosures about the role of the Survival Evasion

In an internal 2003 memo, then-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld famously warned that the struggle against terrorism would be a long, hard slog. His

House Minority Leader Rep. John Boehner quietly launched yet another fundraising committee last week to aid Republican efforts to take back the House this

All day, we’re re-running our favorite blog posts of the last year. This post was originally published on Nov. 4, 2009. During the summer, when swine flu

The National Organization for Marriage is at it again, this time suing Rhode Island’s Board of Elections for the right to run TV ads in the state’s

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Much has been written about McCain’s inability, or unwillingness, to even mention the name of President George W. Bush. Huffington Post’s Sam Stein has a nice

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) looks forward to a public option, but Rahm Emanuel offers a new compromise. The Washington Post is not the only one hosting

That’s the word coming from Capitol Hill, where Democratic leaders are wary that Republicans would stall a formal conference, thus delaying passage of the

NEW YORK -- Despite a cold and steady rain, the 9/11 Never Forget Coalition managed to attract a few hundred people to Foley Square in downtown Manhattan today

First appeared December 12, 2008 As I wrote on Wednesday, there are already several lawsuits from torture victims pending against the United States, and

Atrios, utilizing his trademark, uh, panache, offers a very well-reasoned response to the small but vocal segment of the Left who are angry about

This is the most stunning poll I’ve seen from Iraq since the war began -- not just because so many Iraqis think things are improving, but because the wide

Last week, Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) called on TV networks and other news organizations to refrain from calling the presidential winner while the polls remain

The College Board, which oversees undergraduate and graduate school entrance exams, released results for the 2011 SATs, revealing mixed news: More students took

Although Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) has scheduled a committee vote on the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor for tomorrow, ranking

I saw in my RSS reader that four U.S. troops have died in Afghanistan in the last 24 hours. Hmm, I thought, I get emails from the International Security

Swift Communications newspapers in Colorado will soon ask online readers to pay for access to content. The Carson City, Nevada-based company, which owns a slew of publications in Colorado and is sometimes mocked for its “ McMountain News ” mass-production publishing style, has already started erecting paywalls at publications elsewhere and will likely begin charging customers here next year

The elections are over. Let’s all speculate about the next ones. Bush says the worst moment of his presidency was an insult from Kanye West. Lion cubs