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Gen. Jim Jones is close to getting the job, according to Dave Rogers at Politico. If so, it would be a good choice. With Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton very likely

RedState’s Erick Erickson announces a blanket ban on conspiracy theorists at his site, taking some whacks at liberals and Clintonistas for starting the

Responding to the creeping notion that the government might be forced to swoop in and nationalize some of the country’s flailing banks, Washington’s financial

The terrorist Hambali, a former occupant of a CIA black-site cell, might be tried in Washington, D.C., which doesn’t know a thing about security. An intense

Just a quick observation on the Blagojevich arrest: Did anyone else find it ironic that this episode comes just three days after Democratic Rep. William

<p>Another possible casualty of the Democratic presidential marathon: the Iowa caucuses. John Deeth of Iowa Independent <a title="explains"

One of the early lights of the national security/foreign policy blogosphere, Marc Lynch, is the latest scholar to sign up with the Center for a New American

“This ‘legally obligated’ stuff is a lot of nonsense,” says one expert on the Wall Street bailout.

A report released Tuesday shows that hate violence against the LGBT and HIV-affected communities rose 13 percent in the U.S. in 2010. # The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs report (.pdf), “Hate Violence Against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and HIV-Affected Communities in the United States in 2010,” shows that: # 27 murders of LGBT and HIV-affected people were documented; the second-highest yearly total ever recorded; Among those reporting, transgender people and people of color faced the most severe hate violence; and Reports of violent crime increased 13 percent for all LGBT and HIV-affected people.

Much is being said -- some praise and some criticism -- of the bipartisan outreach that’s marked the first weeks of the Obama administration. But you won’t

Two-career professional families are dealing with the economic downturn by cutting back on nannies and other domestic workers, the New York Times says today.

Attorney General Eric Holder today withdrew the controversial ruling by his predecessor that immigrants in deportation proceedings have no right to appeal an

Democratic lawmakers are defending four colleagues and a labor leader who have brought a lawsuit against Gov.

The Republican Party of Florida will host its Presidency 5 event in Orlando later this month. On the event’s agenda is a presidential straw poll, a Fox News debate and a keynote address by Gov. Rick Scott.

A spokeswoman for Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration said yesterday in a statement to The Florida Independent that it believes Florida’s plan to allow Medicaid providers the option of not providing family planning “is in compliance with federal requirements.” # The agency is currently in charge of writing up proposals of Florida’s Medicaid reform program to show the federal government for approval. The agency is not expressing any concerns that the federal government might strike down an opt-out provision for family planning . # This past legislative session, the state Legislature added a provision to its Medicaid overhaul that allows Medicaid providers to choose to not provide family planning services for “moral or religious” reasons, as requested by Florida Catholic Services

It happens all the time. A thirsty consumer grabs a cup of coffee with a debit card, unknowingly exceeds the available balance, and gets smacked with a $30 fee for the $3 purchase.

While Barack Obama’s win signals a new era of politics, it is one fraught with peril because so much is expected of the new president. He faces two wars, an economic system in crisis and an American public that has invested a great deal of faith in this one man to solve their problems.

No date has been set, but congressional leaders are already vowing to hold hearings on the circumstances leading up to Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch mine

Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, Attorney General Eric Holder said that one reason he decided to try the five suspected 9/11

As Fox News and others excoriate President Obama for easing up on deportations, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has the gall to say that what this country needs more of is immigration. From The Hill: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (I) said Friday that the “single biggest” thing President Obama can do right now to spur job creation in the United States is to allow more immigration. “Most importantly, we want to get immigrants from around the world to come to America,” Bloomberg said in an interview with the “CBS Early Show.” “That’s the single biggest thing that the president could do with Congress, is open up the borders to those that will create jobs here.” He told CBS that immigrants “don’t take away jobs” but rather they create jobs for people already living in the United States

Via TPM, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) took to Fox News this morning to plug the anti-health care reform rally -- which she referred to as the Super Bowl of