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Let’s pretend that this Rush Limbaugh op-ed in the Wall Street Journal isn’t a (pretty funny) goof on the invented controversy about whether he’s preventing

There was only a five-minute window, between when the black cloud broke and the pilot and photographer could fly over Germantown, Md., on Sunday afternoon to

The Orlando Sentinel has a really incredible story this morning about intransigence at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA administrator

Attendees at events featuring Atlanta businessman Herman Cain know the 2012 candidate is proud to be an “ABC,” or American Black Conservative . Cain told Iowans Wednesday that his being an ABC was exactly the reason he was singled out for mockery by a television comedian. Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart took note of earlier Cain remarks regarding the length of legislation being passed by Congress

Last week, New Mexico Senator Tom Udall, along with six of his fellow Democratic colleagues, proposed an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would allow Congress to regulate the campaign finance system. Long an advocate of campaign finance reform, Udall seeks to overturn the U.S.

Twice this month, Senate Democrats have tried to pass their proposal hiking the oil spill liability cap from $75 million to $10 billion. And twice Republicans

I’m already sick of the arrrrr-pirates-of-Somalia jokes, but as long as we’re talking about piracy, it seemed worth noting that the Pentagon gave the thumbs-up

TWI’s Spencer Ackerman caught up with John Kiriakou, a former CIA official who oversaw the interrogation of a high-profile Al Qaeda prisoner, to talk about

Well, this took some nerve: the military commission judge overseeing the prosecution of Abd al Rahim al-Nashiri, a Saudi citizen accused of plotting the 2000

Would-be GOP presidential nominee Michele Bachmann began her weekend tour of the Sunshine State today, making a late afternoon visit to a sub shop in Jacksonville Beach. # Angie’s Subs, which is owned by a passionate tea party local , was packed to capacity during the event.

High-powered computers take over Wall Street. McCain campaign looked into birther lawsuits, found nothing. Did Issa cover for Boehner’s beach

Four days later, the Senate Majority Leader responds to Israel’s deadly raid on the Mavi Marmara, a Turkish-flagged ship shuttling aid to Gaza. “Israel is

Giuliani to Obama: Shut up. Is forgery the new lobbying? Hutchinson gets busted for gay-baiting SEO. Needle exchange makes slow progress. Maybe

Todd Palin attracted enthusiastic crowds in two appearances in northern Minnesota yesterday, reports Minnesota Independent’s Paul Demko. In appearances at

President Barack Obama currently leads all of his main 2012 Republican rivals in Iowa, according to a new poll from Public Policy Polling. The closest

In the aftermath of Sen. Arlen Specter’s (D-Pa.) defection from the Republican Party earlier this week, we wondered about Sen. Charles Grassley’s (R-Iowa) plans