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White House: Decision to appoint new social secretary will not affect donors’ access to lawmakers. Liz Cheney’s group attacks lawyers defending Gitmo

So much for John Brennan, the former CIA official who wasn’t actually an advocate of torture but who was pilloried for being so in the blogosphere. The

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Yesterday’s post about the freerepublic.com habits of Maj. Stefan Cook was re-posted at the site, where it drew (as of right now) 145 comments. From

Gov. Sarah Palin will need to appeal to independents and moderates if she hopes to pull off a win for Republicans in four years.

Marc Ambinder previews the Obama surge in seven bullet points. But it’s not really a surge, is it? Keith Olbermann says declare victory and get

A raft of school-choice legislative activity is at play in the Pennsylvania General Assembly with three education voucher proposals coming out of the House in

No one likes paying taxes, responds Scott Brown to news of the plane attack on a Texas IRS building. What are Obama’s biggest challenges in 2010? Here’s a

Retreat is not an option, says Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.). We must continue to drill.

Testing conducted by Halliburton weeks before the Macondo well blowout indicated that the cement to be used to secure the well casing was unstable, staff for

I caught up with Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) at the How to Take Back America Conference to follow up on an issue that had come up there: defunding the Left.

In the summer of 2008, with gas prices through the roof and Republicans calling for an expansion of offshore oil drilling, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi

House members on health care: Who’s undecided and why? Boehner: If I am speaker, I will run the House differently from both Dem and past GOP leadership. Key

Democratic Populism is all the rage. As we enter the final phase of the caucuses and primaries, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Barack Obama

The problem is this: The health reform bill to be taken up by the Senate Finance Committee this week requires that nearly everyone have insurance coverage, but

The Associated Press has been digging into Gov. Sarah Palin’s record as mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, to find some astonishing examples of ethically questionable

Former Sen. Norm Coleman, chair of a non-profit group that pumped at least $18 million towards conservative candidates or issues in the last election cycle, is joining Mitt Romney’s bid for the Republican presidential nomination as a special advisor, Romney’s campaign said Wednesday. “His advice will be critical as I lay out my vision for improving our economy at home and strengthening our partnerships around the world,” a statement on Romney’s campaign website read

Immigration advocates may have won a battle in the stimulus package, but the federal program E-verify isn’t going away.

The NARAL Pro-Choice America logo (Pic via naral.org ) This week, rumblings on the Internet that Siri, Apple’s new iPhone voice software, is “anti-choice,” have garnered the attention of political advocacy groups on both sides of the abortion debate. Reproductive rights bloggers, such as the Abortioneers , noticed recently that Siri was unable to help women who are seeking abortions, emergency contraception and birth control, among other things.