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The Los Angeles Times has the last of its series on things Republicans are saying about Attorney General-designate Eric Holder, whose confirmation hearing kicks

Complaints surrounding the way U.S. Rep.

Inside the U.S. Capitol (Pic by ThatMakesThree, via Flickr) The GOP-sponsored “Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act,” which extends payroll tax cuts and extends but reduces unemployment benefits through 2012, passed in the U.S.

<p>The race for the Democratic nomination today heads to Nevada, where the campaigns and a variety of unaffiliated organizations are working furiously to

“The capacity to find a facility is not tied to school performance,” says one New Orleans school principal. “I understand that, but I really wish there was a clearer path.”

The once-frontrunner, who’s slipped a bit behind Tom Campbell, gets a boost from someone once thought of as a possible president, now almost invisible in

Though radiation sampling in recent weeks has shown fallout from Fukushima in rain, drinking water and milk, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced yesterday that it is returning to its regular program of quarterly sampling.

Following up on Spencer’s earlier post about President Obama’s meeting today with numerous members of his national security team, the White House released this

I don’t know how seriously to take Republican candidate Jim Tedisco’s ballot challenges in New York’s 20th Congressional District special election when his

In the latest incident of Tea Party infighting, a rally in Orlando saw Tea Partiers alleging that the Florida Tea Party would hurt its election chances.

GUANTANAMO BAY -- Navy Commander Brad Fagan, a spokesman for the military command running the detention facility here, told reporters that Omar Khadr is being

Confused about the financial crisis? The rise of mortgage-backed securities and credit default swaps? So, it appears, were the credit ratings agencies -- the

Interesting phone chat today with the Council on Foreign Relations’ Steve Biddle and Dan Markey, both of whom recently visited Afghanistan and shared some

Via The Weekly Standard, a USA Today/Gallup poll finds support for Obama’s extended surge in Afghanistan: A narrow majority of Americans support President

I flipped on the radio last night and heard the famously dog-whistle-pitched voice of conservative pundit Mark Levin attacking President Barack Obama for ...

The Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion left 11 dead, and the hundreds of active oil and gas rigs off the nation’s shores are among the most dangerous workplaces in America.

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

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