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Peter Beinart is bullish on President Obama: The larger truth is this: Even as Republicans claim political momentum, the country is in the midst of a major

Sen. John McCain, first debate: I know the veterans. I know them well. And I know that they know that I’ll take care of them. And I’ve been proud of

Rep. Bob Inglis (R-S.C.) asked a great question: Sure, it would be better for Afghan farmers to grow wheat instead of poppies, a crop that heavily funds the

A reader over at TPM speculates: Whatever you think of the Palin speech, whether it was cynical or alienating to anyone outside the base, it was solidly

The McCain campaign concedes that Sen. John McCain isn’t going to win Philadelphia, according to TWI correspondent Anna Marie Cox. But if he can win in the

Today, as expected, the Federal Open Market Committee decided not to raise U.S. interest rates, instead holding the target federal funds rate steady between 0.0

The office of Gov. Rick Scott will now be charging for public records requests, under a new policy announced today.

Sivyer Steel Corporation of Bettendorf has agreed to pay a $54,786 penalty and clean up residual used oil that may have leaked from its storage tanks as part of settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Tim Pawlenty, the Republican governor of Minnesota, today became the second possible 2012 presidential contender to endorse the Conservative Party’s candidate

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has received an internal plan written by senior Interior Department officials on restructuring the energy management

Nine months ago, Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill were all celebration as they hailed the renewal of the program. Last week, they called for its demise.

Michael Barone, longtime political number-cruncher (his Almanac of American Politics was first published in 1972) and increasingly conservative pundit, has

Sarah Palin reared her head in Hong Kong to give the the first foreign-policy speech of the Palin 2012 campaign, and Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.), the chairman

On the eve of the five year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the Washington Post’s Ed O’Keefe snags an interview with former FEMA head Michael Brown, of

The mysteriously omnipresent daughter of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) picks her latest fight with a conservative pundit and produces my favorite quote of the

Politico is reporting today that U.S Rep. Ron Paul (R-Clute) raised about $3 million in the first three months of 2011, and also has about $1.7 million in his

The Conservative Political Action Conference being held in Orlando this month is set to feature a session that includes strategies to end “unconstitutional ObamaCare.” Included in the panel will be Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, Florida Senate President Mike Haridopolos, and former Attorney General Bill McCollum. According to a recent press release , the first panel scheduled for CPAC FL is entitled the “Health Care Freedom & Constitutionalism: Reining in the Rogue Federal Government” panel: will feature a conversation on the unconstitutional overreaching of the Obama Administration and Congress when it comes to the right to make individual health care decisions, and conservatives’ courageous efforts to protect personal liberties.

Today, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported that income, disposable personal income and spending improved a bit in July, after all three declined slightly

Republican governors-elect in Wisconsin and Ohio who have publicly indicated their opposition to rail projects in their states have received letters from U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.

Human Rights USA, the Center for Constitutional Rights and the American Civil Liberties Union are expected to make their case why the United States must