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I detect some snark behind the reporting here: Obama sought Wednesday to cool that debate, staking out a middle position in an appearance with Canadian Prime

After being outmatched by John McCain on national security in 2008, Mitt Romney hopes to capitalize on the issue in 2012.

Ever since Dennis Blair, the director of national intelligence, told a congressional panel two weeks ago that he was cut out of the loop on reading would-be

In his first piece for The Washington Independent, political reporter Jeremy P. Jacobs asks, does Obama have a Jewish problem?

A new report shows that the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach metro area has the second highest income inequality in the country; the region is second only to New York City. The new report from the U.S. Census Bureau , which was released on Wednesday, analyzed which cities had the biggest gaps between the rich and the poor

Sen. Jeff Bingaman’s (D-N.M.) renewable energy standard, which is included as part of the broad energy bill the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee

President Obama this afternoon spoke briefly from the Rose Garden about the tragedy that continues to unfold in Raleigh County, W.Va., where 25 miners were

Republicans have been thrilled that Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.) is looking like a shoo-in for a Senate seat in the traditionally blue state of Delaware. Which

Updated April 10, 12:11 p.m. EST with two excerpts of Rep. Michele Bachmann’s video address at Friday’s Awakening conference in Lynchburg, Va. Stuck in

For those of you already growing weary of midterm election coverage, here’s something completely different: Albania Deleon, an Environmental Protection

Former speaker of the House Republican Newt Gingrich has set up a new Spanish-language website . # According to The Hill : # Newt Gingrich’s simultaneous courtship of the base of the Republican Party and Latino voters could pose major problems for his likely bid for the White House. # Gingrich, who is soon expected to announce the formation of a presidential exploratory committee, frequently stresses the need for the GOP to reach out to Latinos

Vice President Joe Biden is coming under serious fire from the conservative blogosphere for “hiding out” in Aspen over the weekend ahead of President Barack Obama’s key speech justifying ongoing U.S. airstrikes in Libya.

Xcel Energy’s announcement this week that it’s pulling the plug on a controversial and hotly contested transmission line project in the San Luis Valley is being cheered by local environmentalists but viewed with skepticism by Xcel’s partner in the project, Tri-State Generation and Transmission. The San Luis Valley is home to the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and Great Sand Dunes National Park (Park Service photo)

The political moment is right for ending off-shore tax evasion tactics, but obstacles stand in the way.

From the Twitter feed of Sen. David Vitter. I’m trying to get a look at the amendment itself.

Texas A&M University faculty are unhappy with a recent report on faculty productivity written by Rick O’Donnell, a former special adviser to the

Obama tried to carve out a place in the middle of the immigration debate during a speech at American University’s School of International Service today.

President Barack Obama aboard Air Force One (Pic by The White House, via Flickr) The U.S.

Shah Mahmood Qureshi says his government has forged an unprecedented national consensus to defend a stable, democratic country where terrorism and extremist ideologies have little or no support.