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Reading The Washington Post’s write-up of Adm. Mullen’s call for a second U.S. troop deployment in Afghanistan this year, this poll figure stands out: the

NASHVILLE -- WorldNetDaily Editor-in-Chief Joseph Farah gave a 40-minute dinner speech to the National Tea Party Convention and spent at least 10 minutes of it

Legislators consider defining foreign in campaign finance law. Starting next month, a government program will help underwater homeowners via short

Sam Stein at Huffington Post reports that a high-juiced Dem official says Jim Steinberg -- he of the quality bartending skills -- may become Hillary Rodham

A single mother is in the media spotlight after joking to Obama that he is a hottie, with a smokin’ little body. Sarah Palin will be the top speaker at the

Activists are taking issue with a plan being negotiated between BP and the Obama administration for feeding the fund meant to compensate victims of the oil

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At a luncheon at the Heritage Foundation today, Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) said that the Tea Party movement could help Republicans from moving too far to the

The national media remains abuzz with discussions of sexual harassment allegations made previously against presidential candidate Herman Cain and it now seems Cain may have acted in a manner that resulted in women at a Des Moines radio station feeling uncomfortable. Politico broke the story of the transgressions that allegedly took place while Cain served as the head of the National Restaurant Association, and has been following developments in the story closely throughout the week.

After a British court ruled that the U.K. government has to disclose sensitive information about how the United States tortured a British citizen named Binyam

Senator Orrin Hatch just tipped us off as to how Republicans intend to fight the Sotomayor nomination: As a Supreme Court justice, he warned, she’d be in a

There is a new buzz in the roadless debate. Charlie Berger, owner of Denver Beer Co., this week called on Congress to strengthen protections of public lands in light of the U.S. Forest Service’s deliberation of a new state-specific proposal to manage forests and attempts by Republican lawmakers to roll back wilderness and roadless area protections

Here’s one way to eliminate conflicts of interest. The Obama administration has in mind to carve up the Minerals Management Service, a branch of the Interior

Andrew Sullivan calls the reported impending torture probe by Attorney General Eric Holder the worst of both worlds, arguing that investigating only those who

As The Minnesota Independent previously reported, ABC News recently released an undercover video of Bachmann & Associates, a Christian counseling clinic run

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A new poll from Pew Hispanic Center provides some insight into how Latinos -- both U.S.-born and immigrants -- view immigration issues. Perhaps most interesting

If you didn’t get enough reporting and analysis on the Pentagon’s master planning document, the Quadrennial Defense Review, from my preview piece on Friday,

Former Rep. James Traficant (D-Ohio) filed as an independent congressional candidate today in his old House district, but may file to run in a neighboring

Why Obama’s speech on financial reform was so soft on Wall Street bankers. Democrats plan to introduce legislation to check the Citizens United

Obama defends coked-up stimulus monkeys. Henry Waxman won’t mind if the difficult Dems lose reelection. Next Michelle Obama will be telling us to eat