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Matthew Yglesias, making another version of his argument that the multiple veto points in the legislative branch overly empower the minority and make America

<p>The people who know Ed Rendell best aren&rsquo;t surprised when he speaks his mind. But Rendell&rsquo;s candor might have come as a shock to

Faking a marriage to get a green card? Be careful what you say on Facebook: Federal immigration authorities may use social networks to determine whether

Tom Donnelly and Gary Schmitt of the American Enterprise Institute, members in good standing of the neoconservative cabal to eat your babies and conquer the

According to McClatchy, six years after the Keating Five scandal, Sen. John McCain pressured U.S. Forest Service employees to approve a potentially lucrative

Bill Kristol speaks to American Jewry: As we recited this on Saturday, I couldn’t help but reflect that a distressingly small number of my fellow Jews seem

The FDA has intensified its checks on produce coming into the United States since the Salmonella stpaul outbreak began, and has put 17 firms on notice that they

Another day, another Dianne Feinstein statement that doesn’t express enthusiasm for Panetta: I have been contacted by both President-elect Obama and Vice

The Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility released its report on professional misconduct over torture authorized by ex-Justice officials

OK, it’s officially NATO-in-Afghanistan Day at The Streak. Matthew Yglesias notes the hawkishness of Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the NATO secretary general, and

The House last night easily passed a compromise automaker bailout negotiated for days between congressional Democrats and the White House. The Democrats -- who

I don’t really feel like getting into an argument about Israel today, but Eli Lake at The Washington Times reports: President Obama has reaffirmed a

On his radio show today, Glenn Beck accused someone, somewhere, of orchestrating phone calls about the conspiracy theory that President Obama was not born in

MSNBC and Roll Call are reporting that moments ago on the Senate floor, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) read a letter from Vice President-elect Joe

Two reporters who filed a ton of great, context-building coverage of the National Tea Party Convention were Jillian Bandes of Townhall.com and Lydia DePillis of

John Judis at The New Republic joins a growing chorus of voices wondering if President-elect Barack Obama’s stimulus plan goes far enough. We’re talking about a

How did Afghanistan become more dangerous than Iraq? Spencer Ackerman reports.

The Bush administration is set to argue to the military commissions appeals court in Washington Tuesday that a confession obtained from a teenager under torture

The man who managed former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee’s successful 2008 Iowa Caucuses campaign has signed on to manage Minnesota U.S. Rep.