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Cliffs Natural Resources, the international mining and natural resources company that began producing biofuel cubes at a factory near Marquette this year, has announced that it is closing its renewaFUEL operation. In a statement this week the company said that it plans to focus resources on iron mining, its core business.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development is one of the most understaffed, demoralized agencies in Washington. Some say even top-flight talent won’t be enough to reform it.

The Counterinsurgency Center teaches officers not to think terrorism-bad but clinically when combating insurgents. Is George Washington comparable to Osama Bin Laden? But some in the military worry that traditional military functions are eroding because of an overemphasis on counterinsurgency.

On MSNBC’s Live with Carlos Watson this morning, TWI legal reporter Daphne Eviatar appeared in a roundtable with Scott Horton of Harper’s and NBC Justice

Iran seems kind of tepid so far on the Obama administration’s outreach, but some on the Hill are undeterred. On Thursday, Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) will

In yet another 5-4 ruling Thursday, the Supreme Court denied a man imprisoned for a rape and attempted murder he says he didn’t commit the right to the DNA

Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Ocala (Pic via stearns.house.gov) An attorney for the group partially responsible for a recent congressional investigation into Planned Parenthood says the group has targeted the chain of health clinics as part of a strategy to end abortion

From Peter Wallston’s piece on the conservative fringe, which contains a lot of stuff that should be familiar to TWI readers, here is the reason Lisa De

I snarked Wednesday about CIA Director Leon Panetta’s assertion that the CIA has lately dealt al-Qaeda a hefty blow, since we don’t really have the visibility

Mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are going to speed up loan modifications for hundreds of thousands of borrowers, the government announced

Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) is no fan of the Afghanistan escalation. Let me get this straight, he said, the surge in Afghanistan is about U.S. security

Having threatened to renew his intifada against the U.S. and the Iraqi government, Moqtada Sadr has launched a new gambit while his forces are under attack by

On a call with constituents today, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) appeared to agree with callers who said that immigration constitutes an “invasion” of the

The sudden up-tick in HIV-specific laws in African countries has been tied directly to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Housing Works, an organization that advocates for the rights of HIV-positive people in the U.S

Tax cuts in the middle of two wars are OK, but tax hikes to pay the freight of those wars would be irresponsible. That’s the message coming from Rep. Tom Price

A Wisconsin group is alleging that United Way and Planned Parenthood are in cahoots in an effort to draw young girls into abortion facilities in the state.

For weeks, the people of Maryland’s 4th Congressional District have known that their eight-term representative, Democrat Albert Wynn, was on his way out the

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Researchers have developed a simple microchip which is capable of successfully identifying HIV and syphilis with less than a drop of blood. The new test is about the size of credit card, and researchers announced that is extremely effective in identifying HIV and syphilis infections, the Washington Post reports .