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Brazen: Deputy Mayor Azizullah Yarmal walked into a mosque in central Kandahar, turned toward Mecca and began to pray to Allah. As he reached the point where

Cue the OH NOES. From Defense Secretary Bob Gates’ testimony on the defense budget today: Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates suggested on Thursday that as many

Writing at Slate, Daniel Gross wonders why Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke doesn’t seem to care much about high unemployment: In a speech earlier this month,

Three veteran FBI interrogators, concerned by Attorney General Eric Holder’s proposal to expand the public safety exceptions in the Miranda warning during

Peter Bergen, the only western reporter to have interviewed Osama bin Laden, reads my post about Obama’s rendition hints and emails: I think the situation

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded Florida about $1.8 million to help the state sign up more children for health insurance.

An omnibus bill drafted by Legislative Republicans was greatly denounced Tuesday at a public hearing on the eve of the Iowa House’s debate on it. In a two-hour public hearing in the Iowa House chamber, representatives heard mostly pleas from individuals and groups who do not want to see cuts or reduced spending on education, tobacco use prevention and the Health and Human Services budget. The omnibus bill wraps several pieces of legislation into a two-year budget proposal

No. But the idea is out there. Rep. Kenny Marchant (R-Texas) has proposed requiring Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to verify that everyone receiving a home loan

In April, I wrote about J Street, the first-ever Jewish-led political organization dedicated to a building an American constituency for an immediate and just

Late last week, in a decision that got some attention over the weekend, U.S. District Court Judge Ricardo Urbina ruled that a Pakistani man who has been held at

Ben Smith, Nick Gillespie, and Byron York are writing up Gallup’s report that Vice President Joe Biden’s favorable ratings have fallen below the 50 percent

Turns out that the Keystone XL pipeline may have competition. Two other companies are joining forces and want to build a rival pipeline from Cushing, Oklahoma to the Gulf Coast of Texas. Enterprise Products Partners LP and Energy Transfer Partners LP said Tuesday they are forming a joint venture to build a 400,000-barrel-a-day oil pipeline from Cushing—a major U.S

I mentioned in my story today about the Washington Examiner that political correspondent Byron York has had the paper’s first big success with a

A bill introduced by U.S. Rep.

After a four-hour meeting of the Senate Budget panel on Monday, chairman J.D.

A factually flawed sex education curriculum, taught to the state’s middle and high school students, remains popular in Central Texas public

Americans for Prosperity conference drew 2,000 activists from around the country to Washington.

Conservative political group FreedomWorks has launched a new round of e-mails and tweets encouraging school voucher supporters to call leading Pennsylvania

Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Sarasota (Pic via Facebook) Venice retiree Donna Cubit-Swoyer has filed a complaint with the Office of Congressional Ethics, requesting an investigation of Rep