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<p>Fellow <a href="http://tpmmuckraker.com/">TPMmuckraker</a> alumnus Justin Rood has an <a title="amazing story"

Jonathan Stray, an energetic blogger, has constructed a social-network chart detailing the connections between the so-called Counterinsurgents. It has some

Following months of hype, speculation and protesting, tens of thousands of worshipers gathered in Houston’s Reliant Stadium Saturday to join Gov. Rick Perry for

In The New York Times’ Sunday piece on the Truth Commission proposed by Sen. Pat Leahy (D-Vt.) , which I wrote about last week, reporter Scott Shane notes

When Congress passed the mortgage rescue bill in July, politicians touted help for homeowners as a big part of the legislation. By Oct. 1, the Federal Housing

Two bills introduced in Congress recently stake out rival positions on a key issue related to health care reform. Which approach ultimately prevails will help

I just talked with James Bopp, Jr., the Indiana member of the Republican National Committee who’s doing a lot of the legwork to pass the Democrat Socialist

In an insightful column in The New York Times Sunday, Frank Rich attributes Obama’s choice of the Rev. Rick Warren -- the megachurch pastor who has likened gay

Tensions ran high during former Massachusetts Gov.

We’ll know for sure imminently, but McClatchy reports Secretary Bob Gates’ full defense budget may cut purchases of the Marines’s V-22 Osprey aircraft -- a kind

A proposal allowing guns in national parks. That’s right. Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) is pushing a provision to overturn the Obama administration’s dismissal

If Michigan lawmakers are in the mood to offer reforms that could appease parts of the Occupy Wall St. movement — though there’s no indication that they are — beefing up the the state’s rules for campaign finance disclosure might make a good start. Michigan is notorious for the huge role that secret cash plays in elections, and the top item on the list of grievances and demands produced by Occupy Detroit is controlling money in politics

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said today that Iowa has been fortunate that emergency funding for highways is soon to arrive, while additional funds for

One man’s short take after watching the Inauguration through the trees at the southern edge of the WWII Memorial: There were few surprises through the

Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal is before the Senate Armed Services Committee for his nomination hearing to become the next commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa) this morning told a town hall audience he will not support a bill that gives health coverage to illegal immigrants. Will the