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The former governor of Pennsylvania and former Secretary of Homeland Security appeared on C-SPAN this morning and called a 2012 run for president unlikely,

We are all Palins now. That’s a major thrust of the Republican effort to rescue their beleaguered vice presidential nominee, Gov. Sarah Palin. She is one of

A new Democracy Corps/Third Way poll bills itself as a wake-up call for Democrats on national security. Last May, Democracy Corps found that Obama’s election

As the head of the Chamber of Commerce’s Environment, Technology and Regulatory Affairs Division, Kovacs wields considerable power as a lead voice for the

Just released from Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair’s office: Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair announced today that Ambassador

The foreclosure crisis is far from over. Rather, as this chart from Daniel Indiviglio at The Atlantic shows, it is in some ways just peaking. Last month, banks

A major theme of last night’s speeches at Americans for Prosperity’s Defending the American Dream Conference was, ironically, out-and-out gloating about

The aging song stylist uses the latest edition of his Newsmax.com column to demand the president’s birth certificate (it’s here, by the way), repeating some

In Texas, a bill to renew a five-year-old Medicaid women’s health program that is due to expire in December is under threat from passage, all given that

Congress is poised to cut food stamps again, taking more away from an extended benefit created by the 2009 stimulus, before its original expiry date, and

Here’s the Office of Legal Counsel memo from May 10, 2005, which outlines approved interrogation techniques, including

As the battle over gun reform has raged on Capitol Hill this year, it’s become ever-more clear that this is more a regional issue than a partisan one. Indeed,

GUANTANAMO BAY -- As Omar Khadr’s defense team rushes to present as much of its case as possible this week before a court-mandated government psychological exam

Laura Rozen takes a crack at it. In other words, be willing to try to get back to diplomatic negotiations with Iran, slow down their program, protect regional

Just a few days after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testified before House lawmakers about his role in Bank of America’s controversial buyout of Merrill

After losing its argument before a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that the state secrets privilege requires the dismissal of a

Yesterday, to honor Hemp History Week (who knew?), Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) used the occasion to promote his proposal to legalize the domestic production of

On the heals of Rep. Diana DeGette hosting a women’s business forum with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Colorado U.S.