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Sen. Barack Obama reiterated his economic priorities in a major interview on NBC last night, telling Brian Williams that he is fighting for a bailout plan that

Following up on my post yesterday about the Obama administration’s court filing in the case of Rasul v. Rumsfeld -- in which four British former prisoners at

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki opened the door for the first time Wednesday to the prospect of a U.S. military presence in Iraq after the December 2011 deadline for troop withdrawal set by last year’s bilateral accord -- something President Obama appeared to rule out during a joint appearance on Wednesday.

Ahmed Chalabi -- you remember him -- provides new vistas of meaning to the concept of audacity. Via Tom Ricks, here he is in an interview with al-Hayat accusing

This is the sort of big-headline political news that won’t matter much in the long run. Though he has persistently denied the rumor’’ that he’ll step down,

Anyone want to take precious metals investor Jason Hommel up on this offer? I, Jason Hommel, promise that I will give $100,000 to the first person who

As he makes a real impact in pushing conservative fringe attacks on Obama administration officials into the mainstream, Glenn Beck’s Twitter feed has become a

As I noted in my story today, Sen. Barack Obama’s (D-Ill.) relationship with Rev. Jeremiah Wright has raised the ire of many conservative Jewish groups,

Daphne’s already blown the kazoo and hung the streamers for today’s release of the 2004 CIA inspector general report on the agency’s use of torture enhanced

The Hill reports today that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Cal.) won’t scrap the special panel she created last year to tackle climate change. The select

Unemployment in the U.S. hit a new high mark in June, media reports said Friday , hitting 9.2 percent nationally and drawing scorn from several top Republicans who placed the blame on President Barack Obama and his administration.

GUANTANAMO BAY -- After a lengthy exchange in which Kobie Flowers, an attorney for Omar Khadr, sought to establish that preparatory material used by FBI Special

The Obama administration is apparently going to release the 2005-era Office of Legal Counsel memoranda about what torture techniques the CIA could employ. Keep

A coalition of renewable energy advocates and labor and environmental groups got specific today in calling for passage of a renewable energy standard this

Speaking just before the Audit the Fed amendment went to vote (ongoing now), Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), the architect of the financial regulatory reform bill,

That’s the idea that was being tossed around yesterday in the Senate, where several White House officials testified before the Banking Committee on the early

The border fence has become something of a political minefield for President Obama.

Rep. Michele Bachmann will be headlining a California-based religious right webcast on Mar.