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So it’s come to this. McClatchy’s Leila Fadel reports that Gen. Ray Odierno, commander of U.S. troops in Iraq, is telling the obstinate Maliki government

Assuming market conditions remain favorable and a bond sale goes well, the new Chrysler — less than two years removed from bankruptcy — says it will have the federal government paid back for loans it made to keep the company afloat by the time August rolls around. In a statement prior to CEO Sergio Marchionne hosting a visit from U.S

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If you want a sign of how thoroughly Gen. David Petraeus is taking command of the Afghanistan war, look no further than today’s surprise news that Lt. Gen.

In a unanimous vote of the Lansing City Council Monday night, council members passed a resolution opposing HB 5039 and urging the state legislature to vote against the bill.

’I’m so proud to be a citizen in this great land that I, for one, call America,’ says Gov. Sarah Palin.

The governor of Alaska was riding a wave of national recognition at the start of this year, stemming from her 2008 vice presidential campaign, and supporters

As we mentioned earlier, the recent swine flu outbreak is causing some liberals to go back to the stimulus debate of earlier this year to point out that the

Attorney General Bill Schuette will appeal a federal court ruling that overturned Michigan’s 2006 constitutional amendment banning affirmative action at public colleges and universities. Last week in a 2-1 ruling the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals said that this amendment, also known as Proposal 2 or the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative (MCRI), violates the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment .

While the nation is distracted by wondering about the status of Colt McCoy’s shoulder, the Pentagon emailed out the following statement from spokesman Geoff

Appearing in Minnesota yesterday, President Obama was asked about legalizing medical marijuana. His answer was beyond vague and not entirely supportive

Sen. Robert Byrd, the 90-year-old West Virginia Democrat and the Senate’s in-house constitutional scholar, is stepping down as head of the Senate Appropriations

For anyone who’s heard about the controversy over renegade Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who parades undocumented immigrants in pink underwear and houses them in

No alarms and no surprises here -- I reported that she was a sure thing in February -- but after long long long delay, the State Department finally has Judith

Via The New Yorker’s twitter feed, North Korea, fresh from an unprovoked naval attack that killed 46 South Korean sailors, accuses South Korean President Lee

Colorado and national environmental groups today were sharply critical of congressional plans to accelerate a White House decision on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline as part of a deal to extend payroll tax relief and unemployment benefits. The Sand Hills area of Nebraska

So later today I’ll have a piece up about Obama’s relationship with the military and the challenges and opportunities it presents. But, like R. Kelly, I want to

The hosts of Fox News’ morning show Fox and Friends (More fun than a spinal tap since 1999!) just emceed the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

In a press conference that can be described only as solid-gold entertainment, former Illinois Atty. Gen. Roland Burris accepted disgraced Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s

The goings-on of red state Republican officials aren’t usually national news, but this story from Boise is a fitting postscript to a week that started with

Except for the few times she raised her hands to applaud, Sheila Reiland of Iowa City sat quietly — hands at her sides, feet flat on the floor, her back against a school lunch table. For more than an hour and a half she watched and listened as four men, all hoping to be president, and a handful of eastern Iowa Republican Party leaders took their turn at the microphone