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Don’t miss Wired’s amazing story about an Iraq-stationed Army specialist, Bradley Manning, who was arrested two weeks ago for leaking Wikileaks a gruesome video

Several states — but not New Mexico — have received warnings from the Department of Justice over their medical marijuana programs, leading them to reassess their programs, according to the Associated Press . The “ominous-sounding letters” have gone to the states in recent weeks. The letters — sent to Colorado and Washington , among other states — are perhaps a signal that the federal government is further abandoning its stated hands-off approach to medical marijuana in the states.

Ben Smith calls Judge James Robertson’s memo dismissing Hollister v. Soetoro a birther smackdown, and he’s right. The suit, which — as the more racist

Less than two weeks after Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) became the first Senate Democrat to announce her opposition to the labor-friendly Employee Free Choice

Former New Mexico Republican Gov.

At the end of last week, the Obama administration reportedly told Senate Democrats to drop the $50 billion liquidation fund -- often referred to as a bailout

Well, it won’t be all doom and gloom here today. Consumer confidence -- an important bellwether of increasing household spending -- shot up last month. The

As I reported yesterday, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee opted to invite Gen. David Petraeus to testify alongside Ambassador Karl Eikenberry this morning

A coalition of business leaders today called for passage of a series of proposals that would provide tax credits for the purchase and production of electric

Carter resigned this fall as Assistant Secretary for Detainee Affairs at the Pentagon. Carter provided the stock answer that he was leaving for personal and

The economy might still be suffering, but political advertising expenditures -- both by candidates, political parties, and outside groups -- are way up, reports

Don’t miss this mammoth USA Today investigation into retired generals and admirals receiving heaps of Pentagon cash for occasional mentoring work to their

On Monday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said this about Republican attempts to delay a health care vote. When this country belatedly recognized

In my piece on Rep. Parker Griffith’s party switch, I quoted Huntsville, Ala., Tea Party leader Christie Carden, one of the conservative activists not impressed

The longtime CNN anchor has targeted illegal aliens for years now, publicly blaming them for everything from violent crime to failing schools to drug gangs

Sam Stein catches up to the former Attorney General at CPAC: In an interview with the Huffington Post at the Conservative Political Action Conference, the

From Reuters: Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person convicted in a U.S. court on criminal charges related to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, lost a bid on Monday to

Lower court granted qualified immunity to U.S. officials because it wasn’t clear at the time that abusing Guantanamo prisoners was illegal.

Rep. Bill Posey (R-Fla.), who has introduced a bill that would require future presidential candidates to provide proof of U.S. citizenship, has collected four

The American Independent’s Sofia Resnick discussed Focus on the Family’s South Carolina affiliate the Palmetto Family Council, the group’s Family 2012

An interim report released today by the National Academy of Engineering lays out a series of failures that led to the Deepwater Horizon explosion and resulting

A concentrated oil burn in the Gulf of Mexico, conducted in May 2010 (Pic by Deepwater Horizon Response, via Flickr) The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force on Wednesday released its comprehensive preliminary strategy for long-term restoration. Next Tuesday, the Consortium for Ocean Leadership and COMPASS (Communication Partnership for Science and the Sea) will host a roundtable discussion to further delve into the strategy, and discuss what can be done on a policy level. The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation will be sponsoring the event. According to a press release, the roundtable discussion will address specific scientific and economic issues regarding effective restoration in the Gulf of Mexico, including “What role can science play in identifying what the linked ecological and economic goals of ecosystem recovery are in the Gulf?” “Restoring economic vitality to the Gulf will depend on a foundation of sustained coastal health,” reads a press release for the event