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Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich seemed to steal the show Saturday evening at a presidential forum hosted by the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition, focusing mostly on economics as several other GOP hopefuls tried to convince the social conservative crowd they have the strongest stances against abortion and same-sex marriage

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Tom Kizzia of the Anchorage Daily News wrote an interesting profile of Todd Palin’s 87-year-old grandmother this week that offers a

This July, Governor Susana Martinez, a descendant of illegal immigrants, implemented what she called a residency certification program — an effort to review the authenticity of foreign nationals’ drivers licenses. The state currently has about 85,000 licenses issued to foreign nationals. State district judge Sarah Singleton issued a preliminary injunction against the program back on September 22

Public Policy Polling released a survey on Wednesday that showed a majority of North Carolinians oppose both making same-sex marriage legal in that state and a

Another noteworthy item from the forthcoming Newsweek piece: Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin apparently decided to attack Sen. Barack Obama’s ties to William Ayers

Rand Paul takes a little less relish in arguing with neoconservative foreign policy hawks than his father, Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), does. (The elder Paul’s

The national group (with Texas roots) backing efforts to replace federal health care programs with interstate health care compacts is the newest sponsor of

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) has been receiving a lot of media attention for his gadfly role as ranking member on the House Oversight and Government Reform

Philip Zelikow details an argument that was deployed against me when he opposed torture in the Bush administration: We briefed the following members of

Iowa politicians offer a wide array of opinions on the role of faith in politics, with some saying they can’t be separated and others saying there must be a clear delineation between the two.

Is that your opening negotiation position, Mullah Omar? From the BBC: Taleban leader Mullah Omar has denied there are any talks under way to end the

Speaking of Hillary Clinton’s people, Greg Sargent has it confirmed from a knowledgeable source: Jim Steinberg, deputy national security adviser in Bill

A Thanksgiving present from Baghdad: the Iraqi parliament has passed the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) ending the war by 2011. Or, as AFP reports, possibly

Ready for some Capitol Hill opposition to Defense Secretary Bob Gates’ program cuts? This is from Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.), chairman of the House Armed Services

The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday easily passed a bill that would require the Obama administration to make a final decision on the Keystone XL pipeline by Nov. 1

Foreclosures were supposed to pause between Thanksgiving and the new year, but for hundreds of thousands of homeowners, like Julio Angulo of suburban Virginia, they still face losing their homes this month.

Meg Whitman, the former eBay CEO who’s now running as a Republican for governor of California, donated $4,000 to Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) in her 2004

It is only a matter of getting the money, one small business owner says. If I did, I could open in a month.

At a filled-to-capacity event with most of the interagency team run by Ambassador Richard Holbrooke to manage the deteriorating security and political

Ted Stevens’ 40-year career in the Senate was marred by scandals involving money, family and power. In the end, failing to fill out a form properly did him in.