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Like Carter, Craig stepped down this year from a position that put him in charge of Guantanamo-related decisions. Craig resigned as White House Counsel this

Josh Kraushaar writes the umpteenth appraisal of former Sen. Norm Coleman’s (R-Minn.) chances for a political comeback: The conventional wisdom, fueled by an

Late this afternoon, as expected, the Justice Department filed its brief defending its claim that it can continue to hold Guantanamo detainee Mohammed Jawad,

Brown’s win gives the GOP a 41-59 majority in the Senate. Massachusetts Dems are getting skittish about health care. But there’s no reason to think that

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) took to the chamber floor this morning to make an announcement that few on Capitol Hill want to hear: Congress will

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (Pic by US Mission Geneva, via Flickr) Fourteen U.S.

Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) is holding off on his resolution slamming Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) for his die quickly remarks, explaining that Republicans would

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During a post-legislative session conference call hosted by The Grassroots Texans Network, conservative activists took sharp aim at the Republican majority in

For many in America, 2009 was a year of beginnings. For these ten politicians, it marked the end of a chapter of their political careers.

In a Labor Day email titled “Big Labor Attack Squad,” U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann asked supporters to “level the playing field” with labor by donating to her campaign for the Republican presidential nomination

Dave’s insightful post on the Republicans’ Afghanistan strategy -- try to use Gen. Stanley McChrystal as a cudgel against President Obama -- is a good guide to

So I guess the island of Palau isn’t taking all 17 Uighurs after all. The Justice Department today announced that four of them were actually sent to Bermuda

By all accounts, Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Fla.) loves Congress. I have a dream job, a job I love, he said in January, attempting to quash rumors that he’d join

If you read the stories in The Wall Street Journal last week or The New York Times this week about campaign contributions from financial companies, you might