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For years, reporters who embedded with the U.S. military in Iraq have traded rumors that the embed office had a blacklist for journalists whose work was

Greg Sargent noted this development in the New York 23rd Congressional District race earlier today, and I’ve got the full email MoveOn sent out asking its

Recalled Republican Rep. Paul Scott (R-Grand Blanc) has announced that he is stepping down as representative immediately and will no longer participate in votes even though he is not officially out of the Michigan House

Sheriff Joe Arpaio (Pic by Gage Skidmore, via Flickr) GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry, who has been called “weak” by immigration enforcement supporters, has picked up the support of Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, notorious for his immigration detention measures and his birther conspiracy theories. The Phoenix New Times reports today : According to multiple national news outlets, Arpaio will campaign with Perry in New Hampshire on Tuesday, where he will give the Texas governor a political tip of the cap. Neither the Sheriff’s Office or Perry’s campaign responded to New Times ‘ request for confirmation of the reported endorsement, and none of the news outlets reporting the political nod are naming names — ABC News cites “a source with knowledge of the endorsement” as the source of the information

Back in January, TWI’s Spencer Ackerman singled out former Prime Minister Tony Blair as one of the world leaders most damaged by his alliance with former

I’d forgotten that eight whole months had passed since the last CNN/Opinion Research poll on the possible GOP primary field. The toplines are good for Mike

I’ve been remiss in not linking Greg Sargent’s post about Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) and his blunt plan for the House Republicans. We will lose on

Pic via dbmathews.com A Florida House of Representatives Health subcommittee meeting report (.pdf) released Wednesday includes updated information about the state’s AIDS Drug Assistance Program, which has the longest waiting list (.pdf) in the U.S. The AIDS Drug Assistance Program (known as ADAP) provides medications for the treatment of HIV and AIDS for people who cannot afford to pay because they are unemployed, uninsured or underinsured.

Damien Paletta at The Wall Street Journal has gotten a look at a 20-page Republican counter to Sen. Chris Dodd’s (D-Conn.) financial regulatory reform bill. The

This isn’t a surprise, but it’s worth noting that Republicans are still far more enthusiastic about this year’s election than Democrats. In the most recent poll

The administrator of the Division of Tobacco Use Prevention and Control was terminated from her position last week by the Iowa Department of Public Health Director, an Ames Democrat who sits on the Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Commission as an ex-officio member. In a letter to media editors in Iowa, Sen. Herman Quirmbach expressed discontent with the firing of Bonnie Mapes by Mariannette Miller-Meeks , and shared concerns about the future of the division with other anti-smoking lobbying groups

In the past few days, both The Washington Post and Politico have run stories on the dramatic drop in contributions from Wall Street donors to Democrats. From

The Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday a schedule for the development of new standards to regulate the disposal and handling of wastewater generated by the practice of hydrofracking for natural gas. No comprehensive set of national standards exists at this time for the disposal of wastewater discharged from natural gas extraction activities, and over the coming months EPA will begin the process of developing a proposed standard with the input of stakeholders, including industry and public health groups. Today’s announcement is in line with the priorities identified in the president’s Blueprint for a Secure Energy Future, and is consistent with the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board recommendations on steps to support the safe development of natural gas resources… Currently, wastewater associated with shale gas extraction is prohibited from being directly discharged to waterways and other waters of the U.S.

This evening, the Senate voted on a proposal by Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), one of the most conservative members of Congress, to permanently end the estate tax

While commanding the 101st Airborne Division during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, David H. Petraeus famously mused to journalist Rick Atkinson, Tell me how

Conservatives are up in arms about a draft memo laying out ways the Obama administration could amend immigration policies without pushing comprehensive

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) appeared on the conservative Ben Shapiro Show yesterday and assessed president Obama’s place in history among his 42

Buried within Joe Klein’s new Time profile (great first line, by the way) of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton: The Israelis have been difficult, as

Warren Meyer, who runs the website climate-skeptic.com, said younger generations are drawn to “the ‘civilization in peril’ line,” and Anthony Watts of the site Watts Up With That blames the liberal education process.

A faction of Baltimore church leaders supportive of the Democratic Party, backed by Maryland House Del. Emmett C. Burns, Jr. (D-Baltimore County), have formed a