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The Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) signed by the U.S. and Iraqi governments demands the departure of U.S. combat troops from Iraqi towns and cities by July

Rep. Collin Peterson (D-Minn.), chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, was one of the more successful negotiators during last summer’s climate change

This morning, President Barack Obama held a press conference, the eighth of his tenure, and focused mostly on the economy. Here’s a rundown of what he had to

Whether or not the Obama administration’s spending freeze is a hatchet or a scalpel -- see Rachel Maddow’s grilling of vice-presidential economist Jared

In short, the Senate parliamentarian has ruled that the health care reconciliation bill moving through the upper chamber this week will have to go back to the

When I returned from Atlanta to D.C. in November 2008, having wrapped up coverage of the Libertarian Party’s presidential campaign for Reason magazine, Spencer

Sen. John McCain has an op-ed in the St. Petersburg Times today about the potential government bailout of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. Here’s the first

One of the highlights of today’s House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on the expiring provisions of the USA Patriot Act was Judiciary Committee Chairman John

Erik Prince, heir to one of Michigan’s richest and most conservative families and founder of Blackwater, is still getting government contracts now that he sold off the nation’s largest private military company — but now those contracts are with the United Arab Emirates. The New York Times reports : Late one night last November, a plane carrying dozens of Colombian men touched down in this glittering seaside capital.

PoliticsUSA points out that Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), whose 2012 budget proposal (PDF) presents significant cuts and alterations to welfare programs, put himself

TWI’s Laura McGann, our temporary Anchorage bureau chief, just posted an enlightening piece about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. Though the GOP vice-presidential

Something else that’s interesting in Joe Klein’s interview with Sen. Barack Obama. Yesterday we saw John McCain severely misrepresent what the impending

Concessions to moderates would make it difficult for urban clinics to obtain federal money.

A new poll shows a majority of voters in North Carolina support a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, civil unions and domestic partnerships,

A federal court on Thursday blocked (PDF) a new South Dakota law mandating 72-hour waiting periods and counseling sessions at a faith-based crisis pregnancy

Over at the excellent Atlantic Business Channel, Daniel Indiviglio runs through the three major overlooked issues in Sen. Chris Dodd’s (D-Conn.) financial

In this deteriorating economy, wealthy people who used to spend their money freely on exotic vacations and $8,000 Birkin bags supposedly are cutting down their

On Capitol Hill right now, Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform is moderating a bicameral response to President Obama’s health care push, which heads