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Anne Kornblut of The Washington Post writes a curtain-raiser on the unveiling of a story I broke about the contours of the Obama administration’s new team for

As Obama’s favorability drops, critics are questioning the usefulness of his pledge of support for immigration reform. One Democratic aide told Time that

Marc Ambinder follows up on my question to John Brennan, President Obama’s chief counterterrorism aide, about what role Brennan played in domestic surveillance

Via Huffington Post. From the Where Have We Heard This Before? file, Mother Jones reports that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is withholding more than 1,000 emails

Greg Sargent flags a Michael Steele interview on Univision, in which the chairman of the Republican National Committee deflects a question about whether, per

Prayer, piety and God is what The Response was about, according to those organizing Gov. Rick Perry’s all-day prayer and fast last weekend — but critics

Republicans look to make the best of the Supreme Court nominees confirmation.

United Nations climate change talks started today in Tianjin, China. And, right off the bat, the head of the UN negotiations urged China to be open to

Zach Roth catches Dale Robertson, the would-be Tea Party leader who has been ostracized for the photo of him holding a sign calling taxpayers the n-word,

It’s looking more and more like the forged Kenyan birth certificate released by Orly Taitz on Sunday was a prank by a supporter of President Obama. Politijab

U.S. Rep. Erik Paulsen of Minnesota is listed as a member of a controversial corporate and state legislative collaboration called the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), according to recently leaked documents .

From The Colorado Independent: The Denver Democratic headquarters was vandalized last night, the long bank of windows that fronts the building smashed.

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It was supposed to be a magical day: the day when, in response to an agreement reached in a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union, the Obama

Julian Sanchez reads through the annual federal criminal wiretapping report so I don’t have to. On the surface it appears that federal wiretapping has declined

Republicans in Ohio, as in several other states, have placed a constitutional amendment before voters that, if passed this November, would block provisions in

Here’s one thing that bears mentioning now that it appears Leon Panetta is President-elect Barack Obama’s to head the CIA. Given the worries about whether John

A bipartisan group of more than 120 judges, prosecutors, diplomats, former members of Congress and high-level military and government officials yesterday