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Asked in careful, direct questioning by Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) whether Attorney General Eric Holder believes the government has the right to hold a

Gov. Susana Martinez directed Taxation & Revenue Department and Motor Vehicle Department officials to begin the administrative process of tightening requirements for driver’s licenses, according to a press release (pdf) from her office. Martinez hopes to implement the recommendations by the end of July.

This probably won’t come as a huge surprise to most readers, but since it still might to former Vice President Dick Cheney or former National Security Adviser

Here’s a doozy from our sister site, The Minnesota Independent: Two Minnesota pastors say they will endorse political candidates from the pulpit this Sunday,

Good catch by Media Matters: On the June 15 edition of his Fox News show, Glenn Beck hosted Nancy Armstrong -- whom he described as a disenfranchised

From the man who wants President Obama to succeed: When President Obama makes wise decisions, as I believe he has done in some respects on Afghanistan, and in

A few weeks back, it was the House Oversight Committee’s domestic subpanel that examined the effectiveness of the White House programs designed to curb

This morning, the Department of Labor announced that initial weekly jobless claims dropped from last week’s seven-month peak, which was revised upward from

Matthew Yglesias digs through the archives of the Royal Air Force and emerges with a certain deja vu: March – May 1925-Outrages by Mahsud tribesmen in

Gen. David Petraeus, commander of U.S. troops in the Middle East and South Asia, and Michele Flournoy, the undersecretary of defense for policy, are set to go

Grand Canyon National Park, Ariz.—Arizona Sen. John McCain, the presumed GOP nominee, has repeatedly declared himself a disciple of Theodore Roosevelt,

Well, I guess we knew that was coming. Contrary to past promises from Beijing that journalists would have unimpeded access to the Internet during the imminent

When President Obama gave his Muslim speech in Cairo, the Drudge Report headlined it 6,000 words. When former Vice President Cheney responded to the

As Jesse wrote, Sen. John McCain will probably win his primary today. If it does, it will be thanks in part to a hard shift to the right on immigration

Republicans have grabbed hold of reports that Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) has readied a rule that would allow the House to deem the Senate health care bill

When the history of the first Obama term is written, McDonough’s name will ring out. Despite an mundane-sounding position as chief of staff for the National

Kevin Drum at Mother Jones applauds the idea of a single bank regulator, a proposal The Washington Post reports is now under consideration by the Obama

BOSTON -- At his first press conference as senator-elect from Massachusetts, Republican Scott Brown hued pretty closely to the rhetoric of his campaign and

Gordon Duguid’s daily press conferences at the State Department: Not really on the level of the 2002-vintage Rumsfeld Show of obscurantism and bluster and

This is an American proposal that honors the traditions of our country, says House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

September’s job numbers indicate the unemployment rate remained steady at 9.1 percent, and that nearly half (44 percent) of the 14 million looking for work

Once a central element to the administration’s plan to help underwater homeowners, cramdown is no longer part of the debate.

The Associated Press is reporting that the FBI is investigating whether Massey Energy, owner of the West Virginia coal mine where 29 workers were killed April