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According to the latest Terrorism Focus, a useful compendium of counterterrorism tidbits put together by the Jamestown Foundation, Iraqi jihadis are crediting

A study by the Wisconsin Advertising Project (pdf), released today, details the McCain and Obama campaigns’ ad spending last week. Overall, Sen. Barack Obama

LANSING — A policy directing Michigan health care providers to provide a potentially life saving intervention for people exposed to HIV through consensual or non-consensual sexual activity or drug use has still not been issued by the Michigan Department of Community Health. “We are in the process of finalizing both the n-PEP document and our communication to local health departments regarding ‘client acknowledgment’ forms,” said Kelly Niebel, acting spokesperson for the MDCH. She said the new n-PEP policy should be finalized sometime this month

Finding that Guantanamo Bay detainee Abdulrahim Abdul Razak Al Ginco was no longer part of the Taliban or al-Qaeda after he was imprisoned and tortured by the

In Afghanistan, seven minutes after tweeting about a meeting with Gen. Stanley McChrystal, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) decided to tweet this: Here’s a

Momentum is building for Democrats to try one last time to pass a version of the DISCLOSE Act once Congress resumes, this time without the extraneous (and some

When Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Max Baucus (D-Mont.), who head the committees charged with writing health reform legislation this year, vowed a few weeks

Plenty of politicians have accused the Obama administration of playing politics with immigration policy. But even within Immigration and Customs Enforcement,

New report says Obama must push harder to negotiate return of almost 100 Gitmo prisoners still held without charge.

Via Angry Bear, here’s Joseph Stiglitz, the Nobel prize-winning economist, on Treasury Sec. Henry Paulson Jr. celebrating the bailout plan he presented to

An upcoming Senate vote could be crucial to the implementation of the EPA’s Florida water quality rules, and much of the pressure rests on the shoulders of Sen. Bill Nelson.

American Express cards may no longer be used to purchase medical marijuana. The company has given no reason for the prohibition.

It’s amazing the vitriol that the community-organizing group ACORN has inspired among the right in this election cycle. In recent days, the National Review

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The Associated Press just reworked its earlier piece stemming from a morning interview with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. No longer

Under the current proposal, new construction could consume three times as much funding as public transportation.

Appearing on MSNBC this morning, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, said that there simply isn’t enough money

Adam Serwer covers some testimony Attorney General Eric Holder gave to a House panel today: Holder noted (as Spencer Ackerman reported last week) that the

The Drudge Report just sent out a siren to inform readers that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano wants to see under your clothes. And from the

Gov. Rick Scott has signed the elections bill, HB 1355, according to an announcement from his office, which did not include any statement or other additional information. # Many of the law’s provisions technically take effect immediately

I’ve been surfing the Intertubes for what seems like hours, determined to find new and interesting news about Sen. John McCain. It turns out this is more

Minnesota for Marriage — a coalition that includes the Minnesota Family Council, the National Organization for Marriage and the Minnesota Catholic Conference — criticized the legalization of same-sex marriage in New York . Lawmakers in the Empire State passed same-sex marriage last week, and the bill was signed into law by Gov

Via Patrick Appel at Andrew Sullivan’s place, defense theorist Thomas P.M. Barnett, or perhaps his colleague Sean Meade (it’s unclear who wrote this, exactly)