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Faced with increasing push-back from the public, the media, government watchdogs and a bipartisan list of lawmakers, the Department of Justice Thursday agreed to drop a proposed regulation that would have allowed government agencies to lie to members of the public seeking records through the Freedom of Information Act . “I believe it is extremely important that we do not attempt to protect our citizens by lying to them,” Colorado U.S. Senator Mark Udall said in a letter to Holder mailed Wednesday .

In a sharp switch from their historic reproach of government-backed health care, Republicans on Capitol Hill this year are embracing Medicare in their bid to kill the Democrats’ health reform plans.

Troops who served in Iraq earn the right to display the Iraqi Campaign Medal. From the perspective of the medal, there have been four phases of the war that the

President Obama announced his $150 billion job creation initiative on Tuesday, which includes everything from new spending for highway and bridge construction,

It is more than a little painful—some would say ugly—watching Hillary Rodham Clinton fight to the last to hold on to her dream. This was not the way it

While in Israel, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee gave an interview to an extremely sympathetic reporter for PajamasTV. Asked about the Obama

Via Glenn Thrush, Byron York reports that Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) is joining the campaign against Kevin Jennings, the openly gay head of the Education

At a Rose Garden press conference today, President George W. Bush called for Congress to lift the federal moratorium on off-shore oil and natural gas

The conservative author who makes a living offending liberals takes a tiny step into the land of Obama birth certificate theories with a throwaway line in her

EPA has asked nine hydraulic fracturing service providers to voluntarily hand over information about the chemicals the companies use in removing natural gas

Rep. Bill Posey (R-Fla.) has a co-sponsor for his much-maligned bill that would require a birth certificate from presidential candidates. There’s nothing in

White voters who might sour on the president are more likely to turn out than the young and black voters who made up his margin of victory in 2008.

WATERTOWN, NY - Early this afternoon, I contacted Dede Scozzafava’s former campaign manager Matt Burns, who told me that since she left the race he was not

Sen. Hutchison (R-Texas) and Rep. Abercrombie (D-Hawaii) each announced this year that they would resign in 2010 to campaign for governor of their respective

Josh Kraushaar writes the umpteenth appraisal of former Sen. Norm Coleman’s (R-Minn.) chances for a political comeback: The conventional wisdom, fueled by an

Brown’s win gives the GOP a 41-59 majority in the Senate. Massachusetts Dems are getting skittish about health care. But there’s no reason to think that

Late this afternoon, as expected, the Justice Department filed its brief defending its claim that it can continue to hold Guantanamo detainee Mohammed Jawad,

Rachel Maddow cited the Michigan Messenger’s work on the Emergency Manager law during a segment on her Monday show while discussing attempts to repeal legislation or recall politicians. Video below the fold. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news , world news , and news about the economy