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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Ah, the tease. By the time the McCain press corps boarded the Straight Talk Boeing 747 we had been worked up in a frenzy worthy of a Hannah

Today at TWI, we started running a series of stories on New Orleans five years after Katrina, trying to investigate some of the overlooked, unexpected

President Barack Obama called for immigration reform, including a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants, in a speech in El Paso , Texas, on Tuesday.

John Boehner might be too tan to be effective. Iowa Republican Steve King thinks Obama is at least a Marxist. China’s economy is bigger than

Controversial Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio will face a Department of Justice lawsuit if he does not cooperate with a civil rights investigation, according to a

And if you can tell which is which, you’re probably not Mike Allen or Jim VandeHei. Credit to Dick Cheney, in that Beltway way, for getting Politico to put him

The tents have been taken down, the red, white and blue technicolor buses have pulled out of Ames and candidates have left either victorious or licking proverbial wounds. In the wake of the Ames Straw Poll — where U.S. Rep.

The Iowa Senate is expected to debate, and possibly vote on, a new abortion bill that would allow late-term abortion clinics to open in Iowa if approved through a certification of need process.

On the day the Obama administration is attempting to play up the estimated 3.2 million jobs saved or created by the stimulus and the president’s meeting with

With Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) kicking out the crazy on a nearly daily basis, Paul Demko of TWI’s sister site, The Minnesota Independent, reports that the

Sen. Barack Obama often drops by small diners and restaurants during his campaign trips, chatting with patrons and posing for pictures. But a Sunday pit-stop at

Mike Allen has the scoop: The White House has instructed the Senate to take up its energy bill -- which looks increasingly unlikely to include meaningful

I’m thrilled and proud to introduce the newest member of the TWI team, Annie Lowrey. Annie is wrapping up her illustrious stint as an assistant editor at

In the wake of the Great Depression, a Congressional panel known as the Pecora Commission investigated Wall Street’s actions and set the stage for financial

New unemployment claims this week dropped to 409,000 according to the latest Department of Labor report , but that’s still too high to allow any serious progress in reducing the unemployment rate. The four-week average of 439,000 is the highest since November of last year.

Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum , of Pennsylvania, will seek the White House in 2012, he announced this morning on ABC’s “Good Morning America.” Perhaps channeling 2008 Hillary Clinton in Des Moines, Santorum said, “We’re going to be in this race and we’re in it to win it,” before launching into extensive criticism of President Barack Obama on foreign policy.

A report by the Minnesota Office of the Legislative Auditor found a number of problems with the state Pollution Control Agency’s accounting systems, including neglecting to scrub banking data that auditors said could be used to commit fraud.

Speaking of the Afghan election, Brian Katulis, a foreign policy analyst with the Center for American Progress, is in Kabul to observe the vote, and Politico

WATERLOO — Harsh words uttered in Waterloo during former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich ‘s initial visit to Black Hawk County as a 2012 GOP candidate for president were reserved for the Democratic National Committee and President Barack Obama. Gingrich met with former Black Hawk County GOP Chairman Russ Knoll following a public speech before about 100 Iowans in Waterloo