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Today, Neal Wolin, the deputy secretary of the Treasury, gave a speech to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s annual conference in Baltimore, and

Here’s how Young America’s Foundation spokesman Jason Mattera reacted (on Facebook) to the first batch of senatorial statements about Supreme Court nominee

After its executives spied on immigrant farmworkers and slandered them on-line to fight a grass-roots campaign for better pay and working conditions,

Schwarzenegger joins a growing list of Republicans voicing support for health care reform. Overdraft fees shoot up 35 percent in just two years. Wellpoint

Defense Secretary Bob Gates and Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, are before the Senate Armed Services Committee to defend their

Let me add to DeLong’s post. First, the idea that there is anything at all unseemly about associating with Rashid Khalidi is -- why mince words --

New research finds that the psychological impact of captivity in a hostile environment, deprivation of basic needs such as food and sleep, isolation,

Manu Raju, who’s really dominated the Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) beat this year, has a darkly entertaining story about Republicans who are angry their votes

Here’s a sign that Gen. Stanley McChrystal knows how arduous it’ll be for the country to recommend a second U.S. troop increase for Afghanistan this year.

I’ve been remiss in linking to Alan Riquelmy’s report on a brutal court loss for Orly Taitz, the birther lawyer whose fame seems to be at the 14:59 mark. It’s

First it was health insurers; now it looks like coal companies are hoping to take advantage of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling earlier this year.

Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, a Republican, took a markedly softer tone on illegal immigration during an interview yesterday than some of his fellow GOP

All day, we’re re-running our favorite blog posts of the last year. This post was originally published on March 26, 2009. An anonymous official quoted in

Nuclear power courts new friends as it pushes for subsidies in the Senate’s sweeping climate bill.

He says all the right things, doesn’t he? Here’s President Obama from tonight’s speech, on American values, justice and torture: To overcome extremism,

Government officials are expected to announce today that the situation in the Gulf of Mexico may not be as dire as scientists once predicted. According to The

The Michigan Department of Corrections has reversed its earlier decision and will allow Officer James Sims to wear his uniform while attending the gay pride events on Saturday in Grand Rapids. Sims was denied permission to wear his uniform in the Michigan Pride March June 11. Officials in the department said the decision was not based on the fact it was a gay event, but rather, top officials felt the department’s honor guard was better suited to represent the MDOC in the march

Media Matters catches Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele repeating (and botching) the false charge that the Department of Veterans Affairs,

Just want to point out that fivethirtyeight’s polling chart for California’s Proposition 8 (to amend the state constitution to ban gay marriage) looks exactly