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The conservative web forum Lucianne.com (named after founder/Clinton scandal bit player Lucianne Goldberg, who launched it a decade ago after a split with

After threatening 450 amendments and other delays, Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee appear to be playing ball, and against all odds, it

In the end, every Democrat* and eight Republicans voted for cloture on Harold Koh’s nomination for legal adviser to the State Department. The Republicans: Lamar

The New York Times has picked up on the Bagram detainee story I wrote about two weeks ago, ratcheting up the pressure on the Obama administration to start

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) wants Interior to show him documents on the offshore drilling moratorium. Orszag is quitting in part because his already poor

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Sen. Dick Durbin’s (D-Ill.) office sends word that the Senate will vote on cloture on the nomination of Cass Sunstein after a debate this hour. At 4:45pm, the

In a 240-172 vote, the House passed yesterday a bill that would give Americans who live in rural areas loans to make their homes more energy efficient. House

The Democratic Party’s approval rating falls to 37 percent, near parity with the Republicans’ 33. Still, the Democrats managed to grab a six-point lead in

Via Wonkbook, this morning, the Foundation for Child Development released its annual report on the well-being of America’s children, and it should send shivers

Granted, the U.S.-Iraq Status of Forces Agreement has been kind of under the media radar in general. But what’s really gotten no attention, even from obsessives

A recent two-week trip through Afghanistan revealed a populace deeply unhappy with corruption in their government.

Sen. John McCain came into the second presidential debate tonight in Nashville in a position of weakness -- trailing nationally and slipping in the swing

The Census Bureau today released figures indicating that 46.3 million folks living in the U.S. lacked health care coverage in 2008, up from 45.7 million the

In his concession speech on the lawn of the Arizona Biltmore Tuesday night, Sen. John McCain graciously pledged his support to President-elect Barack

President Obama’s call to expand offshore drilling just a few weeks before the Deepwater Horizon calamity -- a call intended to rally Republicans behind a

With Joe Miller looking like he might steal the Alaska GOP senate from Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R), Jonathan Chait asks whether this means the Tea Party has put yet

Alabama State Sen. Rusty Glover (R-Mobile) says reports of Hispanic and immigrant families taking their children out of school and leaving the state because of

A coordinated effort is underway to dismantle judicial merit selection processes across the country, the head of the Iowa ACLU says, threatening the independence of the judicial branch in the Hawkeye State and beyond. Ben Stone, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa, said that would leave people accused of crimes “in a horrid position.” “They want people that are terrified of public opinion, because they know they can manipulate public opinion to get what they want,” Stone said