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For almost four years, the fate of U.S. border agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean had been a sort of cause celebre among immigration restrictionists.

Given that the Obama administration worked last night with House Democrats to soften the language of Rep. Mike Pence’s (R-Ind.) Iran resolution -- which passed

The Obama administration could have just let this one go. U.S. District Court Judge John D. Bates’ April 2 ruling that three detainees -- two from Yemen, one

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Siun at Firedoglake -- where, full disclosure, my personal blog is hosted -- rounds up a series of Iraqi news reports suggesting that shoe-throwing journalist

Gallup is out today with a poll that puts support for a new law that would make it easier for labor unions to organize workers at 53 percent, to only 39

This resignation letter in The New York Times today from an AIG executive in the financial products unit explaining the bonus controversy from his point of view

Here’s an insightful observation from Harper’s Scott Horton today about Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz’s latest defense of the academic freedom of John

In this the first week of National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, the U.S. Department of Education is introducing new guidelines for how

Testimony from any interrogator about personal involvement in detainee abuse on behalf of an abused detainee will be a milestone for the military commissions.

Sen. Barack Obama’s latest TV ad attacks his GOP rival for raising taxes on health care, based on a sharp exchange from the VP debate. It’s an unconventional

Leading headlines this morning are two economic datapoints that count as positive in the current climate. Thursday is the day for weekly jobless claims, and

I guess there must be a bright side for somebody in any economic downturn, and top bankruptcy lawyers seem to have found it. As hard times hit more businesses,

TWI presents the five people who did the most to craft America’s approach to keeping its citizens safe in 2009.

How tax cuts lead to deficits, and higher taxes. You know, the stuff Republicans don’t like to talk about.

Not even a third of the nation’s lowest-income children receive dental care, and Congress isn’t doing a thing about it.

Last week, MIT professor John Reilly called out Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) for intentionally misrepresenting Reilly’s cap-and-trade study to claim that

This is bound to draw some fire from the left: The Obama administration is proposing to open vast expanses of water along the Atlantic coastline, the eastern

A top Democrat on Monday warned the nation’s banks that, unless they get more aggressive in modifying mortgages to prevent foreclosure, Congress will renew previous efforts to empower families to keep their homes through bankruptcy.

On February 19, a semi-obscure CNBC commentator expressed his outrage over the Homeowners Affordability and Stability Plan while reporting from the floor of the

FREDRICKSBURG, Va. -- With post-debate polls largely favoring Sen. Barack Obama, the presidential hopeful is drawing crowds in the tens of thousands in traditionally red states.