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Back in June, a small group of birthers arrived in Washington and began handing out grand jury presentments to confused staff at congressional offices and

Stephen Walt blogged yesterday to put some stress on the idea that the goal in Afghanistan justifying the war should be to eradicate an even larger safe haven

If you’ve ever found yourself pondering this question, then you should probably get yourself to the How to Take Back America Conference in St. Louis on Sept.

Want another example of Mike’s thesis that Bush has lost his congressional mojo? Yesterday the House approved a measure sponsored by Rush Holt (D-NJ) to

Sen. Barack Obama has only one event today, a rally in Dunedin, Florida, and the rest of his schedule is cleared for debate prep. His campaign, however, is not

BOSTON -- At his morning press conference, Senator-elect Scott Brown (R-Mass.) seemed more miffed than flattered by a question about whether he had

One-time child Guantanamo Bay inmate of Mohammed Jawad -- he’s believed to be 21 years old, though it’s unclear, and was detained for about seven years -- was

The latest attempt to push the boundaries of campaign finance law comes from the Republican Senator Mike Lee, who filed an advisory opinion request with the

At a press availability earlier today, I asked Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) about the arrest of anti-ACORN muckraker James O’Keefe and what it meant for

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano’s comments to reporters yesterday that the economic downturn could pose a substantial hurdle to passing immigration

On March 13, President Obama nominated Maryland civil rights lawyer Thomas J. Perez for the post of Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Rights Division of

Politico reports that Republicans are labeling the Fort Hood tragedy an act of terrorism, and Rasmussen Reports is out with a poll backing up that CW: Should

This is getting disgusting. Last year, when General David Petraeus trudged to Capitol Hill to report on the surge’s fortunes, the White House scheduled it on an

A bill in Pennsylvania that would empower the governor to appoint two members to a management board that would have the authority to influence collective

The Chronicle of Higher Education raises a question worth examining, as the credit stays tighter than usual and the economy remains sluggish: Is higher

Indiana’s Democratic senator announces that he won’t seek re-election despite raising $13 million for the contest and leaving his party four days to find a

Could it be fatigue, stonewalling or just symptom of a lame-duck administration that White House press secretary Dana Perino -- usually well versed in the

Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) gets — surprise! — paranoid and angry about all the criticism she’s getting for leaving her job. The double standard that’s

The Senate will hold a procedural vote tomorrow at 12:15 p.m. to limit debate on legislation extending unemployment benefits in all states, Sen. Richard Durbin

Michele Bachmann has confirmed that she will speak at the Values Voters Summit in Washington, DC, in October. Bachmann has attended the summit, put together by the Family Research Council , an organization that is listed as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, for the past four years

The New York Times comes down hard today on the Bush Administration and the Treasury Department for failing to move forward with a plan to help modify the