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Alcohol was at the center of perhaps the biggest shutdown-related news since the Minnesota government closed down 14 days ago. Here’s what happened Wednesday, along with a few other shutdown-related headlines: • State officials told the MillerCoors brewing giant it must stop selling its beer in Minnesota because of an expired license. According to the Star Tribune , the Department of Public Safety told the brewer to devise a plan to pull its products from the shelves.

In the Texas gubernatorial race, a new Rasmussen Reports survey of Texas Republicans finds Gov. Rick Perry (R-Texas) falling slightly behind Sen. Kay Bailey

For all this talk of strategic reevaluation of the Afghanistan war, The Washington Times puts forward a possibility that few have considered: If you support

As the Senate debate over a government-run health insurance option evolves, so do senators’ stances on the issue. That’s why we’re rolling out an exciting new

Primary among the proposals in the Republicans’ Pledge to America is the promise to cut spending, slash taxes and shrink the government to restore the United

Word from Wisconsin late last night is that Senate Republicans were able to strip the state’s infamous collective bargaining bill of certain fiscal details. The move allowed them to pass the bill with or without absent Senate Democrats. The legislature has now barred all press from the floor of the Capitol building. For the latest from Madison, The Uptake has streaming video from outside the Capitol.

The hearing is wrapping up. Sen. Kit Bond (R-Mo.) laments that some of the Republican senators have left thinking they wouldn’t get a chance to ask questions.

The office of Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) has sent around a document preemptively attacking a new stimulus bill. This objection is perfectly in line with

The Wall Street Journal reports that White House Counsel Greg Craig’s job is in trouble. Deputy Chief of Staff Jim Messina tells the paper’s Evan Perez that

As a postscript to my Richard Holbrooke piece, a weird exchange came last night at Amb. Holbrooke’s appearance before the Council on Foreign Relations when a

Sen. Barack Obama just dashed past his Republican opponent in today’s Washington Post/ABC poll, grabbing what The Post calls his first clear lead of the

Long before the financial crisis, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were synonymous with moral hazard in the minds and classrooms of most economists. Everyone

While we’re on the topic of that $80 billion deal struck between Democratic leaders and the nation’s drug makers, it’s worth clarifying how it came to be. Many

The Federal Reserve is considering some aggressive steps to unlock lending, including buying large amounts of unsecured short-term debt, The New York Times says

After weeks of sunny relations with city officials and police, the Occupy Dallas movement saw its first arrests Monday, when 24 protesters were cuffed and

The former Speaker of the House goes the Karl Rove route and gets a weekly column in a conservative editorial shop, at the Washington Examiner. “I am

The group that is coordinating an effort to repeal Michigan’s Emergency Manager law has launched an online documentary titled Dictators Over Communities of Color: Coming to a Town Near You .

It’s the first rule of congressional lawmaking: Never miss an opportunity to grab everything you can for your constituents, even if it comes at the expense of