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Compassionate conservatism at work. One wonders if George W. Bush’s presidential library will feature an interactive waterboarding exhibit.

While Sen. John McCain is busy bolstering his friend-of-the-military image in the Middle East this week, Democratic Sen. Jim Webb (Va.) is calling on the GOP

The briefing, according to a release from the committee, will be entirely closed to the public. Presumably Nidal Malik Hasan’s intercepted communications with

Top New York state lawmakers now appear to be on the path toward a showdown on redistricting reform with whoever is governor next year. Various reform

Lawmakers have voting records on immigration legislation that are inconsistent with a significant portion of their constituents, according to the National

Apologies for continuing to harp on the possible appointment of Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano to homeland security chief, but the implications for my home state

The Starbucks Latte Index often gets cited as an indicator of whether consumers are cutting back on discretionary spending - if they give up expensive coffee

When journalist Jose Antonio Vargas confessed to being undocumented in a piece for New York Times Magazine, he stated that he had obtained an Oregon driver’s

Keying off what Spencer wrote, those are some telling numbers in the Washington Post poll of attitudes about the war in Afghanistan. Republicans (70 percent

There may be no better example of how the Senate’s holds and filibusters work now than this one -- Sen. George LeMieux (R-Fla.), who holds his job because his

Nice post, Matt, but I’m afraid you’re a bit off the mark. I wrote the real scoop on Burris and Blagojevich in the Washington City Paper, where I do my serious

Via Ezra Klein: Al Franken has sent an email to his supporters that just about declares victory in the exceedingly close and drawn-out Minnesota U.S. Senate

The oil and gas industry’s largest trade group will begin direct contributions to political candidates as it ramps up for a fight over the Obama administration’s proposal to cut billions in tax breaks for energy companies. “This is adding one more tool to our toolkit,” Martin Durbin, API’s executive vice president for government affairs, told Bloomberg in an interview. “At the end of the day, our mission is trying to influence the policy debate.” Energy company giving has been heavily weighted toward Republicans.

Lord knows I had my disagreements with Glenn Greenwald over the John Brennan affair. But this extremely obnoxious comment from a nameless Obama transition

Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) kicked off the annual Federalist Society convention today with a call to oppose President Obama’s liberal nominees for the federal

Bill Gertz has kind of a breathless piece in today’s Washington Times about how Defense Secretary Bob Gates is asking many of the Pentagon’s political