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2009 is poised to be a big year for the Democrats, but that doesn’t mean we’re going to overlook the GOP here at TWI. I’m pleased to announce that David

Earlier today, the Senate also approved -- by an overwhelming 90 to 9 margin -- a bipartisan amendment allowing the Federal Reserve to continue to supervise

While Wall Street’s still occupied by protestors railing against financial policies that help only the rich — and spin-off protests are getting set for cities

The gap between the wealth possessed by white and black families grew more than four times larger between 1984 and 2007 -- and federal policy is only

As long as Republicans are citing (and regularly talking to) former GOP House Speaker Newt Gingrich as the role model for their comeback, it’s worth scanning

A head-spinning series of tweets from the host of Morning Joe.

With Chinese premier Hu Jintao’s arrival in Washington on Wednesday, energy will be a priority point as the two heads of state meet – and may well herald

After her surprise victory over Rep. Mike Castle in the Delaware Republican Senate primary, sudden national figure and social conservative heroine Christine

Florida Senate President Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island (Pic by Office of Senate President, via flsenate.gov) The Miami-Dade County Commission on Tuesday approved a resolution urging the Florida Legislature to not pass any immigration legislation in 2012.

A battle heats up between Rahm and Brookings. And Bill Clinton appears to side with Rahm. How to interpret the mercurial public mood on

Legislatures in two states that school choice advocates were hoping would pass statewide voucher programs are struggling to corral enough lawmaker

Republicans may have won the House, but immigrant advocacy groups are quick to point out that the party was fairly unpopular among Latinos, who helped Democrats

The Republican Party is hurting for foreign policy and national security standard-bearers. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), chairman of the GOP’s flagging Senate

The Supreme Court on Monday ruled unanimously that to convict an individual for identity theft, the defendant must have known that he was using the identity of

When I asked Mike Connolly of the Club for Growth what, exactly, could strip candidates who’d signed the Club’s Repeal It pledge of official support, Connolly

What drives Obama’s approval ratings? It’s the economy, stupid. Reid makes concessions to Landrieu and Nelson to win their support for Saturday’s health

If the Senate is to pass health care before Christmas, it’ll have to follow a ridiculously tight timeline. With so little margin for error, though, the plan

Ten days from now, members of Congress will return to Washington from their home districts, and for the Senate, priority number one will be the passage of the

It’s been about a month since Adm. Michael Mullen conceded that a Defense Department initiative to expand so-called dwell time between Army deployments would

Emmett Township Public Safety officials confirm that firefighters from the department have investigated 9-1-1 reports that there was a heavy odor of oil near the Ceresco dam.

If you want to read a scathing attack on the F-22 fighter jet, make sure to check out this piece at DODBuzz, co-written by retired Air Force Col. Robert Dilger

It appears that two employees of the Utah Department of Workforce Services were behind the list of possible illegal immigrants released early this week. The