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The national group (with Texas roots) backing efforts to replace federal health care programs with interstate health care compacts is the newest sponsor of

Correction, 5:00 EST: This story originally implied the stay placed on Foster’s execution by the U.S. Supreme Court was based on the use of pentobarbital. In

Kathleen Keest over at Credit Slips gives the most concise explanation yet of why a worrisome percentage of car owners are underwater on their auto loans - and

There was a taint in this case, back from Bagram, says Omar Khadr’s attorney. That taint is still there, and the government cannot get away from it.

GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain (Pic by Gage Skidmore, via Flickr) Mark Boykin, senior pastor at Church of All Nations in Boca Raton, is calling on GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain to retract his comments “calling for an electrified fence on the country’s border with Mexico that could kill people trying to enter the country illegally.” A press release issued by Boykin adds: It is appalling that in this day and age politicians resort to incendiary and cruel comments to pander to voters.

The Obama campaign’s viral organizing took a hit today -- from NBC News. Obama’s web team whipped up a frenzy this week with an edgy YouTube video imagining

As Congress moves to reform punitive fees and penalties levied on cardholders who miss payments or exceed their credit limits, credit card issuers are

More than halfway through a coy interview with Josh Rogin about whether or not Afghan President Hamid Karzai really walked back his inflammatory Thursday speech

Unlike the Bush administration -- which used a slim election victory to claim a broad policy mandate -- the Obama White House has bent over backwards to include

In a surprise development, the CIA just announced that longtime and well-respected Deputy Director Steve Kappes will retire from the agency in May. Kappes was

China threatens to dump U.S. Treasuries over arms sales to Taiwan. One day it will probably realize that always crying Wolf! means eventually people stop paying attention.

Great piece from CQ’s Alex Knott. Apparently defense contractors spent $340,000 last year throwing events to honor Defense Secretary Bob Gates: Among them were

Credit card companies back to screwing over its customers while Congress spins its wheels on consumer protection.

Here’s a valuable use of time: A group called the Pray at the Pump Movement will congregate at a Shell gas station in DC this afternoon to -- you guessed it --

In a recent email newsletter, Americans United for Life President Charmaine Yoest urged the group’s supporters to contribute money before the final votes are

When the White House economic team last month rejected a Senate-passed stimulus amendment that would have taxed bailed-out companies at 35 percent for 2008

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke opened up about his feelings regarding the continuing bailout of insurance giant AIG -- and he is all kinds of mad.