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At least 40 members of the House have joined Michelle Bachman’s (R-Minn.) Tea Party Caucus. More wealthy candidates are running self-financed -- yet populist

What was bad news for Tom Daschle, Nancy Killefer, Tim Geithner and now Hilda Solis might be good news for the federal government. Their recent tax woes --

Obama may have a hard time fulfilling his promises on immigration reform. U.S. envoy George Mitchell to meet with Netanyahu in efforts to push

Sign up for a tour of Israel with Mike Huckabee. Just 4 percent of Israelis see Obama as pro-Israel. The Boston Globe and Harry Reid endorse an interim

Nate Silver doesn’t think unemployment will hit 10 percent. Organizing for America faces a big test. Palin discourages town hall disruptions. Dems

Sarah Palin offers a fiancé-less Bristol relationship advice based in Reagan’s foreign policy. Democrats stay quiet about the mosque by Ground

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Republican presidential hopefuls attacked the Environmental Protection Agency during a social conservative event in Iowa over the weekend, and said the United States should allow for more production of energy domestically, have fewer regulations and end a moratorium on deepwater oil drilling. Speaking at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition event on Saturday were Atlanta businessman Herman Cain ; U.S. Rep

This is the text of a letter distributed to members of Congress today by September 11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows: As a member of an organization of those

On Wednesday, the Department of Justice moved to block the proposed $39 billion takeover of mobile carrier T-Mobile by telecom giant AT&T, arguing the

Michelle Obama loses popularity. An Iraq general wants U.S. troops to stay until 2020. Jeb Bush says following Paul Ryan’s plan to vanquish federal debt

Bill Clinton says today’s GOP makes Bush look like a liberal. In Missouri, life begins at conception. Mike Castle won’t endorse Christine

Charles Wyly, a billionaire who bankrolled the Bushes and the Doles, died in his Porsche Targa on the outskirts of Aspen Sunday after he was broadsided on Highway 82 by a sport utility vehicle. The crash occurred just before 11 a.m., according to the Colorado State Patrol, which reported that Wyly was attempting to turn left on to the highway from Airport Road when a Ford Freestyle hit him.

An Ohio House committee approved one of the nation’s most restrictive abortion limits on Wednesday, but the measure will likely not earn universal support from anti-abortion groups — including some in Florida. # The bill would outlaw an abortion starting at the “first detectable heartbeat.” According to the Associated Press, supporters of the bill are hoping this legislation “sparks a legal challenge to the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade .” However, not all anti-choice groups agree with this strategy.

Republican leaders in the Senate on Monday asked the top actuary at the Health and Human Services Department for a cost analysis of the Democrats’ health-care

The Wall Street Journal has a wonderful story on the role of the CIA’s drones in harassing al-Qaeda in Pakistan, and it includes, at the bottom, this paragraph

In a move that spells nothing but bad news for Detroit’s struggling automakers, Toyota announced yesterday that it’s suspended plans to produce its Prius hybrid

Susan Jacoby in The Washington Post points out a largely overlooked exchange with Justice Antonin Scalia in that cross case heard by Supreme Court earlier this

Barack Obama isn’t sure where he should speak on 9/11. According ex-car czar Steven Rattner, Tim Geithner giggles. A lot. Most people don’t know who the

An offbeat story to get the morning started. According to Politico: A senior aide for Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) was arrested Tuesday for attempting to

Woodward book claims Biden called Holbrooke an egotistical bastard. Sara Palin would rather not receive Sarah Palin hate mail. The Ohio Democratic