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Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said that initial weekly jobless claims declined slightly to 472,000. Initial claims need to fall into the 300,000s for

Last night, Orly Taitz told readers of her blog that she’d taped an interview on The Colbert Report and expected it to be edited to maker her look silly. I

FORWARD OPERATING BASE SALERNO, Afghanistan -- The anthropologists of the Human Terrain Team put together a report on life and war from the perspective of the Afghan population.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is close to approving laser technology for enriching uranium -- technology that arms control advocates fear might fall into the wrong hands.

After months of stagnation and speculation that comprehensive climate action was dead for 2010, there’s some real momentum on the climate front. First came word

Does it restrict U.S. missile defense? Concede too much to the Russians? Standardize rules for counting the nuclear payloads on deployed bombers? What about

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is targeting U.S. Rep.

President Obama will address attendees at the American Legion national convention at the Minneapolis Convention Center starting at 11 a.m. Following his speech, Gov. Mark Dayton and Sen

A wealth of new information emerged Tuesday on interrogation practices.

Supporters of Massachusetts GOP Senate Candidate Scott Brown are holding a Ron Paul-style moneybomb today at the site RedInvadesBlue. The money, according to

Initial unemployment applications unexpectedly increased from 460,000 last week to 484,000 this week. An unnamed Labor Department official quoted in the wire

ThinkProgress points to a strange item on the Bazpedia page of Pentagon metro shooter John Patrick Bedell, buried below the incomprehensible kookery (I have

While Greece’s public debt -- which the Goldman currency swaps were designed to help hide -- amounts to 113 percent of its GDP currently, it turns out that

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TWI’s Andrew Restuccia is on KALW radio’s Your Call right now, discussing the Obama administration’s decision to lift the deepwater drilling moratorium in the

The newest Website to terrify you into resisting Defense Secretary Bob Gates’ defense reorganizations: 33 Minutes, a missile-defense booster site set up

The campaign manager for former attorney general candidate Brenna Findley has signed on with Rick Santorum’s Iowa presidential team, as has the field director for former gubernatorial candidate Rod Roberts. Sheila Murphy — currently the chairwoman of the Republican Party of Harrison County — and brother Kip Murphy — who formerly worked for “Americans for Rick Perry” — will advise Santorum on state field operations, particularly in southwest Iowa.

The FBI once had to show a factual basis connecting a target to criminal activity, now almost anyone is fair game.

Presumptive House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) told reporters today that he will work toward a smaller, less costly and more accountable government here in

The cost of a barrel of oil is sliding as demand weakens and the global economy falters. Economists wonder whether the conservation lessons learned during the time of high energy prices will stick. But a recession may trump all.