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Why’s the U.S. reinforcing Kabul? Possibly because the Taliban has expanded and entrenched its hold on Afghanistan in most of the country. Yochi Dreazen

In my just-published piece on the Obama administration and Congress’s plans for military commissions, I quote a former military-commission prosecutor, U.S. Army

Saginaw County Judge Leopold Borello said Thursday that he is close to issuing an opinion on whether property owners in the dioxin-contaminated Tittabawassee floodplain may sue Dow Chemical as a group. Henry v

Reports that presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann suffers from migraine headaches blazed across the internet like wildfire Tuesday, with everyone from bloggers to mainstream media pundits weighing in on whether the affliction could hinder the Minnesota Republican’s ability to perform if elected. One conservative heavy-hitter says it could be a “gamechanger,” while some on the left posit that the news — put out in a piece by Tucker Carlson’s site The Daily Caller that relies primarily on anonymous sources — is part of a smear campaign by another GOP candidate. And a reporter for ABC was shoved by Bachmann’s handlers when he pressed her for answers on Tuesday afternoon

Mike Konczal, Roosevelt Institution fellow and the blogger known as Rortybomb, tells us how to get the best out of the House and Senate FinReg bills, focusing

Care Net , a network of more than 1,100 pregnancy centers across North America, released a statement earlier this week in response to a video posted on YouTube by pro-abortion rights group NARAL New York.

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., will be making two Sunday show appearances this week

The centrist advocacy group No Labels released a report Tuesday saying that only 175 House members are holding town halls this August. In New Mexico, Reps. Steve Pearce and Ben Ray Luján are, while Rep.

Here’s a new conservative magazine you probably haven’t heard of: The Americano, a product of Gingrich Communications. Edited by Sylvia Garcia, who moonlights

The Senate finance panel just shot down an amendment to the committee’s health reform bill that would have required beneficiaries of Medicaid and the Children’s

The so-called Oracle of Omaha largely shifted the blame from himself and Moody’s, in which Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway is a major stakeholder.

Though Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) and his supporters were unsuccessful in stripping Planned Parenthood Federation of America of federal funds that go to

Iowa’s federal lawmakers had mostly positive reaction to President Barack Obama ’s Thursday speech on the changing face and policy of the Middle East in the wake of the May 1 death of terrorist Osama bin Laden. Obama’s comprehensive speech covered a variety of topics, though he emphasized the United States would give its support to countries forming new democracies — specifically Egypt and Tunisia — and would protect Israeli security interests, while fostering tolerance of religious minorities in the Arab world

Gov. Rick Scott (Pic via flgov.com) During a meeting of the Republican Governors Association in Orlando this Wednesday, Frank Luntz, one of the most well known political communications strategist in the country, talked to GOPers about how they could do a better job talking about the Occupy Wall Street movement. Yahoo News’ Chris Moody reports that “Luntz offered tips on how Republicans could discuss the grievances of the Occupiers, and help the governors better handle all these new questions from constituents about ‘income inequality’ and ‘paying your fair share.’” “I’m so scared of this anti-Wall Street effort

Minnesota House Republicans invited anti-gay preacher Bradlee Dean of You Can Run But You Cannot Hide to give the morning prayer. The prayer was so offensive to many legislators that House leadership brought in the chaplain to redo the prayer. Dean has made many controversial statements as pastor of You Can Run, including advocating the incarceration of gays and lesbians, that the LGBT community is trying to usher in Sharia law in Minnesota , that gay men molest an average of 117 children “before they get caught,” and that Muslim nations that execute gays are more moral than American Christians .

It is my country’s duty to ask for the custody of our detainees, like every country would do, the Yemeni official told TWI.

LEESBURG, Va. -- I’m on the idling Palin press bus, getting ready to head out on a swing through the state and then on to Pennsylvania tonight. Sitting here

Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Ocala, has been playing defense lately. A recent water pollution hearing he sponsored in Orlando has been subject to scrutiny, mainly because he invited a slew of agriculture and industrial interests to testify, and only one environmental advocate (who was invited at the last minute).

House Speaker Ben Luján sent a letter to Democratic and Republican leaders Tuesday outlining plans to form a subcommittee during the special session to investigate allegations against PRC Commissioner Jerome Block, Jr., which would ultimately decide whether to recommend impeachment for the full House. The process of impeachment is just like it is at the federal level: It requires a majority vote in the House and a two-thirds majority in the Senate. Meanwhile, Democrat Brad Gallegos announced his candidacy for Block’s seat on the PRC, bringing the total number of announced Democratic challengers against Block to five.

House Republicans may place more rigid amendments on an abortion bill passed by the Iowa Senate last week . Senate File 534 would allow new free-standing late-term abortion clinics open in Iowa, with a stipulation that doctors get a certification of need approval from the state of Iowa prior to opening